Otherly Documentary Trio Lesson Plan: Posting Our Stories Resources and Standards

Resources and Standards

In this collection:

Overview

Activities

Resources and Standards

Credits and Acknowledgements

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Resource List

Otherly Documentary Series
https://mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/otherly/
Premiering on Instagram Stories, Otherly is a series of seven short documentaries about finding one’s place in the 21st century. Using universal themes like love, inclusion, and loss as entry points, seven female, non-binary, and genderqueer creators have crafted films that are at once timeless and yet by definition of their form, ephemeral.

Otherly Instagram Account
https://www.instagram.com/otherlyseries/?hl=en

Tristan Angieri Artist site
https://tristanangieri.com/

Em Yue
https://emyue.me/
Website for filmmaker Em Yue, showcasing their work in multiple mediums and genres.

Jackie! Zhou
http://www.soundslikejackie.com/
Film creator’s website.

Edutopia; Focus on classroom use of social media.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-social-media-account-your-class

Pagefreezer; Detailed overview of legal concerns for school social media use.
https://blog.pagefreezer.com/k12-schools-official-social-media-accounts-protect-student-privacy

Emma Talks
http://emmatalks.org/
EMMA is a Mini-Art Festival and Speakers Series. The core purpose of EMMA talks is to bring important stories by women* writers, activists, thinkers, storytellers, makers and doers, from the periphery to the public.
Together their stories will build a powerful and engaging collection of talks, celebrating and building on the conversations, imaginings, and hard work of so many individuals, communities and movements, which will lead to a creative cross-pollination of ideas.
*including two spirited, trans and gender non-conforming folks.

Learning Standards

Comprehension and Collaboration:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.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.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1.a
Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1.b
Work with peers to promote civil, democratic discussions and decision-making, set clear goals and deadlines, and establish individual roles as needed.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1.c
Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence; ensure a hearing for a full range of positions on a topic or issue; clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions; and promote divergent and creative perspectives.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1.d
Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims, and evidence made on all sides of an issue; resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2
Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.3
Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.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.ELA-Literacy.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.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

Key Ideas and Details:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3
Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9
Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

Sources

About the author:

Jade Sanchez-Ventura

Jade Sanchez-Ventura is a writer and radical educator. She works in memoir and her personal essays have been published across an array of online literary journals, and in print with Slice Magazine and Seal Press. Her work has been featured on Bitch Media’s Popaganda podcast and been awarded the Slice Literary Conference “Bridging the Gap” award; a Disquiet Literary conference fellowship; and a Hertog fellowship. She is a regular contributor to MUTHA Magazine, which champions a fiery re-imagining of parenting. As an educator, she is very good at being continually wowed by her students and their words on the page. She believes a commitment to racial equity and social justice is essential to the practice of teaching. She has spent the last decade studying and implementing this pedagogical approach to education with the Brooklyn Free School, an urban democratic free school in New York City. Though she has ties to many countries, she has always made her home in Brooklyn, New York. She’s on Instagram posting about radical parenting, teaching, race, writing, and other such matters; find her @jade_m_sv.

Noleca Radway

Noleca Radway is the Chief Executive Officer at Domino Sound, a queer, Black woman-owned network & production company creating authentic, inclusive and disruptive media content. Noleca is a producer, educator, speaker, writer, screenwriter, host and director. She is the producer and host of the progressive parenting podcastRaising Rebels. She is the director ofThe Cheat Code and Executive Producer ofThe Color Grade. She is also the former Executive Director of theBrooklyn Free School. Noleca loves helping adolescents and marginalized people tell their story within a social justice context.

Noleca’s most recent work, HBO’sBetween the World and Me Podcast, highlights her unique ability to amplify multiple voices and mediums to tell a story and create impact.

She considers the ability to make connections between people, philosophies and dimensions her personal superpower. She attributes this to being a Bronx-raised, first- generation Black-Jamaican wife, mother, teacher, educator and Octavia Butler fan. Noleca graduated from Howard University and attended Bank Street College of Education. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband and their three daughters.