Here are two activities/worksheets submitted by Ramona Matthews (Teacher-Librarian, etc. from Bloorlea M.S. in the TDSB) that revolve around the two infamous “mockumentaries” the House Hippo, created in 1999 by the Concerned Children’s Advertisers and the Legendary Spaghetti Harvest produced in 1957 by the BBC. The BBC website sates, “Hundreds of people called the corporation after the broadcast asking where they could get hold of a spaghetti bush so they could grow their own crop. Both of these videos use their strict adherences to documentary  form (e.g., voiceover narration, “fact”-based content, etc).

House Hippo

HOUSE HIPPO.doc  or   HOUSE HIPPO.pdf

Spaghetti Harvest

Spaghettiharvest.doc  or  Spaghettiharvest.pdf