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Blue Gold: World Water Wars |
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Written by Atticus Parker
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Friday, 22 May 2009 22:12 |
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 My geography students are studying cities and the issues they face. This week we are focusing on water management which is a primary concern for any town, let alone city or megacity. To explore this facet of city management we started to watch Blue Gold: World Water Wars.
Blue Gold is a fascinating and disturbing look at how humans, namely corporations and cities, are managing water. I first read about the film online at a torrenting commentary website called Torrent Freak. I often download documentaries (that have been screened on TV overseas) via torrents because they aren't screened or released on dvd where I live. By the way, Youtube is another great source of documentaries. Anyway, I had no qualms downloading Blue Gold: World Water Wars because of Torrent Freak's article about the film. Basically the filmmaker is happy the film is spreading via torrents because of the new audiences he is reaching.
My geography students are in Grade Ten which means most of them are around 15 years of age. This age group, as most of you can probably attest to, gets bored pretty quickly regardless of the media I show them. It is hard to compete with PS3s and the myriad of other media they access. Well, this film had them hooked. All of my students were clearly engrossed in the film to the extent they wanted me to stop the film several times so that they could discuss it. If you are teaching geography or science I believe this film is worth watching.
Update: Attached is a short comprehension sheet for the first half of the film. If you end up adding to it please consider sending it my way :) - Download
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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 February 2010 12:03 |
I will try and get a copy of the worksheet when I return to school this year.
