It could continue to benefit classes for several years. This video project is designed to bring students of Belarus into the American classroom. By responding to questions that my students must contemplate they can add a cultural perspective that most Americans would never consider. By viewing the situation in which these Belarussian students live, the Americans can compare the strengths and weaknesses of transportation, communication, and culture in both environments. By making these comparisons, they can increase their sensitivity to other individuals and to other nations.
Evaluation is necessarily somewhat subjective.
Forum presentations in which students prepare oral responses to prescribed questions would provide valuable feedback. Essays, written to prompts which are rather generic in nature, provide the student with the opportunity to choose topics which justify certain points of view. Examples given in these essays would help to determine the effectiveness of the project. This does not include transformation of the film to VHS format or production of more than one copy of the video. Any remaining money I would use towards an expansion of the video project.