The Journey of Adoption: An Oral History Video Part 1

"' The Journey of Adoption: An Oral History Video' presents the journeys of two couples that have encountered the adoption process. The two couple encounter very different scenarios based on time frame, type of adoption, and outcomes. The video also examines the thoughts and feelings of the adopted child of one of the two couples. The video attempts to not only explain the adoption process that couples go through but also the thoughts, feelings, and issues that come during the process."

This is the First Part of a two part video. The second part can be found at this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK4ErJcUncw

This project was completed for Writing, Research, and Technology, Spring 2009, taught by Dr. Bill Wolff, and received IRB approval. The video is protected under the most restrictive Creative Commons license: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives. Information about the course and assignment can be found at: http://williamwolff.org/courses/wrt-spring-2009/. A complete archive of classs oral histories is located at http://www.youtube.com/user/oralhistoryvideo.

This video was shot using the Flip Ultra video camera and edited using Windows Movie Maker.

The Music presented in the video was: Frozen Silence, "Childhood" Frozen Silence

The creator of this video was Mccorm501 and more videos of his can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/user/mccorm501

Category:

Education

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• rowan
• rowan university
• oral history
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• adoption
• adoption process
• childhood
• international adoption
• domestic adoption
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• children
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• baby