Week 2 - The 9-11 Memorial

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The 9-11 memorial
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This lesson contains 27 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 6 videos.

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Global Perspectives
The 9-11 memorial

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Today's Objective:
- You can identify the message in a documentary
- You can assess a documentary and identify its strengths and weaknesses
- You can assess two texts on the same topic and link them to the discussion taking into account their strengths and weaknesses

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What's the function of a memorial?

Slide 3 - Open question

The 9-11 memorial
Now follows a short clip to introduce you to the 9-11 memorial
What is its function?

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Slide 5 - Video

What is the function of this memorial?

Slide 6 - Open question

Now follows a selection of fragments 
taken from a documentary about the 9-11 memorial. 

The main question will be: 
What is the message the documentary maker 
is trying to convey?


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Slide 8 - Video

What's your first response to the images you've seen so far?

Slide 9 - Open question

Slide 10 - Video

What is the maker trying to show with this fragment?

Slide 11 - Open question

Slide 12 - Video

What do you think of this girl's response to the memorial?

Slide 13 - Open question

Are the following people reacting / behaving any different?

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Slide 15 - Video

Slide 16 - Video

What does the ending suggest / mean?

Slide 17 - Open question

Now read a short article in which the maker's intentions are mentioned. 
To what extent do they resemble your (previous) findings?

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Slide 19 - Link

In what way(s) can we be critical of this documentary?

Slide 20 - Open question

How does the following text tie in with the discussion so far?

Does it bring anything new to the table?

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Slide 22 - Link

What are the strengths and weaknesses of this text?

Slide 23 - Open question

What will you take away
from today's lesson?

Slide 24 - Open question

TEACHER'S NOTE
Perhaps you could use the following text as well, although I'm not sure how it contributes to the discussion, in spite of its academic nature/quality.

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Slide 26 - Link

Slide 27 - Link