Download - One Day on Earth Interactive Lesson #2
You get a voice in the world’s video time capsule. What will you choose to say?
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
This is a chance for people of the world to share their perspectives. Your participation raises local and global awareness. Every person who participates is choosing something important to them in their life to document and share with you and the rest of the world.
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
Choosing Your Topic
Do you want to share your creativity?
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
Do you want to share something about your life, your family, your culture or your community?
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
Do you want to raise awareness about a cause that you care about?
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
What inspires you to take pictures or make videos?
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
Brainstorm Break
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
• What image would you capture that no one has seen before?
• What is the most important thing about your community,
town, city, state, or country that you would share with someone who has never been?
! • Is there someone in your community that is helping to make
the world a better place? Who are they and what are they doing?
Discussion Questions:
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
Begin a list of topics on your chalk or dry erase board based on the conversations you had during Part 1 and 2 of the brainstorm.
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Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
Making Your Final Decision- Step 1
Now that you have imagined a range of beautiful ideas to film, it’s time to consider some important questions...
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Making Your Final Decision- Step 2
Can you document your topic in one day? !
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
Is your topic physically safe to film? !
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
Is your topic shareable in our community of ideas, and does it meet your communities ethical standards?
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Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
In deciding your final topic you must be able to answer yes to all of these questions. If you can't do so you will need to pick another topic from your brainstorm that meets these basic standards.
IMPORTANT:
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
!Collectively or individually decide on a
final topic. !
Now it's time to write about it!
Making Your Final Decision- Step 3
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic
• The topic you chose • Why you chose it • How you will document it • For how long of a time period on you will shoot: time of
day, hours, minutes • What importance this topic has to you • What importance you believe this topic will have to the
world
Please explain in writing:
Write a one page proposal on the topic you have chosen to document.
Topic Proposal Assignment:
Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic