Changing By The Minute Documentary Tool Kit
Private screener page for PAMLE, NELMS. If you are interested in using these materials for professional development or with students, please see Educational Sales page. If your school cannot afford the purchase /rental, drop me an email to request donated access RollingRiverMedia@gmail.com. I am eager the materials be used!
I spent a year embedded as a one-woman film crew in a public middle school in New York City, and made a documentary called Changing By The Minute, that is part of a larger tool kit including the 62min film, a 10min short film, discussion guides, and bonus clips.
The goal of the project is to help reverse the narrative of early adolescence as a negative time — and support teachers in decreasing the stress and distress experienced by 10-14 year olds. This material is both a window into a school that embraces these years with joy, flexibility and deep acceptance — and it is a view into the daily lives of early adolescents, featuring authentic, unfiltered interactions between students and commentary from them. This chance to hear directly from 10-14 year olds makes the took kit a powerful resource to:
The trailer, 62min film, 10min film, bonus materials and discussion guides are all available from this page for your review.
Hope you love them all!
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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 Clips
Click here to access seventeen short clips of commentary, anecdotes, and insights that are intended to augment the 62 min. documentary film Changing By the Minute and provide jumping off places for additional conversations.
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
Discussion Guide for using Bonus Clips with teachers, administrators, teacher candidates, college students, after school staff
To learn more, see: ChangingByTheMinute.com
If you know a school offering middle grades instruction or teacher education that would like to review the documentary tool kit, have them contact: RollingRiverMedia@gmail.com