We recently began a new unit on Social Justice. Students will be creating a film that will be submitted to the Fieldcrest Film Festival, which will tentatively be held on May 6, 2013. The following videos are examples of different types of videos the students might consider:
World On Fire - Sarah MacLachlan
What's Going On - All Star Tribute
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
First World Problems
Make Poverty History
Various topics that may be discussed include:
- world poverty
- the AIDS epidemic
- the Clean Water epidemic
- human trafficking
- the environment/environmental concerns and issues
- homelessness
- oppression
- child soldiers
- animal cruelty/abuse
Multi-Modal Text Language Unit:
Use the following links for your Media Text portion of this month's Language centres.
Each link has multiple videos - choose one or two and complete your Media Text sheet using that particular video. Make sure to note which site you went to and which video you watched.
Hockey Canada Videos - "Relax, It's Just a Game" videos
Kids Help Phone Videos
Drug Free World
These are some of the videos we've analyzed as a class - for students who have not been present for these videos, please take a moment to watch them. Please be sure to consider the big picture and message.
Hazard to Myself/Don't Let Me Get Me by Pink
Make It Stop by Rise Against
Concrete Angel by Martina McBride
World on Fire by Sarah MacLachlan
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