African+American+History+Month+Videos+and+Essays

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=**NPR's Scott Simon: How to Tell a Story**=

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**The question for the child is not Do I want to be good? but Whom do I want to be like? — //Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American child psychologist, author (1903-1990) //**

**We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are. **
 * --Leszek Kolakowski **

@What is wisdom?


 * Title: Whispering Wisdom: ** //Advice from the Past//

Too often people that are close to us pass away and we never get a chance to learn from their experiences. We spend our time with them talking about topics that are superficial and without any deep meaning. How was your game? What did you get on your report card? Are you going to the dance? What if we stopped for a second and instead of talking about the mundane, we talked about their experiences from the past? What if we could learn from their successes, failures, attempts and efforts? We tend to talk about the easy fun things and ignore the difficult tough ordeals. The fact is though, that the wisdom we gain in this life rarely comes from doing things that are easy and fun, but instead from things we do that cause us to struggle. What's really worthwhile in life is rarely easy. In social studies classes, we tend to only focus on the lives of certain people in each era ignoring the voices of many who go unheard. We study the glorious achievements of people without examining the pain, struggle, and failures that went into their achievements...and almost never pause to study the wisdom they gained from their actions. In this unit you are going to examine the life of one African-American from the 19th Century. After examining the actions and intentions of that person ask yourself the following question: If you had the opportunity to sit with that person on the last day of their life and talk about one heroic deed from their entire life, what wisdom would they whisper into your ear? //**That "whisper," is your thesis for your essay and video.**//

There is a site that recorded the people from around the world "whispering their wisdom." It is called 6 Billion Others. If you would like to hear examples of people getting the opportunity to whisper their wisdom follow the directions below. After clicking on above link. search by the following: Theme=Last Words Sub-Theme=Messages Available Translations=English Click Launch Search

Day 1-pick person Day 2/3-research for essay and write essay Day 4/5/6-make video Day 7-post video on blog Day 8-Watch videos

Blog posts due: Week 1-Write a post about the discussion from day 1, and sign-up for the blogging challenge Week 2-Write a post that includes your Words of Wisdom, and the post for the blogging challenge Week 3-Write a post about your movie and embed your movie, and the post for week two of the blogging challenge Introduce unit Fishbowl discussion:
 * // __Day 1__ //** (start date is February 22, 2010)
 * 1) What is smart?
 * 2) What is intelligent?
 * 3) What is wisdom?
 * 4) Which one is most important?
 * 5) How do we gain wisdom?
 * 6) What is wisdom you have gained from a personal experience?
 * 7) What is wisdom you have gained from another person's experiences?
 * 8) Is it possible to gain wisdom from someone we have never met?
 * DUE: Write a blog post with your answers to the above questions**

2nd half of block...
 * 1) Research possible African Americans who lived in the United States during the 19th Century (1800-1899)
 * 2) All of your notes will be done on google docs for the essay and movie storyboard(or this style story board ) with your group members
 * 3) When you are done you will cut and paste them over to your wiki page
 * 4) Begin taking notes


 * // __Day 2/3__ //**

After picking your person begin taking notes on a google doc for the essay which will be used to write a story and use to make a movie. The story will be submitted to the **//[|My Hero]//** website(directions). After finishing your notes begin writing your essay following the same format as your notes. Do not submit to MyHero.com until after video has been posted on schooltube.

Make your movie using Photo Story or Movie Maker.
 * // __Day 4/5/6__ //**
 * Your Digital Story should have the following qualities, and the storyboard should be completed on a google doc **or a google presentation
 * 1) Finalize your digital story by saving it into your folder, and then copy it to student send---> Bogush Folder--> Af-Am Digital Stories

//** __Day 7__ **// On day 8 we will allow everyone to showcase their movie in class. Bring your popcorn!
 * 1) Place your story onto www.schooltube.com and our youtube channel. Then get the imbed code and place on your blog and wiki
 * 2) Submit your film to the MyHero.com film festival and your essay to MyHero and attach your video.
 * 3) Place your finished movie on a blog post with a little story about your collaborative film making experience
 * 4) Congratulate yourself for a job well done!

Students from Sterling College(please change these names to link to your google docs):


 * 1) Carroll, Kristopher-Nanci, Sarah
 * 2) Eddy, Kenneth-MacKenize, Tori
 * 3) Higley, K. C.-John, Tim
 * 4) Garcia, Joey&Valdez, Ellycia--Marina, Melissa
 * 5) Penner, Julie-Melissa, Quinton
 * 6) Burbank, Keoki-Ryan, Lauren
 * 7) Abrar, Pedraam-Chris, Mike, Ryan
 * 8) Watson, Salima-John
 * 9) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Gasper, Michaela-Charlie, Erin, Christina
 * 10) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Morley, Mark A--Austin
 * 11) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Towne, Melzora- Mike K
 * 12) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Rollins, Lindsay- zahia, alicia
 * 13) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Holderness, Pamela
 * 14) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Ensz, Annette-Patrick
 * 15) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Plett, Angie Mikaela,Lindsay,Ashley
 * 16) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">White, Abraham- Jacob, Drin, Zach
 * 17) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Outerbridge, Brittany- Tiana, Emily, Taylor
 * 18) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Lawrence, Carolynn- chad, leah, kaitlyn
 * 19) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">x
 * 20) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Koerner, Alex-Kyle,Christopher
 * 21) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Schnurr, Aspen-Adam, Tiffany, Allyson
 * 22) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px;">Johnson, Chad- Christian, Chris R, Bryon

__//**Solo-Fire**//__ Austin Marco Rob Jimmy Ryan Dave

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