Questions:

• What is a croft and where would you find a crofting community?
• What jobs do you see Kenny's mum and dad doing?
• How does Kenny get to school and how long does it take him?
• Compare Kenny's school to your own. What is similar and what is different?
• The children in the clip are said to 'take the scenery for granted' - do you take anything for granted about the area you live in?
• How has technology changed the experience of rural and remote schools in Scotland?
• What job do you think Kenny will do when he leaves school?
• What traditions are important to Gaelic speaking culture?

Activities:

Geography / Social History: Invergair is a fictional place in the film. Look at the map at the beginning of the clip and try and locate where this fictional village might have been based. Investigate other areas of Scotland that would have had crofting communities.

Business Studies: Find out about modern industries in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Health and Wellbeing / Social Studies: What tasks do you think Kenny had to help out with before and after school?

Music: Find out about traditions of Gaelic music (e.g. 'Lining Out').

English: Write a diary entry for a typical day in Kenny's life.

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