Humans! A disease??

Today in class we watched a video about humans. It was told from the perspective of earth and painted humans as destructive and awful beings.

 

What did we think about this video:

Silas, "They made it seem like we are all bad but they forgot about the good things that we do."

Brayden,  "I saw a picture on instagram of a great white shark next to a scuba diver. The caption said, "in this picture you can see the worlds greatest predator, and beside it is a great white shark.""

Jaelyn, "I found the video might be offensive to someone who might cut down trees. We actually don't run around with axes killing animals. This video makes hunters or lumberjacks look bad or feel bad."

Claudia, "It made me think that the video made humans look like killers. It is not fair because not all people are like that, even though some are."

Wade, "It made it seem that people are out to destroy the environment, but they forgot about the people that are trying really hard to conserve the environment for future generations."

Jenna D, "It's not fair that they make it seem like everyone is going to be like that."

Blake, "If you look around, every house has wood in it. All of that wood came from live trees that have been cut down. So we all are guilty."

Taylor, "Different things like fur, wood and products are natural to the environment and we are using them."

Jenna R, "My mom went on a trip once with her school and they visited a wood company. There were stacks and stacks and stacks of wood. It was hard to believe that we use that much."

Ethan, "Some people just hunt and fish for sport and do not use the meat. It is killing the environment Their representation made me think about that, but it wasnt accurate."

Andreea, "A human made that, and most humans use products. The creator might be a hyppocrite."

We learned that we need to be careful of biases and perspectives in

TV, papers, books, websites etc.
 

We think it was a great video and it makes sense.

Even though it was "overkill", it made a strong point!

I was proud of the students today as they analysed the video with maturity. Theiy demonstrated high thinking ability throughout the entire the activity!