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FILM: This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film City of Cranes, part of the POV Shorts Program. POV documentaries can be recorded off-the-air and used for educational purposes for up to one year from their initial broadcast. In addition, POV offers a lending library of DVDs and VHS tapes that you can borrow any time during the school year — FOR FREE! Get started by joining our Community Network. Please visit our Film Library to find other films suitable for classroom use. Watch City of Cranes online.
OBJECTIVES By the end of this activity, students will: SUBJECTS: Current events, geography, language arts, civics, arts GRADE LEVELS: 6-12 LENGTH OF FILM: Approximately 14 minutes
ACTIVITY
RESOURCES POV The POV website features a number of video clips and interview segments that present a variety of topics from a particular point of view or perspective.
STANDARDS These standards are drawn from "Content Knowledge," a compilation of content standards and benchmarks for K-12 curriculum by McRel (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning). Civics
Standard 11: Understands the role of diversity in American life and the importance of shared values, political beliefs and civic beliefs in an increasingly diverse American society.
Geography
Standard 4: Understands the physical and human characteristics of place.
Standard 6: Understands that culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.
Behavioral Studies
Standard 1: Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior.
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Download the Lesson Plan

FILM: This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film City of Cranes, part of the POV Shorts Program. POV documentaries can be recorded off-the-air and used for educational purposes for up to one year from their initial broadcast. In addition, POV offers a lending library of DVDs and VHS tapes that you can borrow any time during the school year — FOR FREE! Get started by joining our Community Network. Please visit our Film Library to find other films suitable for classroom use. Watch City of Cranes online.
OBJECTIVES By the end of this activity, students will: SUBJECTS: Current events, geography, language arts, civics, arts GRADE LEVELS: 6-12 LENGTH OF FILM: Approximately 14 minutes
ACTIVITY
RESOURCES POV The POV website features a number of video clips and interview segments that present a variety of topics from a particular point of view or perspective.
STANDARDS These standards are drawn from "Content Knowledge," a compilation of content standards and benchmarks for K-12 curriculum by McRel (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning). Civics
Standard 11: Understands the role of diversity in American life and the importance of shared values, political beliefs and civic beliefs in an increasingly diverse American society.
Geography
Standard 4: Understands the physical and human characteristics of place.
Standard 6: Understands that culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.
Behavioral Studies
Standard 1: Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior.
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Download the Lesson Plan

FILM: This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film City of Cranes, part of the POV Shorts Program. POV documentaries can be recorded off-the-air and used for educational purposes for up to one year from their initial broadcast. In addition, POV offers a lending library of DVDs and VHS tapes that you can borrow any time during the school year — FOR FREE! Get started by joining our Community Network. Please visit our Film Library to find other films suitable for classroom use. Watch City of Cranes online.
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ACTIVITY
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STANDARDS These standards are drawn from "Content Knowledge," a compilation of content standards and benchmarks for K-12 curriculum by McRel (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning). Civics
Standard 11: Understands the role of diversity in American life and the importance of shared values, political beliefs and civic beliefs in an increasingly diverse American society.
Geography
Standard 4: Understands the physical and human characteristics of place.
Standard 6: Understands that culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.
Behavioral Studies
Standard 1: Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior.
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City of Cranes: Lesson Plan: Perspectives

POV

Download the Lesson Plan

FILM: This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film City of Cranes, part of the POV Shorts Program.

POV documentaries can be recorded off-the-air and used for educational purposes for up to one year from their initial broadcast. In addition, POV offers a lending library of DVDs and VHS tapes that you can borrow any time during the school year -- FOR FREE! Get started by joining our Community Network.

Please visit our Film Library to find other films suitable for classroom use.

Watch City of Cranes online.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this activity, students will:

SUBJECTS: Current events, geography, language arts, civics, arts

GRADE LEVELS: 6-12

LENGTH OF FILM: Approximately 14 minutes

ACTIVITY

RESOURCES

POV
The POV website features a number of video clips and interview segments that present a variety of topics from a particular point of view or perspective.

STANDARDS
These standards are drawn from "Content Knowledge," a compilation of content standards and benchmarks for K-12 curriculum by McRel (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning).

Civics

Standard 11: Understands the role of diversity in American life and the importance of shared values, political beliefs and civic beliefs in an increasingly diverse American society.

Geography

Standard 4: Understands the physical and human characteristics of place.

Standard 6: Understands that culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.

Behavioral Studies

Standard 1: Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior.