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- 6th - 12th
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Students propose and create documentary films depicting a slice of "ordinary" life that reveals something unique or surprising about its subject. They, in groups, make films and present them to the school. Full Review »
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- 5th - Higher Ed
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Students create a document and explore how a documentary is a real story about a real hero. In addition, they think about their audience. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to a project about documentary films. They view documentaries and choose a response project to complete selecting from among journal writing, making an original documentary and/or completing an art project. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the three main purposes of a documentary. They view excerpts of films and discuss the documentary as a voice for the voiceless, a presentation of everyday life and an explanation of the process followed to arrive at an outcome. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view the documentary film "Cane Toads: An Unnatural History" and use a worksheet to record their emtional responses throughout the film. They participate in a discussion about the use of aperture in documentaries. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discover some important people in the genre of documentaries. They examine their contributions made to the movement as well. They discover the history of documentaries as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students create a documentary. They are challenged to understand their topic from many different perspectives. Students are encouraged to carefully choose their subject area and find fottage that can support their subject. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students research and collect nformation, analyze and interpret that information, and edit the information into a coherent story. They create a documentary to illustrate an issue, its complexity, and the perspectives through which different people view a subject. Full Review »
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- 6th - 7th
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Students locate Bosnia on world map, discuss Bosnian Civil War, research information about Bosnia's recent past, its present, and its future, and write and present documentary about Bosnia. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students generate their own definition of documetary. They watch and discusss a series of extracts that demonstrate the breadth of the documentary form. Students create a defintion of the term documentary that takes into account the various ways in which the genre is approched and understood. Full Review »