Eyes Wide Open: Jay-Z’s Video Diary of the Need of Water In Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ploTeLE5YWo&list=PLRYFqZg97zlRYl2btt9CnK-vmLagLjJ_e&index=3
Essential Question: How can not having running water coming in and out of your home make life difficult?
SS7G2a: Explain how water pollution and unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade and drinking
water.
Pt 1 (10-15 min) Intro: Discuss what we use water for on a daily basis. Have students brainstorm the uses on the
board. Discuss how easy it is for us to get water and how we get it in our homes, businesses, and public
buildings and areas. (water fountains in public parks, etc.). Where does our water go when it leaves our homes?
How do we clean or sanitize our water?
***What if our water supply was interrupted? Where would you get water?
Pt 2 Video Jay-z’s video diary titled Eyes Wide Open
Discussion questions:
1. How difficult was it to get fresh drinking water? ____________________________________________
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2. What are some obstacles they have to get a jug of water? _____________________________________
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3. How is the whole town impacted by no water running in and out of the town or homes? _____________
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4. How does this create an unhealthy or unsanitary situation? ____________________________________
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5. How does this contribute to health issues? _________________________________________________
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6. How does the lack of water impact school attendance and the productivity of workers in business? ____
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7. What were some simple improvements that Jay-z and Unicef made that improved the lives of the people
he met in Angola? ____________________________________________________________________
8. How have the hills in South Africa made getting water more difficult? ___________________________
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9. What creation did Jay-z pay for that helped both the morale and created a solution to the lack of water?
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Pt3: Task
Students are to create an awareness poster. In groups students are to brainstorm some of the direst situations that
the lack of running water creates and what can people do to help solve these problems. Students will then create
a poster that includes:
______ (15 points each) Four problems that the lack of running water creates. Explain why they are a problem
and what additional problems it creates.
______ (10 points each) 2 possible solutions to the lack of drinking water
______ (10 points) Tell how people can get involved
______ (10 points) Neatness and color. Illustration gives a clear view of the problem and a solution.
Assignment 1. Deforestation Leads to Desertification Assignment. Name: _____________________________Due: Nov _____
1. What are the two main reasons for Deforestation (Sahel and Rainforest)? ________________ and _________________
2. What are the causes of Desertification? _________________, _____________________, and ____________________
3. In the boxes below, show 3 people arguing about why they should or should not cut down the trees. (Left side: Sahel,
Right side Rainforest) Include the need for cutting down the trees and the need of why they should NOT cut down the
trees. One person/character is pro-cutting, one person/character is anti-cutting, and one person argues what will happen
if they do continue to cut down the trees.
Deforestation in the Sahel
Deforestation in the Rainforests
4. Is the need more important than the consequences (desertification)? Explain. __________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What have the governments tried to do to curve deforestation or slow down desertification?
a. Sahel: ___________________________________________________________________________________
b. Rainforests: ______________________________________________________________________________
Assignment 1. Deforestation Leads to Desertification Assignment. Name: _____________________________Due: Nov _____
1. What are the two main reasons for Deforestation (Sahel and Rainforest)? ________________ and _________________
2. What are the causes of Desertification? _________________, _____________________, and ____________________
3. In the boxes below, show 3 people arguing about why they should or should not cut down the trees. (Left side: Sahel,
Right side Rainforest) Include the need for cutting down the trees and the need of why they should NOT cut down the
trees. One person/character is pro-cutting, one person/character is anti-cutting, and one person argues what will happen
if they do continue to cut down the trees.
Deforestation in the Sahel
Deforestation in the Rainforests
4. Is the need more important than the consequences (desertification)? Explain. __________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What have the governments tried to do to curve deforestation or slow down desertification?
a. Sahel: ___________________________________________________________________________________
b. Rainforests: ______________________________________________________________________________
Assignment 1. Deforestation Leads to Desertification Assignment. Name: _____________________________Due: Nov _____
1. What are the two main reasons for Deforestation (Sahel and Rainforest)? ________________ and _________________
2. What are the causes of Desertification? _________________, _____________________, and ____________________
3. In the boxes below, show 3 people arguing about why they should or should not cut down the trees. (Left side: Sahel,
Right side Rainforest) Include the need for cutting down the trees and the need of why they should NOT cut down the
trees. One person/character is pro-cutting, one person/character is anti-cutting, and one person argues what will happen
if they do continue to cut down the trees.
Deforestation in the Sahel
Deforestation in the Rainforests
4. Is the need more important than the consequences (desertification)? Explain. __________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What have the governments tried to do to curve deforestation or slow down desertification?
a. Sahel: ___________________________________________________________________________________
b. Rainforests: ______________________________________________________________________________