Lesson Plan

Pbs: Independent Lens: Garbage Dreams

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Garbage Dreams is a documentary film that follows the lives of the Zabbaleen, people in Cairo who have been collecting garbage for a hundred years. But garbage collection has been contracted out to companies who do a poor job of recycling waste. The Zabbaleen struggle to adapt to their changed financial circumstances. This unit comes with an online game, comprehensive lessons, photo files, and a six-minute documentary trailer. Excellent material!

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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)