The BROOKLYN Challenge
This is a two-day scavenger hunt, design challenge. You are set up with a few partners, and as a team, your job is to discover, learn, and post the following items. These items are related to the film, history, and the director of the film Crooklyn. You should strive to complete 1-4 on the first day; and 5-6 on the second day. Delegate tasks among your partners, but be sure to check in with the accuracy and quality of each slide created. Be sure you want your name on the project. Check your study guide for point values and due date. You can download the study guide here.
1. MAP IT
You are on your own with finding this image!
4. Brownstones & RowhousesUse this resource to find your pictures. You will need to scroll around until you find your information -- don't get sidetracked -- stay focused!
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2. History of BrooklynUse these resources to complete a-g:
5. What Spike Lee Says about CROOKLYNUse this resource to find your information. Remember, what you need will be found in the first 3/4 of the article. Strategy: Have each member scan for a different topic, and one person to arrange the information in order.
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3. Brooklyn in the 1970'sUse these resources to complete a-c:
6. Historic PhotosUse this resource to find your pictures. You will need to scroll around until you find your information -- don't get sidetracked -- stay focused!
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Significance of the SOUNDTRACK
Listen to these songs from the soundtrack. Also, read the lyrics or the links that explain their meaning or social importance. Each of these songs comment on the scenes they are in, but they are also thematically connected to the film as a whole. Write down five lyrics/phrases from one song and explain how they connect to different scenes, characters, locations, or concepts throughout the whole film (not just the scene in which the song is featured). Turn this in tomorrow for extra credit.
"Opening Credits: "People Make the World Go Around" by the Stylistics. Lyrics here.
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Meaning of the song "Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone. Lyrics here.
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"O-o-h Child" by The Five Stairsteps. Lyrics also here.
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INTERESTING SIDE NOTE: "El Pito: I'll never go back to Georgia" chant, sung by Joe Cuba Sextet is based on the Dizzy Gillesspie arrangement on the right. Learn the social significance of the "El Pito" chant.
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CONNOTATIONS of the word "Crooklyn" & Film Reviews
1. Study the various connotations of the word "crooked" and apply it to the title.
2. Rolling Stone magazine's review of CROOKLYN 3. Roger Ebert review of CROOKLYN |
![]() How are dreams and nightmares a motif?
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MOTIFS in Crooklyn
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