[LM_NET] Jericho lesson plan

[Angela Williams <spartangirl68@YAHOO.COM>]

I know it seems a little early to start with lesson plans but it's already July. 
School is only about a month and a half away. I was thinking that the CBS show 
Jericho presented several opportunites for lesson plans for older kids. By older 
kids I mean 5th-12th grade.
   
  For the uninitiated, Jericho is a CBS drama about life in a small KS town after a 
terrorist nuclear attack agains the United States. I know it sounds depressing but 
it's actually a good show and not that gory. Anyway, CBS cancelled the show after 
one season and the fans went ballistic. They launched a unprecedented effort to 
change CBS' mind about the show. I call it unprecedented because the entire effort 
was done on the internet. There were no face to face meeting per say. Fans emailed 
CBS, launched web sites, and sent 25 tons of nuts (a reference to one of the 
characters saying "Nuts!" to a demand to surrender) to CBS offices in NY and LA. 
Believe it or not, the effort was successful. CBS renewed the show as a mid-season 
replacement and will start re-running 1st season episodes starting this Friday.
   
  To me, this would be a great lesson plan for older kids on the power of the 
internet to affect change. It would also be a fine example of how the internet has 
changed how society views entertainment, information, etc. It would also be a good 
way for high school kids to discuss such current issues as nuclear terrorism, 
America's response to such a terrorist act, could such a scenario happen in real 
life, etc.
   
  Any opinions?
   
  Angela Williams
  Media Specialist
  McKissick Elementary School
  Easley, SC
  williaac@pickens.k12.sc.us
   
   


Angela Williams
spartangirl68@yahoo.com
       
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