Changing By The Minute Documentary Tool Kit
For use by Joanna Lee Williams. Please do not share externally.
Changing By The Minute is a 62min documentary created by an award-winning film team, that offers an unprecedented opportunity to hear directly from a diverse collection of early adolescents and observe them over the course of one school year. The film showcases the social emotional development of 10-14 year olds, and provides a jumping off place for discussions about the complexities of friendship, identity, self-expression, ethics and practices that foster a sense of belonging.
- Engage 10-14 year olds in meaningful conversations about their social and emotional lives as they respond to the film, especially important after two years of pandemic disruption to school and community
- Catalyze dynamic professional development sessions with teachers, administrators, and afterschool staff about embracing the joy and complexity of early adolescence, fostering a sense of school belonging, deepening student-teacher and student-student relationships, and creating a climate for intellectual risk taking to improve learning
- Educate new teachers and new out-of-school time staff about the developmental characteristics and needs of early adolescents
- Build connections with parents and families by hosting screenings and facilitating conversations about what to expect during these rich developmental years
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- Changing By The Minute – 62 min documentary by award-winning filmmaker
- Y’All R Real Ones: Middle School Moments – 10 min short documentary
- BETA Bonus Material – 28 min additional commentary, anecdotes, insights
- Discussion Guides developed by subject matter experts
Headphones / external speakers recommended. Laptop speakers not recommended.
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Trailer (3 min)
Changing By The Minute (62 min documentary)
Y’All R Real Ones: Middle School Moments (10 min documentary)
Bonus Materials
Click here to access the Bonus Materials page, under construction.
Bonus Materials are intended to augment and extend discussions related to the 62 min. documentary film “Changing By the Minute.” The bonus material is not a comprehensive presentation of issues — but an assortment of commentary, anecdotes, and insights that may be of additional interest.
Discussion Guides
Discussion Guide for using short film with 10-14 year olds, during school and afterschool
Discussion Guide for using short film with new teachers, teacher candidates, and school counselor candidates
Discussion Guide for using 10min short film in professional development sessions with teachers, administrators and school staff
Discussion Guide for using 62min film with 10-14 year olds during school and after school.
Discussion Guide for using 62min film in professional development sessions with teachers, administrators and school staff
Discussion Guide for using 62min film with new teachers, teacher candidates, and school counselor candidates
The documentary tool kit is intended to help reverse the narrative of early adolescence as a negative time, support SEL training for professionals, and engage 10-14 year olds in meaningful, inclusive conversations as they recover from two years of disrupted learning.
To learn more, see: ChangingByTheMinute.com
If you know a school offering middle grades instruction that would like to license the documentary tool kit, have them contact: RollingRiverMedia@gmail.com