Grade 10’s Interdisciplinary Unit this year was about protest music. It fused their studies from music, language & literature, and language acquisition. Three groups of students created original songs protesting or raising awareness about the issues they felt were the most difficult facing people like them. Scroll down to enjoy their songs and videos, or click here to visit their site.
Chiaki, Matthew, Theo, Logan and Risui decided to protest the detrimental effects of social media on members of their generation. They said,“Recently, people can spend hours, days, months, or even years talking to people they haven't even seen. Also, being able to type out your profile can lead to misleading About Me's, exaggerations or downright lies, just because some people may want to be "accepted". Some people may even prefer to connect with people across screens, rather than the people physically around them. It's great to get to know new people, but if you're faking everything just for followers, instead of a group of people who'll accept you for who you are, is it really worth it?”
Click here to watch their full video and listen to their song.
Amy, Anju, Eva, Felicia and Mari focused on beauty standards for women. They said, “We decided on this issue without much deliberation, as it was something that we all found interesting and at least a little bit personal. As a group whose members consist entirely of girls, we felt that this issue is one that we could all resonate with and relate to, especially in a world that is so dominated by social media and its subsequent societal expectations (much of which often intertwines with peer pressure).”
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Note: the first 35 seconds of this video are not original footage.