RESOURCES

This is a list of organizations, websites, articles and other materials that may be helpful to teachers in developing the lesson, or for students as they are researching.

POV: Brimstone & Glory
This site includes a general discussion guide with additional activity ideas.

The New York Times: "Despite Blast in Mexico, a Clamor to Rebuild Fireworks Market"
Reporting by Paulina Villegas and Azam Ahmed on a recent Tultepec explosion gives background and underscores the danger of residents' work.

Power Poetry
This website offers advice for creating poems with multimedia. Also see this page, or search YouTube for "visual poetry" to find examples.POV: Media Literacy Questions for Analyzing

POV: Media Literacy Questions for Analyzing POV Films
This list of questions provides a useful starting point for leading rich discussions that challenge students to think critically about documentaries.

STANDARDS

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

• RI.9-10.2
  Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
• RI.9-10.7
  Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
• L.9-10.5
  Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
• SL.9-10.2
  Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
• SL.9-10.6
  Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

Content Knowledge:  a compilation of content standards and benchmarks for K-12 curriculum by McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning).

• Language Arts, Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
• Language Arts, Standard 2: Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing.
• Language Arts, Standard 8: Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
• Language Arts, Standard 9: Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media.