Emotionally-engaging human stories are effective conversation starters that can prompt students to consider an issue or situation from various perspectives. Join us December 6 at 12pm ET as filmmaker, journalist and educator Jocelyn Ford leads a discussion on using her heartwarming yet controversial 2014 documentary film Nowhere To Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing to hone media literacy skills in classrooms in China, Europe and the U.S.
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Jocelyn will invite us to consider what background information and context might be provided to students before they watch this one-hour film and together we’ll brainstorm some essential in-class discussion questions.
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The film is available on many institutional video platforms, such as Alexander Street, or can be rented for $5 (USD) on Vimeo. For a gratis link, please email jocelynford (at) gmail (dot) com.
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