Video summary
A beautifully animated tale from Brazil that playfully imagines how the night came to be.
It tells the story of three servants who disobeyed the King of the Ocean鈥檚 orders and released the deep-sea shadows into the daylight.
This short film invites children to think about curiosity, disobedience and to consider how we use narratives to imagine the earth鈥檚 phenomenon and origins.
Teacher Notes
This short film could be used to support the teaching of key literacy skills such as reading, writing and listening.
It could encourage pupils to explore decisions of characters, and examine their actions to understand their cultural belief, values, differences and similarities in everyday life.
It could also engage pupils in the way others see and imagine life and ask questions on what is familiar and unfamiliar.
This could be used in connection with learning about stories from other cultures, as well as in conjunction with teaching about traditional stories and fables to explore the differences or similarities in storytelling.
The tale could be incorporated into specific reading and writing exercises (e.g. pupils can write about a specific dramatic scene or a descriptive setting in the film). In addition, it could be used as part of creative writing exercises.
This short film will be relevant for teaching English at primary level.
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