Following our historic walk and introducing the students to the recent discovery of the Terror found through Inuit Oral Stories (only to be believed when a photo was taken as proof) the problem that emerged is there are voices that are not heard. There are stories that are not told. We as a society are not always listening to what we need to listen to. There are many truths, but there are some people's truths that deny the truth of others. Feeling like we have stumbled upon a problem/exploration that is worthy of our attention we created a task in which students will create a podcast that shares an uncovered story they want to tell. In order to uncover these stories we need to conduct provoking interviews. We are currently working on discovering what “good” questions are. Mr. Burima's impressive journalism skills has resulted in our students being presented with examples and practicing their own line of questioning. The students have had several opportunities to interview each other. Most recently they had the opportunity to grill Ms.McNeil and Mr. Burima during a media scrum about a falsified newspaper article (written by Mr.Burima) regarding a friendly football toss a couple of weeks ago. Following the media scrum Mr. Burima asked the students "how would you feel if your story was always told wrong or never told?" Their answers were profound, leaving Mr.Burima and Ms.McNeil speechless.
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