March Week 4

LAB DAY: LIBRARY LAB Monday, March 23rd

Work time for Project 3 [ +Educational Social Media project]: Due April 6th

Preview Project 4: [Crash Tic Tac Toe project]: Due April 8th

Tuesday, March 24th

Journaling “End of the Film” Pondering and Discussion

“Look at me. You embarrass me. You

embarrass yourself.” [Cameron Thayer and

Anthony]

The moment with Daniel, his daughter, Farhad and

the gun:

DISCUSS:

Theme: Redemption

Music : “In the Deep,” sung by Bird York

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CATvcnpopWE

Songs at the end of the film

Write about one character who “lived life in the deep” and then experienced

“redemption” in the film and “surfaced” or got to “a more shallow” end.

Why/How? How does the audience know this

character is changed and redeemed, better than they were at the beginning?

The death of Peter Waters after being shot by Officer Tom Hansen, and the experience of his brother,

Det. Waters, finding him and dealing with his mother’s Alzheimers:

Jean Cabot falling down the stairs and Maria, the maid, being her only

friend:

DISCUSS:

Theme: Connected vs. Disconnected

Music : “Maybe Tomorrow,” Stereophonics

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj2GMut_1cA

Songs at the end of the film

•How does this song, when used at the end, help the audience to better understand

which characters are connecting to others around them and which aren’t?

• Think back – the end of the film did show a few characters looking out at the world from

behind the glass of a window while others seemed to be interacting with other people…

• Choose two characters [ one connecting, one not] and explain….

Symbolism: Ash versus Snow

Anthony and the people in

the back of the van…

Shaniqua and the “car crash” at the end: “Organic

Unity”-coming full-circle

Respond to one of

these:

What do you think the ash is symbolic of and why? Where

did you see it – what was going on and which main character

was noticing it? What might it way about that character?

Same for the snow:

LAB DAY: LIBRARY LAB Wednesday, March 25th

Work time for Project 3 [ +Educational Social Media project]: Due April 6th

Introduce & give work time for Project 4: [Crash RAFT project]: Due April 8th

Project #4

RAFT

Thursday, March 26th

Journal Entry 8 of 10 – Due March 26th

• A woman and a man are on a bench in the park. They are clearly at odds with each

other and the man seems to becoming angry and somewhat aggressive both verbally and

physically with the woman. They are not hidden – other people are also walking in the

park and are observing it as well.

• What would you do?

• Why?

Make a Prediction:

WWYD?

• Clip #1:

Journal Entry #9 continued -due March 26th

•Based upon what you know about prejudices and biases for both

gender and race, explain why you think the arguing couple was

responded to in the manner that they were:

•What troubles you, if anything, about this sequence?

•What made you feel encouraged, if anything, about this sequence?

Follow-up to Clip #1:

Journal Entry 10 of 10 – Due March 26th

• Another woman and a man are arguing near a parked car in a park, along a well traveled

walking path. They are clearly at odds with each other and the man seems to becoming

angry and somewhat aggressive both verbally and physically with the woman. As a matter of

fact, he is even more physically aggressive than the man in the first clip [at times]. They are not

hidden – other people are also walking in the park and are observing it as well.

• What would you do?

• Why?

Make a Prediction:

WWYD?

• Clip #2:

Journal Entry- *Bonus -Due March 26th

•Based upon what you know about prejudices and biases for both

gender and race, explain why you think the arguing couple was

responded to in the manner that they were:

•What troubles you, if anything, about this sequence?

•What made you feel encouraged, if anything, about this sequence?

Follow-up to Clip #2:

Discuss

In your opinion, why did more people stop to assist the white woman than the black woman?

What prejudices or biases or mindsets were present?

How doe we, as a society, address this issue?

Overall Analysis