Category: Learning

Over the course of 5 weeks, the 8/1 homeroom class has been watching two documentaries: Exodus, and Exodus: The Journey Continues. Frontline, an affiliate of PBS, produced the documentaries. In these documentaries Frontline, vividly captures the ongoing global crisis  - immigration - by profiling a few families over the span of 2 years. Students were actively engaged while watching these documentaries. They asked a number of questions which allowed us to partake in meaningful dialogue. We, as a class, were quite impacted by the documentary, that we decided to write letters to Frontline. Just a few days ago, Frontline sent us a response which you can see below. The students were amazed that their letters were read by the Frontline team. It was a great reinforcer for students to grasp…