Students really tuned in to the dementia that Mark Chapman, Lennon’s assassin, displayed, and the sordid history of Chapman’s youth. Single words: John Lynnen (sp) Assassination gun bullets 5 shots dead bible abused Six Word Story: “The abused became the abuser.”
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Also in the Decades Collection from the History Channel was the story of John Lennon’s assassination. Students knew who John Lennon was, but very few knew that he had been murdered, much less any information about the assassin. I think the true power of the Six Word Story is relayed in the fact that...
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Just a few more examples from “The Fall of the Berlin Wall”, Decades Collection presented by the History Channel. Circled Words: Divided Berlin Airlift Blockade Communism Red Army Violence Tear Down Six Word Story “Germany divided by communism, much violence”
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I just wanted to share some student work from our work with the Six Word Story. These examples are over the 1980′S DVD from The Decades Collection presented by the History Channel. Students watched “The Fall of the Berlin Wall” and were asked to write down descriptive words of what they saw or felt....
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Something simple but effective: Go visual with your windows as a whiteboard!
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In an attempt to upgrade the students’ experience with documentaries, I decided to use the Six Word Story concept and have the students summarize the 50-minute documentary in six words or less. They struggled with the first try, but we had some great insights. They tried, and most of them gave it their all....
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