Resource: A Hard and Lonely Life
Media Type:
QuickTime Video
Length: 3m 07s
Size: 8.4 MB
In this second video in the three-part series of segments from Nature/National Geographic, Flora leaves the comforts of the city for a lifestyle that is extremely different. For four months every year she is alone while her husband works in a hunting camp. It's during these times she has trouble managing. Sometimes there is no food; other times the children get sick. It is hard for her to stop dwelling on her former life and how she was before she met her husband. Sometimes she thinks she may have lost more than she has gained from living in Kijungu. Discover more about Flora in “Flora's Motivation” and “A Decision is Made.”
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Transcript (Rich Text Format Document)
Teachers' Domain, A Hard and Lonely Life, published August 26, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.la.rv.text.hardlife/
- Frame and Focus
- Follow Up
- Connections
- Standards
The following Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions are best suited for middle school students using this video in an English language arts or social studies lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.
What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame (ELA) What are some of the ways characters can be developed in a story?
Focus (ELA) How is Flora’s character developed? Does her gender play a role in her character development? What does the filmmaker show?
Frame (SS) How are our behaviors determined by our environment?
Focus (SS) How are Flora’s behaviors determined by her environment? For example, how are her behaviors different now living in Kijungu from when she lived in the city?
Source: Africa: "Savanna Homecoming"
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Funding for the VITAL/Ready to Teach collection was secured through the United States Department of Education under the Ready to Teach Program.



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