Documentary

Lead-in

  • What is your favorite type of documentary? Why?
  • If you had to make a documentary right now, what subject would you choose? Why?
  • Based on their names, what do you think each of the following documentaries talks about?
  • Which of them seems more interesting to you? Why?
  • What about the least interesting? Why?

Presentation 1

Pre

  • Do you prefer minimalism or maximalism? Why?

Top Down

  • What is the video about? Watch the video and find out.
  • Socialism x Capitalism
  • Poverty
  • Obsession with material things
  • Giving away everything you own
  • Socialism x Capitalism
  • Poverty
  • Obsession with material things
  • Giving away everything you own

Bottom Up

  • True or False

Example: People spend a lot of time on the hunt. > True

  1. Frank Mascia says the American people have lost their minds.
  2. People are never looking for a new version of what they already have unless it gets broken.
  3. The solution is to become aware and stop consuming so much.
  4. Consumption is wrong no matter what.
  5. The thing that is causing the degradation of our habitat is consumerism.
  1. Frank Mascia says the American people have lost their minds. True
  2. People are never looking for a new version of what they already have unless it gets broken. False
  3. The solution is to become aware and stop consuming so much. True
  4. Consumption is wrong no matter what. False
  5. The thing that is causing the degradation of our habitat is consumerism. True

Post

  • What do you do when you feel like buying something you don’t need?
  • At what frequency do you donate stuff?
  • When was the last time you donated something and what was it?

Presentation 2

Pre

  • What are some examples of food you always have in your fridge?
  • What about examples of food you never buy? Why?
  • What are some must-have food for a healthy diet?

Top Down

  • What is the video about? Watch it and find out.
  • Bad x good food
  • Food industry
  • Tasty food
  • Bad x good food
  • Food industry
  • Tasty food

Bottom Up

  • Fill in the gaps as you watch the video again.

Example: How am I going to make ____ food? > How am I going to make great food?

  1. We’re exchanging short-term ____ for long-term stability.
  2. How many of you would like to grow ____?
  3. We want to ____ the way food is produced in the United States Today.
  4. We can only ____ that dept to people of the ____.
  5. We’re trying to reconnect to our food ____.
  1. We’re exchanging short-term gain for long-term stability.
  2. How many of you would like to grow spinach?
  3. We want to change the way food is produced in the United States Today.
  4. We can only repay that dept to people of the future.
  5. We’re trying to reconnect to our food supply.

Post

  • Which of these two documentaries would you rather watch? Why?