By the final years of high school, something begins to change. For many students, curiosity gives way to routine. Learning becomes increasingly focused on completing assignments, preparing for exams, and earning grades. The sense of wonder that comes so naturally in childhood (remember that feeling?) can slowly be replaced by simply getting through the next semester. Recent research highlights some of the challenges students face in today's classrooms. According to...
Read MoreWhen the 11th grade Anthropology class of THINK Global School began their unit on Marriage and Sexuality, teacher Nick Martino called for a creative output product. Four weeks later, a twenty minute long Bachelor spoof had been planned, shot, edited and privately showed to the TGS community. It is now released to the public, serving as a simultaneously entertaining and informative anthropological video.
In order to preserve the humorous nature of the content, anthropological terms are sometimes not expressly stated. Rather, they will appear in the top left-hand corner of the screen as they are being discussed. We encourage viewers to google terms with which they are unfamiliar, as the educational value of the video is a top priority.
This video is the product of many hours of work and planning from the five Anthropology students, in conjunction with volunteers from the larger TGS community. It is intended to educate in a humorous manner; significant effort was taken in order to ensure that the content was not offensive or ethnocentric. However, feel free to give both comments and criticisms, as this was a first effort with such material.
THINK Global School Presents… The Bachelor (Anthropological Version) from River Wittke on Vimeo.