This lesson contains 29 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 6 videos.
Items in this lesson
Global Perspectives
The 9-11 memorial
Slide 1 - Slide
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
Slide 2 - Slide
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?
Slide 4 - Slide
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?
Slide 7 - Slide
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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?
Slide 14 - Slide
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?
Slide 18 - Slide
www.theatlantic.com
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?
Slide 21 - Slide
nypost.com
Slide 22 - Link
What are the strengths and weaknesses of this text?
Slide 23 - Open question
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Slide 25 - Slide
Want to learn an academic approach?
Read (or scan) the following article and identify what aspects/characteristics make this an academic (scientific) text? Insert your answers into the last slide.
Slide 26 - Slide
pdf.sciencedirectassets.com
Slide 27 - Link
Having read (or scanned) the mentioned article, what aspects/characteristics have you identified that make this an academic (scientific) text? Insert your answers below.