Student Media Projects

STUDENT MEDIA PROJECTS FROM TBB’S GAP YEAR PROGRAMS

The purpose of the Media Project component of the TBB curriculum is to challenge you to conduct primary source research, synthesize your learning into new conclusions and then articulate them clearly to a new audience. By utilizing the media, you consider how to motivate and engage your audience to create change. Additionally, the Media Projects serve to educate a broad audience by reaching out in various formats through the Internet to challenge the assumptions of classrooms, families, and individuals who access the materials. Check out some examples below!

 

African Rationales: Challenging Western Views on HIV/AIDS in South Africa

By Michele Lis and Andrew Kim (TBB 2012)

This video challenges the assumptions of Western minds about the nature of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa.

Injustice in Motion

By Julia Jones (TBB 2012)

This video reflects on critical global issues and finds that in order to address all of them we must first address issues of social inequality.

Illuminating Poverty, An Emotional Landscape

By Michele Lis (TBB 2012)

In this stop-motion video created for her final Presentation Of Learning, TBB ’12 student Michele Lis explores what poverty means to her.

Women of Ban Huay Hee

By Katie Cromack, Alexandra Duncan, and Becca Title (TBB 2009)

This video explores the realities of the Karen women of the rural village of Huay Hee, Thailand where subsistence agriculture is practiced.

War and the Environment

By Alexis Kidd, John Kline, Renee Slajda, and Becca Title (TBB 2009)

The environmental impact of war is one of the last things we usually talk about when we discuss the consequences of military conflict. In this powerful video TBB students explore the impacts of the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War on the population today.

Overheard in Plett

By Lucy Griswold (TBB 2010)

Racism is is sometimes hard to see, even when it surrounds us. Lucy Griswold drew this incredible comic series to illustrate the sights and experiences she found in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa.

Strawberries in January

By Emily Ausubel and Alexis Kidd (TBB 2009)

This video explores the intricacies of our food system. The song was written by Alexis and performed with Emily. The photos are Emily’s, taken during their stay in the rural village of Huay Hee, Thailand.

Wall

By Genevieve Moss-Hawkins (TBB 2010)

Why is meeting the needs of HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa so difficult? Genevieve enlightens us with a powerful spoken-word performance.

What’s for dinner?

By Lily Bullitt, Katie Robson, and Renee Slajda (TBB 2009)

This stop-action animated video challenges viewers to think about the relationship we each have with the food we eat. The video illustrates the processes of making dinner in a western kitchen and in the rural village of Huay Hee, Thailand where the video was made.

Breaking the Straw Ceiling

By Marianna Brady, Bridget Callahan, Lucy Griswold, and Calypso Thomson (TBB 2010)

“If you can imagine it, can you become it?” TBB students created this video as they tried to address this question in Bua, Ecuador.

American Identity and Global Leadership

By Lucy Griswold (TBB 2010)

How does my identity as an American affect the rest of the world? Lucy edited this video exploring how her life affected those of her host families abroad, even before she arrived.

Women in India: Our Journey

By Marianna Brady and Genevieve Moss-Hawkins (TBB 2010)

This video explores the experiences of women in rural India. Among other things, Marianna and Genevieve found that their own assumptions about personal freedom and community culture may not apply to everyone.

Clean Water Solutions

By Emily Ausubel, Renee Slajda, and Zach Toedtman (TBB 2009)

This video explains the challenges and solutions available to the residents of Bua, Ecuador with regard to clean water resources.

Basketball in China

By Marianna Brady and Jonny Reindollar (TBB 2010)

This short film explores the role basketball plays in youth culture in China and how it contributes to the education and development of individuals.

AIDS: A Women’s Disease

By Marianna Brady (TBB 2010)

How is HIV/AIDS a woman’s disease? Marianna explores this question with interviews of home-based care givers and nurses in the townships of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa.