David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Movie Guide | Worksheet (PG - 2020)

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Movie Guide | Worksheet (PG - 2020) challenges students to digest the plethora of information in this new Netflix documentary. Identify what allowed humans to improve their lives so much faster than other animals. Explore why fast and drastic changes in our collective consciousness are now possible. Discuss the environmental changes that have happened in Borneo, Palau and Costa Rica. Ask students to imagine what the Earth will be like when they are David’s age, if humanity takes no action and his grim predictions come true. Finally, chart the information that is displayed throughout the movie about the Earth’s population, atmospheric carbon and percentage of wilderness and draw conclusions from the data.

This resource consists of 10 high-level, short answer and essay questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information.

This product .zip file includes:

• A student movie guide, PDF print version (4 pages)
• A student movie guide, PDF digital fillable form version (4 pages)
  *An answer key is included with this movie guide, however many answers will vary as students are encouraged to construct their own meaning from the characters’ dialogue and behavior. See the preview for samples.
  *A Google Forms Version of the Movie Guide
  *CCSS alignment indicating standards met, PDF (1 page - see also preview image)
  **CCSS Note: I’ve taken the liberty of aligning certain reading standards with the act of consuming content via the movie instead. Although students aren’t reading they are asked to perform the same cognitive functions on the content that they consumed from the movie.

**Distance Learning Tips:

• Distribute the digital PDF file or the google forms version to each student
• Use the screen sharing tool on your group call software to play the movie
• Pause the movie at each question to give students time to write/discuss

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