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.


Choosing Your Topic

Do you want to share your creativity?


Do you want to share something about your life, your family, your culture or your community?


Do you want to raise awareness about a cause that you care about?


What inspires you to take pictures or make videos?


Brainstorm Break


• 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:


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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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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?Lesson 2: Choosing Your Topic


Can you document your topic in one day? !


Is your topic physically safe to film? !


Is your topic shareable in our community of ideas, and does it meet your communities ethical standards?

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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:


!Collectively or individually decide on a

final topic. !

Now it's time to write about it!



• 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:


one day on earth interactive lesson #2

Education

final topic

topic shareable

topic proposal assignment

final decision step

time of day

important questions

community of ideas

time period