The first-ever animated feature from StoryCorps celebrates the transformative power of listening. Listening Is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special presents six stories from 10 years of the innovative oral history project, where everyday people sit down together to ask life's important questions. Framing these intimate conversations from across the country is an interview between StoryCorps founder Dave Isay and his nine-year-old nephew, Benji, animated in the inimitable style of The Rauch Brothers.
Listening Is an Act of Love will be broadcast by public television stations nationwide throughout the holiday season. Stations will be airing the special on varying dates through February 2014.
Questions:
I will stop the video between stories. Develop a question based on the conversation. After the video we will review using student created questions. I will throw in a few of my own.
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Sample:
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What’s going on in this picture? Look closely at the image above, or view it in a larger size, then tell us what you see by posting a comment. On Dec. 3, we will reveal more about the image and its origins at the bottom of this post.
Students
After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions:
What’s going on in this picture?
What do you see that makes you say that?
Look closer at the enlarged picture, what more can you find?
Write a caption for the picture before updated information is revealed.
Write a caption for the picture after the updated information is revealed.
