Paul Solman reports on an annual Shakespeare festival performed by Denver public.
Grade levels: Senior High (10-12)
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Becoming Falstaff
Actor Kevin Kline talks with Jeffrey Brown about the challenges of portraying Sir John Fallstaff in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV.”
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Christopher Curtis: “Bud, Not Buddy”
Christopher Curtis pulled off a literary two-fer 2000, winning both the prestigious John Newbury Award for children’s books, and the Coretta Scott King award for excellence by an African American in writing for children. The novel that has earned him such acclaim is “Bud, not Buddy.” Set in the segregated Depression-era Midwest, the book introduces us to a ten-year-old orphan.
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Toni Morrison: A Conversation
A conversation with the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist about her book, “Paradise.”
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OH & S on a Film Set
Working on a film set can be dangerous. The diversity of many different locations, equipment and roles can create a complex working environment. Using a filmset as a real-life industry example, this program investigates the importance of occupational health and safety (OH&S) when working in the media industry. We discuss safety plans, risk management, managing OH&S, and the importance of following safety procedures, all of which apply to all working environments. Learning how best to implement OH&S strategies can limit the amount of injuries in the workplace, helping to make it safe and enjoyable for everyone.
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Creative Thinking Skills
Creativity can be the difference between success and failure. When you are not using your creative thinking skills to full advantage, you can miss opportunities and the success of your endeavors will suffer. When all solutions escape you, creative thinking can provide another perspective. In this program we journey through how as individuals we can become more creative and develop a questioning mindset, enhancing our ability to generate, challenge, test and reinvent ideas. Critical thinking and creative thinking are very different from each other, therefore knowing how best to utilize your creative thinking skills can separate you from the rest – now let’s get creative!
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Test of Will: Canada in Korea 1950-1953 DVD
A DVD focusing on Canada’s role in the Korean War. Archival photographs, film footage, and radio reports are combined with letters, speeches, articles, and reports from the time read by off-camera actors who assume the identity of the author of the written material. It is the little known story of the Canadian involvement in Korea, the first war in which Canadian troops served directly under foreign (American) command as part of a United Nations force. It is a neglected war, largely because the number of soldiers involved and casualties suffered paled when compared with the much larger national engagement in the two World Wars. Test of Will: Canada in Korea is not only the history of the Canadians; it is also the history of world events, illustrating the struggle between democracy and communism taking place at the time. It is also very much a story of the Korean people themselves; of incredible suffering and loss, but also of incredible courage and strength.
The DVD also includes A War for Peace, which explores the experiences of a group of Canadian youth who travel to Korea, developing a deeper respect for what Canadian Veterans went through to help protect South Korea.