Film One

Two films developed and produced with students are included with all resources in the Promoting Positive Peer Relationships: Stories of Us – Bullying middle school program.  [Also see Film Two]

Synopsis

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Preview

Collaborating Students

A class of twenty-eight 8th Grade students collaborated in the production of Film One. Over a period of two months the students shared their experiences of bullying and helped shape the film script, workshoped the scenes, rehearsed and finally performed all the young roles in the 23 minute dramatized film. The majority of the filming took place within the school environment, with the general student population as a backdrop.

Shameem Rakha, Teacher: This project afforded my students an opportunity to be truly engaged in learning. In addition, they were given the wonderful opportunity to be a part of changing the climate of American schools. How many students can say that!

In the pages linked below, the collaborating students from Franklin Middle School in Champaign, Illinois share their experiences of bullying, and the film development and production process. These pages will be updated over coming weeks.

For example, Carolyn writes: I’ve sort of kind of bullied others (okay, I bullied them). I was really catty in elementary school and was super mean to this girl *Mary*, whose sister had epilepsy. I called Mary’s sister a retard, and Mary started crying... >More

Akshay	Carolyn	Cedric	"Cookie"
Courtney	David	Giselle	Jessica
"Jerome"	Keneasha	Kyle R.	Kyle S.
Laura	Mason	McKenzie	Melanie
Meriah	Michelle	Pedro	Phillip
Roniesha	Simon	Tara	"Thomas"
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