a class divided

This film is really good for getting students talking. I've used it only with intermediate and above as you can't get subtitles. If you don't know it... Jane Elliot taught her pupils about racism by segregating her class in Blue & Brown Eyes and getting them to experience discrimination.

The worksheet below is loosely structured to adapt to different levels, but I usually start off by asking students to predict what she does and what she is like from her picture. I don't normally give them any idea about the content as I think it's more powerful if watched without.

https://docs.google.com/a/newcollegemanchester.com/document/d/1iVQJCz9Uh-wuD4sLTMnfmEXPpxa0tNflh5-jxyMGeF0/edit?usp=sharing

The Apprentice - Creating a new fast food chain

This is good for higher levels and is interactive and interesting!  I use this video as a project lesson, starting with a discussion about the word 'apprentice'.  They then watch the beginning of the programme and try to guess what it is about.  I then let them watch Lord Sugar as he gives them their instructions, after which they are set off on their own to create their own fast food chain.  They can create powerpoints or posters and present their own ideas.

Then let the, watch the whole programme, they enjoy it!

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByKU2kw65FlTbUsyek0tOTBaWGM/edit?usp=sharing 

NEF Int 5a - Slow Food

I used this an introduction to the reading "slow food" from NEF Int 5a. I asked the students to watch and listen and note down as much useful information as they could.

Midway:

MIDWAY : trailer : a film by Chris Jordan from Midway on Vimeo.

The MIDWAY film project is a powerful visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on our planet, tens of thousands of baby albatrosses lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch. Returning to the island over several years, our team is witnessing the cycles of life and death of these birds as a multi-layered metaphor for our times. With photographer Chris Jordan as our guide, we walk through the fire of horror and grief, facing the immensity of this tragedy—and our own complicity—head on. And in this process, we find an unexpected route to a transformational experience of beauty, acceptance, and understanding.