Week 2 - The 9-11 Memorial

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Global Perspectives

The 9-11 memorial

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

What's the function of a memorial?

The 9-11 memorial

Now follows a short clip to introduce you to the 9-11 memorial

What is its function?

What is the function of this memorial?

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

What is the maker trying to show with this fragment?

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

Are the following people reacting / behaving any different?

What does the ending suggest / mean?

Now read a short article in which the maker's intentions are mentioned. 

To what extent do they resemble your (previous) findings?

www.theatlantic.com

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

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

Does it bring anything new to the table?

nypost.com

What are the strengths and weaknesses of this text?

What will you take away
from today's lesson?

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.

pdf.sciencedirectassets.com

www.scientificamerican.com