The Seeker

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The Seeker:
Find Your Destiny

The Movie and Book

Drawing on the timeless tale of good versus evil depicted in the award-winning novel The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, the feature film from 20th Century Fox and Walden Media, The Seeker, tells the coming of age of a boy whose destiny is to become a warrior of Light against the forces of Dark and save the world. Read the full movie synopsis here.

The Curriculum

The Seeker: Find Your Destiny is curriculum designed for a facilitator to engage youth ages 11-15 in reading the book, viewing the movie, participating in activites and performing service projects related to themes in the movie. 

Objectives for youth include:

• Participation in thought-provoking group discussion to explore finding their own life signs, understand the importance of learning from history, define life roles in family/friendships and the world, and face fears.

• Engagement in an assortment of activities that extend the learning in the discussion themes.

• Implementation of a service project that looks at the history in your community and encourages youth to keep alive the lessons of the past.

Please ensure the site where youth view the movie has a license to screen it.