Learning Target: I can watch a documentary on a culture and experiences very different from my own in preparation for reading Behind The Beautiful Forevers.

Quickwrite 1:  What do you know about India and Pakistan?

Quickwrite 2: What do you think the phrase Behind the Beautiful Forevers could mean?  There are no right or wrong answers.

Watch a portion of These Birds Walk

While watching the movie, take notes on the lives of the characters and consider what you might do in their situation.

Also, pay attention to the rhetorical strategies employed by the filmmakers.  How do they present their subject? What is their point of view?
How do they highlight and emphasize certain content in order to achieve a certain purpose/argument?