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Conversation Starters
A concise guide that provides a discussion starter encouraging reflection and one Act on It activity for each BYkids film.
Visual Autobiography Tool
This tool guides students to explore their world and shape it into a visual autobiography. (Format: Downloadable PDF)
HOME IS WHERE YOU FIND IT: Take Action Guide
In HOME IS WHERE YOU FIND IT, 16-year-old Alcides Soares tells his story as a boy living alone in the world after losing both parents of his to AIDS.
FIRE IN OUR HEARTS: Take Action Guide
Jayshree Janu Kharpade of India was taken out of school at 7 years old so that she could raise her four younger brothers and contribute to her parents’ labor at a brick kiln site.
DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED: Take Action Guide
In DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED, BYkids filmmaker María Ceballos Paz powerfully recounts how the consequences of civil war extend well beyond the battlefield. María, a 16-year-old Colombian girl, has been living in displacement for the past nine years as a result of Colombia’s civil war.
POET AGAINST PREJUDICE: Take Action Guide
Faiza Almontaser is a 17-year-old senior at Brooklyn International High School.