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: Singing with Angry Bird
The film's official POV site includes a discussion guide with additional activity ideas, steps to borrow the DVD from the POV Lending Library and other resources.

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.

Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence
This website offers resources and programs for advancing and sustaining cultural and linguistic competency.

My Love, Don't Cross That River
This documentary follows an elderly Korean couple as they navigate the challenges of aging in a changing world

PBS: Homeland: Immigration in America
This PBS series offers personal insights into America's immigrant experience and explores how much we, as a country and a community, value assimilation, inclusion and cultural diversity.

PBS: "Toward a More Perfect Union in an Age of Diversity: Working on Common Cross-cultural Communication Challenges"
This paper explores how various groups within our society have related to each other and how we open the channels for cross-cultural communication.

STANDARDS

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

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

• CCSS.SL.9-10.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• CCSS.SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• CCSS.SL.9-10.4 Present information, findings and supporting evidence clearly, concisely and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance and style are appropriate to purpose, audience and task.
• CCSS.SL.11-12.4 Present information, findings and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed and the organization, development, substance and style are appropriate to purpose, audience and a range of formal and informal tasks.
• CCSS.SL.9-10.5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning and evidence and to add interest.
• CCSS.SL.11-12.5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning and evidence and to add interest.

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 8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
• Language Arts Standard 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media.
• Thinking and Reasoning Standard 1. Understands and applies the basic principles of presenting an argument.
• Thinking and Reasoning, Standard 3. Effectively uses mental processes that are based on identifying similarities and differences.