Video: Ambassadors of Cabrini
Level: Middle, High school, University
Subject: History, Social studies/science
Subject: History, Social studies/science
Date: 1983
Duration: 27 minutes
Synopsis:
The video follows a number of members of the Jesse White Tumblers and looks at their life on the gymnastics team and their lives in the Cabrini Green housing projects.
Duration: 27 minutes
Synopsis:
The video follows a number of members of the Jesse White Tumblers and looks at their life on the gymnastics team and their lives in the Cabrini Green housing projects.
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Teaching Tools
Discussion questions
- How do you think the tumblers feel about their lives?
- The tumblers talk about many obstacles that they face almost every day. Which one do you think is the biggest obstacle?
- What did you think about the goals the tumblers had for the next five years. Were these realistic?
Activities
- Create a list of obstacles the tumblers face while growing up at Cabrini Green. Have students create a personal ranking of the obstacles(no more than 5) from greatest(1) to less(5). Students will then bring their ranking to a group and repeat the process. The groups will then come together as a class and repeat the process.