Thing #18--You Tube

I found two videos from 20/20 about discrimination entitled What Would You Do ?. The first related to muslims (see video) and the second with non-English speaking hispanics being refused service in different stores. I think both of these are relevant to students today and could be used to generate discussion about the causes of discrimination and each individual's personal responsibility--not only to stand against it, but to avoid adding to the negative stereotypes of others through our own actions. At the end of last year, my classes read THE OUTSIDERS which is a novel with the theme of discrimination based on class/income. I could easily see using these two videos to connect the novel's theme to real world experiences and to discuss how we can better understand our world (society, people, etc.) through books. I also found the movie, broken into short segments (less than 10 minutes), so that we could compare the book vs. the movie and still remain district & copyright compliant. I could not find a way to embed the video and wasn't sure about copyright violations, so I linked it instead. On Teacher tube, I found several reviews for THE OUTSIDERS, a song and a link for an entire set of resources (puzzles, worksheets) on edhelper.com.

I also found a really cool "How to Make Eclairs" video. If they turn out well when I go back to try it, I am going to be in heaven. Unfortunately, I will probably also gain another few pounds. I also found a bunch of really neat videos on dog agility training. This is something I've wanted to do with one of my dogs for quite some time. Now all I have to do is find a location nearby.