Educational programme for the film

VÁLEČNÝ ZPRAVODAJ

Vojtěch Ripka

Exploiting the educational potential of the film:

three areas

  • How reporting is conducted in areas of armed conflict
  • The military conflict itself
  • Making a documentary film

News and media in wartime (in Ukraine)

examples

  • How to convey the state of mind of civilians in wartime?
  • How is the role of a casual observer different from that of a journalist?
  • What is the specific nature of working for radio (sound)?
  • Who chooses the language with which conflicts are described (and discussed)?

War conflict

examples

  • How does war manifest itself in the psyche of civilians?
  • How is social media changing war?

Making a documentary film

examples

  • How do filmmakers differentiate between the expendable nature of news and the long-term narrative? What is the value of a documentary film (perception of time and relevance)?
  • How does the story of the film emerge? How to choose one out of 100 hours?
  • How do the observer‘s (staff) and reporter‘s perspectives differ?

Principles of the educational programme

  • Active learning through skill-based lessons. Inquiry and creation; pupils make the decisions, the teacher prepares the learning situation and supports the pupils.
  • It fulfils current (and anticipated future) curriculum objectives in the areas of Media Education and People and Society.
  • Working with attractive and varied material appropriate to the age group and their experience and outlook. A selection of short clips from the film material are supplemented with, for example, sources from social media, excerpts from professional texts.
  • Based on a set of interactive, inquiry-based activities in both online and offline versions.
  • Driven by student inquiry questions, which students solve by applying their own creativity.
  • It contains a teacher-requested component – the Criterion Referenced Assessment.

How to reach the pupils?

  • Online lessons available for free for schools
  • Offer
    • teacher seminars (in-service teacher training)
    • seminars in schools – experienced lecturers, creators and leading journalists
  • Cooperation with established Czech domestic providers of educational content (People in Need; Občankáři.cz; Faculties of Education; journalism
    at the Faculty of Social Studies, Charles University)

Sample video

Downloads

Válečný zpravodaj
prezentace – česky

War Correspondent
presentation – English

Військовий кореспондент
Презентації – Українська

Válečný zpravodaj
edukační program – česky

War correspondent
educational program – English

Partners

Producer (CZ)
Co-producer (SK)

This text was made possible thanks to the support of the Independent Journalism Foundation.

Support Us

If you think the project is meaningful and you want to support the film, you can make a financial donation using the payment gateway:
If you are interested in a donation receipt, a donation contract or even want to become a project partner, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Many thanks to all donors for their support!

Contact

Producer

Václav Flégl

+420 777 958 788

Line producer

Jakub Svěrák
+420 603 155 194