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Teachings of the Tree People and The Red Pines now include curriculum guides!

“I think the key to learning is going visual.” Barry Hoonan, 6^th grade teacher
Teachings of the Tree People and The Red Pines now have full curriculum guides.  Funded by a grant from the National Geographic Education Foundation, the Experiencing Film guide series is designed for middle grade learners and adaptable for all learning levels.

Film is often seen as a passive learning medium.  The Experiencing Film lessons developed at IslandWood take film to a new level of dynamic instructional strategies.

To see video of teachers using these films in the classroom, and download the curriculum, visit the IslandWood Website at http://islandwood.org/media
Teachers talk about the Experiencing Film curriculum:

“I definitely felt like I hooked some students I don’t always hook, because I felt like there was something for everyone in today’s lesson.”  Wyoshe Walker, middle school teacher.

“I really feel like the kids left this afternoon with a great feeling of success – a bounce in their step – because they did something new, they learned something new, and they were all good at it in their own special way.”  Lynn Barnicle.

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Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy - Awards and Screenings

Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy won the Audience Award and Second Prize in the Jury Awards at The Way We Live Festival in Munich, Germany.  The film also had two screenings in Salt Lake City before Thanksgiving. One at The Fine Arts Museum and one at South Valley School.  Diana Braun, who is featured in the film and Filmmaker Alice Elliott spoke at both screenings.  Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy finished a successful run on PBS. The broadcast was used to highlight National Disabilities Awareness Month.

Diana Braun at a screening, presenting her take on independent living skills.

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