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Jan Hunter teaches English and uses
drama to engage students in writing. Students
brainstormed
ideas, conducted research, developed concepts
and improved
script writing skills. They combined feature
film and documentary-style
filmmaking while investigating issues of youth violence
and teen pregnancy
Excerpt
from the students’ concept paper: The
media frequently reports the consequences and
the statistics
of youth involved with negative activity. What
we don’t
see are the personal stories of the young
people involved.
We will dramatize how youth get involved with
the negative
and how things can go wrong. Our video is about the lack
of positive choices for the youth of Oakland
and how limited
choices contribute to the increase in youth violence and
teen pregnancy. We will ask adults about the
types of opportunities
that were available to them when they were teens. Many of
these opportunities are not available today. Our goal is
for everyone to understand that there are not
enough positive
activities for youth and if we don’t
provide positive
alternatives, youth will be lost.
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