POV documentaries are a valuable resource for teachers and students. Use these free video clips and companion lesson plans to present POV films to your class. Interested in using the full film? Join our Community Network and borrow it for free from our lending library!
Featured Lesson Plans
Collect Oral Histories About the Genocide in Guatemala
In this lesson, students will watch a video clip about a young woman whose father disappeared during the Guatemalan dictatorship in 1984 as part of a systematic genocide. They will then discuss the strengths and limitations of oral histories in telling the story of such a complicated tragedy.
Comparative Religion Investigation: What Happens When We Die?
In this lesson, students will research and discuss what Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism teach in terms of what happens when people die. This lesson will also provide an opportunity for students to think critically about the differences and similarities between religions and belief systems.
The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Veterans and Their Families
In this lesson, students will investigate traumatic brain injury (TBI), which has become the signature injury of military service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Students will watch video clips that illustrate issues related to TBI, research additional information and create fact sheets to educate soldiers and their families about TBI and direct them to organizations that can provide support.
Classroom Video Clips
Dom and Bodi return home from Afghanistan and begin the reintegration process. Dom is more irritable, and Bodi is concerned about his traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnosis.
How Can There Be Any Feelings?
In this clip from Last Train Home, Qin expresses her frustrations with the lives and occupations that her parents have chosen.
