Product Description
About the film
Greener Pastures is available to stream through PBS Independent Lens with PBS Passport and other streaming platforms.
Film runtime: 1 hour, 25 minutes
Film rating: No MPAA rating. Best for Grades 6+. Includes reference to mental health struggles.
About the Discussion Guide
Our Discussion Guide for Greener Pastures features:
- Introduction to the Film
- Director’s Statement
- Navigating the Space Between What We Cannot Control and What We Can (on hardship, copying strategies and resilience)
- Back to Our Roots (on family traditions)
- Deep Connections: Soil and Food
- Connecting the Dots: Health
- Moving Beyond a Rock and a Hard Place: Community Action and Engagement
- What Can You Do: Suggestions for Engagement
The Greener Pastures Discussion Guide is for upper middle school, high school, higher education and public screenings.
It is also a film and guide combination we recommend for public film screening events.
This guide is also available in Spanish.
Vista previa de esta Guía de Discusión
Group Discussion Facilitation Guidelines
In this guide, you will find suggestions for leading productive conversations that broaden perspectives, encourage empathy, and build new paradigms for education. It is adaptable, flexible and useful for a variety of learning settings. We recommend pairing it with this film to create safe space for classroom engagement around these themes and subjects.
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Related Resources
This guide is part of our Environmental Studies Lessons Collection (for grades 7 to 12).
Booking Speakers
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Sustainable Development Goals
Journeys in Film supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.This curriculum guide connects to the following United Nations SDGs. Learn more about teaching with SDGs.
