The document is a 30-minute presentation about the movie Freedom Writers, which is based on the true story of teacher Erin Gruwell. Erin teaches "unteachable" students at a troubled high school and inspires them using literature and journals. The presentation discusses the movie's plot, Erin's teaching methods, how she changed students' views through Anne Frank's diary, and analyzes the film's portrayal of overcoming challenges through education and arts.

1. To Viewer: Our presentation is self-advancing, and is fully audio. The duration of our presentation is approximately 30 minutes. We encourage you to sit back and relax, and enjoy the presentation. Best regards, Team A UOP | 2010 i

2. University of Phoenix | HUM/102 | Joan Canby| November 29, 2010 Education & the Arts Presented in part by: P. Blon  B. Borgie  H. Dunham  D. Hahn  X. Huang

4. 3 Movie Synopsis UOP | 2010 The storyline of the movie takes place between 1992 and 1995. Hilary Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell as a teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, a formerly high achieving school, which has recently had an integration program put in place. (Image Source: http://www.amazon.com) (Freedom Writers Foundation, 2010) (Images Source: http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Freedom_Writers/Pictures)

5. 4 The Freedom Writers UOP | 2010 “ Following the Rodney King Riots and the O.J. Simpson trial, the mood in our city was unsettling, and on our first day of high school, we had only three things in common: we hated school , we hated our teacher , and we hated each other .” (Freedom Writers Foundation, 2010)

6. 5 Erin Gruwell UOP | 2010 (APB, 2010, para. 1 & Freedom Writers Foundation, 2010) “ Nothing could have prepared Erin Gruwell for her first day of teaching at Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif. A recent college graduate, Erin landed her first job in Room 203, only to discover many of her students had been written off by the education system and deemed unteachable .” (1969 - )

7. 6 Inspiration behind the Miracle UOP | 2010 (Liukkonen, 2008, para. 1) “ Anne Frank's world famous diary charts two years of her life from 1942 to 1944, when her family was hiding in Amsterdam from German Nazis. Anne Frank faced the threat of discovery and death every day while living in the Secret Annex. Despite terrible circumstances, however, her strength of spirit comes through in her diary. "... I still believe, in spite of everything ," she wrote while in hiding, " that people are truly good at heart ." Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (1929-1945)

8. 7 Analysis of Freedom Writers (2007) UOP | 2010 “ Armed with ambitious lesson plans and dreamy ideals, Erin arrives at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif., thoroughly ill-equipped for a student body raised according to the ethics of urban tribalism. Swank portrays Erin's awe, panic and ultimately her very courageous resolve to be who she is and fight on.” Hilary Swank (1974 - ) Image source: http://www.imdb.com (Anderson, 2007, para. 4)

14. 13 Summary UOP | 2010 “ Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you .” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Straight from the front line of urban America, Freedom Writers is an inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students. Gruwell played by Swank was an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California; Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk” students, and a school system that had given up on their students.

16. 15 Collaborated and Designed by University of Phoenix HUM/102 Business Students | 2010 “ The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” ~Ann Frank (1942-1944)

17. Freedom Writers Pictures UOP | 2010 16 (Images Source: http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Freedom_Writers/Pictures, http://www.amazon.com/)

18. 17 References: Anderson, John. (2007, January). Freedom Writers . Retrieved November 22, 2010, from http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932389?refcatid=31 American Program Bureau (APB). (2010). Erin Gruwell . Retrieved November 18, 2010, from http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/erin-gruwell Duch, R. (1990). Successful parish leadership: Nurturing the animated parish . Sheed & Ward: Lanham, MD. Elizabeth Braswell Pearsall Library. (2010). Image of humanities.jpg . Retrieved November 16, 2010, from http://library.ncwc.edu/services/seminars/hum102anderson/index.htm Freedom Writers Foundation. (2010). Who are we . Retrieved November 16, 2010, http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org Holden, S. (1996, February). Anne Frank remembered . Retrieved November 25, 2010, from http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Holocaust/anne-frank-f ilm.html Liukkonen, P. (2008). Anne Frank (1929-1945). Retrieved November 16, 2010, from http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/annefran.htm

19. 18 References: Kaufman, M. (1995, March). About New York; The woman who saved the diary of a young girl . Retrieved November 25, 2010, from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE2DB163CF932A257 50C0A963958260 Mulder-Slater, A. (2006). “Why is art education important?” Helping students understand human experience. Retrieved November 16, 2010, from http://www.kinderart.com/artspeak/important.shtml UOP | HUM/102 | Group ID: BSAC0TJLC6 | 2010 | All Rights Reserved.