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American Textures ClipsFilm Excerpts for Targeted Discussions

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This page provides you with 14 short clips (3-10 min. each) that highlight key themes from the film American Textures to allow the flexible design of short activities and dialogues around topics of the sequences.

Suggested activity time: 10-30 mins each
Learning areas: Critical Thinking, Intercultural Awareness, Social and Communication Skills

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  1. Why initiate Dialogue? (2 min) view
  2. On Images of the Other (3 min) view
  3. On Gentrification (9 min) view
  4. On Migrant Dreams (5 min) view
  5. On Privileges (3 min) view
  6. On Breaking Down Barriers (10 min) view
  7. On Civic Rights (3 min) view
  8. On Social Separation (5 min) view
  9. On Using Privileges (5 min) view
  10. On Leaving Comfortzones (3 min) view
  11. On Social Justice (10 min) view
  12. On Social Realities (5 min) view
  13. The Power of Frankness (3 min) view
  14. Embracing Diversity (8 min) view
  15. On Layers of Identity (5 min) view

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Crossing Borders – Encountering the ‘Other’ – Discovering Ourselves