POV

The English Surgeon | What Type of Volunteer Are You?
September 8, 2009

This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film The English Surgeon, which follows the volunteer work of an English neurosurgeon as he improves medical care for patients of a brain surgery clinic in Ukraine. Classrooms can use this film and its companion website resources to explore volunteerism and how students can make a difference in their own communities.

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34x25x36
August 13, 2009

This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film 34x25x36, part of the POV Shorts Program.

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Life. Support. Music. | What Role Should Government Play in Paying for Health Care?
June 30, 2009

This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film Life.Support.Music., which documents the recovery of guitarist Jason Crigler after he suffered a brain hemorrhage while onstage at a show. Classrooms can use Crigler's powerful story to raise issues about U.S. health care reform, especially topics related to long-term care.

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In the Family
October 1, 2008

This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film In the Family, which explores issues related to genetic testing and the difficult decisions some must face when they learn they are at high risk for certain forms of cancer.

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Critical Condition | The U.S. Health Care Crisis
September 30, 2008

Critical Condition tells the stories of four uninsured Americans as they battle illness over a two-year period. Classrooms can use this lesson to examine health insurance coverage in America and create public service announcements to connect the uninsured with free and subsidized health care services.

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Lumo
September 18, 2007

This lesson plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the film Lumo, which takes an intimate look at the healing process of a victim of rape, a crime of political terror that is increasingly common in areas of military conflict, such as the central African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Congo). This lesson uses an excerpt of the film to put a human face on the high numbers of women who are victims of rape in these areas. Students will learn more about this worldwide problem and write letters to government leaders suggesting how the United States could show greater leadership in addressing sexual violence in war. The film is in Swahili, French and English with English subtitles.

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Libby, Montana | Raise Awareness About Potentially Dangerous Attic Insulation
August 30, 2007

This lesson plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the film Libby, Montana, a film that details the tragic struggle of a small town whose residents were exposed to a toxic form of asbestos from its local mine. This same form of asbestos is estimated to be present in the attic insulation of approximately 35 million homes across the United States. This lesson mobilizes students to reach out to members of their community to educate them about the potential health risks associated with this insulation and safety precautions that should be observed.

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Freedom Machines | Disability and Technology
September 9, 2004

Freedom Machines takes a fresh look at disability through the lens of assistive technology. Students will learn more about the impact of technological innovation on society; gain awareness of the assistive technologies currently in use; become sensitized to the needs of people whose physical skills and abilities may differ from their own; and use their imagination.

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Thirst | Thirst Lesson plan
July 13, 2004

Focusing on one of the 21st century's greatest issues, Thirst is a piercing look at the conflict between public stewardship and private profit, where activists claim that water is a human right and corporations declare it a commodity. The aim of this lesson plan is to look at water privatization as both a local and global issue affecting all of us and to explore the impacts of water privatization on our local communities.

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