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Grit: Discussion Guide

Grit: Discussion Guide Credits and Acknowledgements

Credits and Acknowledgements

In this collection:

Letter from the Filmmakers

Using This Guide

The Film: Participants and Key Issues

Background Information

Discussion Prompt: Starting the Conversation

Discussion Prompt: Understanding the Loss

Discussion Prompt: Honoring the Event

Discussion Prompt: Activism and Elections

Discussion Prompt: Responsibility

Discussion Prompt: Compensation

Discussion Prompt: Recovery

Discussion Prompt: Closing Questions

Credits and Acknowledgements

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Writer
Faith Rogow, InsightersEducation.com

Background Writing
Ione Barrows
Senior Associate, Community Engagement and Education, POV

Guide Producers, POV
Alice Quinlan
Director, Community Engagement and Education, POV

Rachel Friedland
Community Partnerships Associate, POV

Thanks to those who reviewed this guide:
Cynthia Wade and Sasha Friedlander
Directors, Grit

This resource was created, in part, with the generous support of the Open Society Foundation.

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About the author:

Faith Rogow

Faith Rogow, Ph.D., is the co-author of The Teacher's Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World (Corwin, 2012) and past president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. She has written discussion guides and lesson plans for more than 250 independent films.