Image found on Nick Brandt's website, Image series, Across the Ravage Land |
Image from http://www.chrisjordan.com/ |
The shocking work of Chris Jordan.
And the even more beautiful and shocking video of the island where he got this picture. Click Here
The Majestic Plastic Bag by HealtheBay
Image from http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/ |
Images from Edward Burtynsky
His Urban Mines Series
Nick's students created a comic strip revolving around these hot topics. He shows all of these images and more to his 5th grade students. What are your thoughts? Are these image and videos that can be shown in the Elementary Room? I love the idea... but are these appropriate? I still haven't made up my mind on the subject, maybe I can hear your thoughts.
Teaching our students to care about environmental issues is important, but I think a couple of the images/videos would be a little bit too much for my elementary students. I'm sure that there are a lot of other images/videos available that would be more younger crowd friendly but still get the point across. It might work well for Nick and his students but I have reservations about using/showing the bird image and the "Man" video to my kiddos. The first image(elephant tusks) and the piles of compacted garbage I would show without any reservations. You have decide what you think is best suited to your students. I think if you are questioning the appropriateness of a picture/video then you need to go with your gut instinct. :)
ReplyDeleteGood advice. Thanks for your response.
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