Kamis, 23 April 2009

Lesson summary -Grade-9 (20/04)

Grade 9.

Students were still working on their posters and questions about the movie review 'Something The Lord Made' which is based on a true story about the first blue baby heart operation conducted by Dr Blalock and his Negro assistant Vivian Thomas. This movie also showed how Vivien who finally given a honorary doctor's title in the field of medicien (specifically heart research),was at first not acknowledged by the colleagues he mentored.

Below are the guiding questions for this movie review:

Movie review:‘ Something The Lord Made’

(Work with a partner).

1. Create an associated concept of the science involved in the movie ‘Something the Lord Made’ with the Protagonists’ life and a moral overview of the whole situation.

2. Summarize the scenes from the beginning of the story till the end in the form of pictures and captions in a poster.

3. Why wasn’t Vivian recognized in the same respect as the other doctors in this story?

4. What do you think about race discrimination? Why?

5. Do a research about ‘The blue baby operation’ done by Dr Blalock and Vivian Thomas in the late 1930’s and create a sketch of comparison between a normal heart and a sick heart (Blue baby’s heart).

Fill in the blanks with the following words below and continue the story ………….:

(Pursued, association, designed, procedures)

6. This film describe the unique and productive association between Vivien Thomas, a black high school graduate, and his white mentor and employer, Dr. Alfred Blalock. For more than 30 years, the two men…………. a variety of medical research projects. In 1944, in …………. with Dr. Helen Taussig, they ………. and carried out the first blue baby operations. These …………… have saved tens of thousands of lives world-wide. (Now continue the story in your own words-100 words)

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Note: You have 1 ( one) week to finish this project in class.

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