1.1.5 Eunice Foote Resource Video

Some Reflections to add:

I chose to use this video after the 1.1.5 Climate Pioneer_Graphic Biography and Guided Questions. I placed the guided questions into a google doc for students to respond to and submit for grading; students were asked to engage in the OER activity first (this allowed me to assess what they were able to pull from this style of text) and then before submitting, we watched the video to enhance our responses in a different color font. 

While the video is a bit robotic/monotone in narration, it turned out that it was very helpful for my student who is deaf; he shared that the unique captions and the pacing were supportive. I thought that was interesting - I will turn on captions as a support, but I haven't really considered the pacing of a video in terms of an accomodation/support. 

Lastly, at the end of the video, there is the encouraging portrayal of four women scientists. My class and I had a quick but interesting discussion here. Right away, we began to name other very similar stories (Rachel Carson, Rosalind Franklin) so they were familar with a gender inequality within historical science. But they noticed that the video presents very similar looking women at the end, and we thought it was a missed opportunity to animate and represent a more diverse science group.  

Looking ahead: It could be fun to recreate her experiment as a demo or a sutdent lab.

Alexandre Scott Thanks for sharing this video! I love how you paired different types of media to both deepen understanding and address accessibility.  

It's great where your class took the conversation around representation, and love the idea about recreating her experiments. It could be cool to use this as a springboard in history classes, too--like connecting these pioneers to the Industrial Revolutions impact on the environment, or digging into other lesser know figures whose stories are often overlooked as a way to see climate change as not just science, but history in action.

I love this! I am going to take a look and incorporate this in my class later this semester! Thank you so much!

 Alexandre Scott , thank you for sharing the video. I love your idea of having students add additional details in a different color font so you can assess what students gained from the graphic bio vs. the video. I just added that to my lesson plans!