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Digital Story: Garbages
Bridges site: http://www.bridgesweb.org/projects/gallery.htmlTibetan Children’s Village, Stae of Himachal Prades, Kangra District, Dharmasala, IndiaNarrator: Tenzin Wangchuk Andrugtsang
Photographers: Tenzin Sonam, Tenzin Lodhen, Veshi Dolma
OverviewTenzin takes us on a photo tour of Dharamsala showing what happens to waste when a cityincreases in population and modernizes.
PurposeTo recognize that the issue of waste management is global and we are able to affect change, eitherindividually or as a community.
Anticipation Activity
True/False
1. The Tibetan Children’s Village is in Tibet. True False
2. Dharamsala is the same today as it was in the 1960s. True False
3. It is outlawed to throw garbage on the ground in Dharamsala True False
4. There is a “Green” shop in Dharamsala that sells recycled goods. True False
5. The government punishment for littering is severe. True False
Pre-Activity Research - (Internet or Library References) Geography and Political History Resourceshttp://www.aneki.com/India.html
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/hemispheres.htm http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/india/map/m2908460/dharamsala.html http://www.worldbridges.com/Tibet/Dharamsala/guide http://www.tcv.org.in/history.shtml Atlases
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Dharamsala - Identify and/or Explain the following
Exact location-
Hemispheres-
Continent-
Country-Mountain Range-
Climate-
Why are Tibetan children living in India?
Who is the Dalai Lama?
Comprehension Questions (after viewing the digital story)
1. What was Dharamsala like before the Tibetans moved there?
2. Compare the environment in Dharamsala back in the 1960s to the environment today.
3. What did they use to hold items in the 60s?
4. What do people use to hold their items today?
5. What did the old man say people care about these days?
6. Who is the narrator of this story and where does he go to school?
7. Why has garbage increased in Dharamsala?
8. How many students are there at the TCV school?
9. Students raise money for a party by doing what for the environment?
10. What do the students do with most of their litter?
11. What is Tenzin worried about?
12. Tenzin visited an environmental organization. What is the purpose of this Environmental EducationCenter?
13. What is a Green Shop and what will you find there?
14. Why is there so much garbage in Dharmasala? List at least two reasons.
15. What is the Tibetan Children’s Village currently doing to improve the environment?
16. How would Tenzin improve the environment of his village? List five different ways.
17. What is Tenzin’s mission?
General Questions
1. What is the message of this story?
2. How are their lives as children different from and similar to yours?
3. What is the event/issue/problem expressed in the digital story?
4. How are these young people working to make positive changes in their community or in the world?
5. Is awareness one way to make change? Explain your answer.
Making a movie - explain your answers
1. This digital movie is used to share an experience. What other forms of expression could he have used?
2. How is one able to show emotions using digital photography?
3. Does the voice and/or music add to the tone and/or mood of the digital story? If so, how?
4. Was it important for the story to include photos of people? Why or why not?
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5. Why might it be important to carry your camera with you at all times?
6. What is in the photo that helps you know about the culture?
7. What is the photographer trying to communicate to us?
8. Do the pictures look posed? If so, to what purpose?
9. Do the pictures look spontaneous? If so, to what purpose?
Follow-Up Discussion
• What is done with garbage in your home?
• What is done with the garbage in your school?
• What is done with garbage in your community?
• What can you do to help eliminate litter?
• What can you do to increase recycling?
Follow-Up Activities
• Establish a recycling program in your school.• Collect ink and toner cartridges
www.recycle4charity.com https://staplesrecyclefored.com
• Recycle cell phoneshttp://www.charitablerecycling.com/CR/home.asp
• Recycle, reuse, renewhttp://earth911.org/ http://www.epa.gov/kids/garbage.htm
• Student involvementhttp://www.kidsface.org/ http://www.kidsface.org/pages/newsletter/home.html
• What other ideas do you have for taking action in your community?
Standards*National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association
Standards 1, 2, 3, 6National Council for Social StudiesStandards Theme I: Culture, Theme IV Individual Development and IdentityTheme IX: Global Connections American Geographical Society, Association of American Geographers, National Geographic Society, National Council for Geographic Education
Essential Element II: Places and Regions Standards 4, 6Essential Element III: Physical Systems Standards 7, 8Essential Element IV: Human Systems Standards 9, 10,11,12,13Essential Element V: Environment and Society Standard 14
*For more details see http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/framework/
