Ag teachers,

I try to use a variety of video/DVD materials in my classroom to enhance
instruction.  While I do not use all these videos, all the time, or even
in their entirety – I have found that they usually stimulate good
classroom discussions with my students.  Also, rather than spending an
entire class period on a video, sometimes we watch a video over a period
of several days.

I have created worksheets for all the videos that I use in class and I
would be happy to share them with you.  If you are interested, please
send me an email and I will forward you a copy of the student video
sheet and the teacher answer sheet.

FEATURED VIDEO/DVD OF THE WEEK:

A Man Named Pearl  (2008) – A documentary film that tells the story of
Pearl Fryar’s Bishopville, S.C topiary garden.  It is an uplifting story
about how one man’s vision and dedication to love, peace, and goodwill
has transformed his landscape and is starting to transform his entire
town.

Reviews from Amazon.com
“Balanced gracefully on a ladder, deftly carving with his electric hedge
trimmer, Pearl Fryar has the elegance and strength of a dancer. He is,
by contrast, a topiary sculptor, an artist whose medium is discarded or
junk plant life and whose canvas is his magical and fantastical garden.
A MAN NAMED PEARL chronicles the story of Pearl's dazzling garden as
well as his extraordinary life, both of which serve as inspirations to
his family, his community, and the thousands of visitors who come to
experience Pearl's world each year. The film traces Pearl's journey from
a small town sharecropper's son to an internationally-acclaimed artist,
focusing in particular on his position as the celebrated cultural and
spiritual icon of his impoverished town. Now 68, the soft-spoken Pearl
has just one wish for all those who wander through his living art; they
must leave feeling differently than when they arrived.

Stirring and profoundly uplifting, A MAN NAMED PEARL offers a
captivating window into the life a man who turned obstacles into
breathtakingly beautiful possibilities.”

You may purchase a DVD of A Man Named Pearl through Amazon.com.  It is
$14.99.  Here is a link:
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Named-Pearl-Fryar/dp/B001CQS7LU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1238445896&sr=8-1

- Libby Lintel

Other video worksheets available:

Agriculture – America’s Most Crucial Industry
American Harvest
Guns, Germs, and Steel
King Corn


Libby Lintel
Horticulture Teacher
Kennesaw Mountain High School
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