A Cinderella Story

Title: A Cinderella Story 

Date: 2004

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Human Growth and Development

Rating: PG

Audience(s): Children Under 12, High School Age, College Age, Families

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Sam is a modern day Cinderella. Sam’s father remarried when she was young and then passed away in an earth quake, leaving her to be taken care of by Fiona, her step-mother. The film follows Sam as she tries to break free from her step-mother and create a life of her own. Along the way she meets a boy online in a chat room, who later turns out to be Austin Ames the popular quarterback at her high school. They both fall in love, and chose to pursue their dreams at Princeton together.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: What do you think motivated Fiona to treat Sam different from her biological children. In what ways are Fiona and Austin’s father similar?

Contributor: Krista Hamann