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High School Time Capsule Activity to Encourage Dialogue

October 9, 2018 by Enza Ketcham 53 Comments

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Are you looking for a fun High School Time Capsule Activity?  My oldest isn’t quite old enough to create one to celebrate the rated R movie “Eighth Grade” DVD release, but I teach high school and I am excited to try this new activity with them.  The only thing is that I want to try them with Freshman and ask them to open them as Seniors!

High School Time Capsule Activity

In the movie Eighth Grade, there are lots of lessons to be learned in the movie.  The one that sparks up the best conversations are all included in this great movie.  With social media creating a fake persona of some people it is easy to being to live life and put yourself last.

Having these conversations with kids to help with them emotional skills and how to tackle adversity in life is really important.  That is why I love watching movies with my family is that it is much easier to talk about the movie and what they were teaching afterwards, rather than randomly getting out a book to discuss the trials of life.

High School Time Capsule Activity

Have your mature kids (remember this movie is rated R) watch Eighth Grade with you, have some great discussions about the movie (provided them below), and then have them write a letter to themselves to give to you to share with them at a later time in life.

Conversation Starters:

What did you think about Kayla’s personality online compared to in person with her dad or at school? Was one better than the other?

What do you think are good boundaries for you own access and freedom with technology.  What are different pages that you like and how are you using it?

What did you notice changed for Kayla after the incident in the car and why?

What did you think about the moment where Kayla gave feedback to popular girls?

After Discussions:

Need: Box (shoe size), Paper, Construction Paper, USB drive, Stickers

Have your teen write a letter to their future self.

Include a selfie in the box.

Have them decorate different signs with their favorite inspirational quotes.

Have them record a video to themselves like a video journal and save it on a USB drive.

Have them fill the box and choose a DO NOT OPEN date and tape the box shut.

Once it is time to open the box have them go through it and learn from themselves!

About Eighth Grade:

Eight Grade Movie & High School Time Capsule Activity

Purchase the DVD/Blu-ray Eighth Grade. Don’t forget your popcorn and snacks!  This is a movie must.

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school—the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year—before she begins high school.

Read our Eighth Grade Review.

 

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GIVEAWAY: Comment below for a chance to WIN a prize pack.  Winners will be e-mailed and have 24 hours to claim their prize. Must be 18 years or order to enter and US only.
Answer: If you were to have made a time capsule 10 years ago what do you think or wish you would have found if you opened it today? (One entry per person.)

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  1. AvatarHeather Smith says

    October 28, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    Thank you for the chance!

    Reply
  2. AvatarPam says

    October 28, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    I would love to find all of my many years of pictures…magically organized into albums!! Obviously something I’ve never gotten around to!

    Reply
  3. AvatarCarrie Critcher says

    October 28, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    Would love this!!!

    Reply
  4. AvatarShekinah Reed says

    October 28, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    If I opened a time capsule I’d want to find everything that would remind me of my younger self in hopes that maybe I’d hang on to part of that girl. Carefree and hopeful.

    Reply
  5. AvatarSteve Weber says

    October 28, 2018 at 8:53 pm

    8th grade is a major year that shapes who you want to be and who you think you want to be 🙂

    thanks for the chance Enza 😉

    Reply
  6. AvatarMya Murphy says

    October 28, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Pictures, videos, report cards, and old love letters ❤

    Reply
  7. AvatarSusan Thevenard says

    October 28, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    I wish I would have found items from when my hubby and I first met and fell in love! A journal would have been great too!

    Reply
  8. Avataradriana says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:01 pm

    this is great,thanks for the chance.

    Reply
  9. AvatarStephanie Beaver says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    If I had a time capsule to open from ten years ago I would hope for it to contain a letter to myself reminding me that I have been through hard times and good times and to never lose hope of give up trying.

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  10. AvatarDeborah Cochran says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    I miss my high school days! I remember being sad when eighth grade was over and nervous about entering high school but had great friends. Love looking back at my yearbook 🙂

    Reply
  11. AvatarElena says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    I would love to find my missing videos and pictures

    Reply
  12. AvatarMatt Carrillo says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:06 pm

    This would be great!

    Reply
  13. AvatarDiane says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    Coins

    Reply
  14. AvatarKat Balog says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    Maybe some stuff from when my husband and I first got together. We rarely took photos and now I am sad.

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  15. AvatarLeela says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    Photo albums of my family.

    Reply
  16. Avataramber says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    looks like a great movie! thanks!

    Reply
  17. AvatarKristin G says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    I wish I would find some random toys that I liked to play with. I would love to find a tamagotchi

    Reply
  18. AvatarJeani Brickner says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:14 pm

    If I had left myself a time capsule ten years ago and opened it recently, I wish I would have written myself a letter saying where I hoped I’d be. I also think it would be fun to find an old piece of my creative writing and a picture of myself and my husband pre-kids.

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  19. AvatarSteven says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    A gold nugget because the price of gold now

    Reply
  20. AvatarAdrien Beatty says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    This would be an absolute treasure as my child is heading into jr high. Thanks for the chance.

    Reply
  21. AvatarNicole Petersen says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:27 pm

    A letter from my husband’s parents. They have both passed away and I couldn’t think of a better item to get to open today.

    Reply
  22. AvatarJasmine R says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    I’d love to find photos! 🙂

    Reply
  23. AvatarShakeia Rieux says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    Letters from family/friends, family history interviews on dvd and sibling drawings.

    Reply
  24. AvatarLaura Ramirez-Ammerman says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    I would like to know that after to bad and abusive marriages that I was able to obtain financial stability so I wouldn’t have to depend on anyone to support my family. I’m not expecting to be rich, just independent.

    Reply
  25. AvatarGina Rosenwald says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:51 pm

    This would be a real dream come true

    Reply
  26. AvatarKatie Bellamy says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:58 pm

    I love the idea of the time capsule!

    Reply
  27. AvatarMarci says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:59 pm

    A picture of my best friend and I

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  28. AvatarJahaziel juarez says

    October 28, 2018 at 10:04 pm

    I would of loved to find original movies from that year. And those collective Coca Cola glasses lol

    Reply
  29. AvatarJahaziel juarez says

    October 28, 2018 at 10:06 pm

    I would of loved to find those collectible McDonald glasses. I had a couple and lost them. They would be really cool to have now

    Reply
  30. AvatarNadine S says

    October 28, 2018 at 10:19 pm

    I would like to have my diaries (since lost) in the capsule.

    Reply
  31. AvatarPriscilla says

    October 28, 2018 at 10:22 pm

    I wish It would have had pictures of fashion,Movies, cds , a video of us talking about current events

    Reply
  32. AvatarKeith Wilson Jr says

    October 28, 2018 at 10:31 pm

    Yes I can still remember 10 years ago

    Reply
  33. AvatarMisty says

    October 28, 2018 at 10:33 pm

    I wish I would have found more pictures of those who are no longer here on Earth with me.

    Reply
  34. AvatarJESSICA says

    October 28, 2018 at 11:22 pm

    Cool!

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  35. AvatarJanice Brewer says

    October 28, 2018 at 11:24 pm

    I would love to do this with the kids. To put some things away and look at them at a later date

    Reply
  36. AvatarRachel Rohde says

    October 28, 2018 at 11:24 pm

    I think it would be cool to find what phones were popular back then or letters that people have written.

    Reply
  37. AvatarBrenda Stephanek says

    October 28, 2018 at 11:35 pm

    This would be a great project for all my photos and a project to do with my daughter for her daughter

    Reply
  38. AvatarDerrick Johnson says

    October 28, 2018 at 11:54 pm

    I would put pictures of family members in there along with DVDs of us having fun & enjoying each other time together (exp. family reunions,birthdays,holidays,etc.)

    Reply
  39. AvatarCheryl says

    October 29, 2018 at 12:13 am

    I would love to find scrapbook pages that i had made up until then and a journal.

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  40. AvatarYona Williams says

    October 29, 2018 at 12:15 am

    I’d probably have a lot of photos in the capsule. I’d probably have a few magazine covers and movie ticket stubs.

    Reply
  41. AvatarAngela winfield says

    October 29, 2018 at 1:58 am

    I would have found pictures of all the kids when they were babies and all their baby things I kept, hair, umbilical cord, fingernails… lol!!!

    Reply
  42. AvatarLaTanya says

    October 29, 2018 at 5:24 am

    A yearbook

    Reply
  43. AvatarPamela Rote says

    October 29, 2018 at 6:20 am

    I think I would have taken a bunch of photos of family & friends and left the camera in there…..then I could print out photos when open – Also a letter to myself of what my dreams would be in 10years & see what ones I’ve reached =)

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    • Enza KetchamEnza Ketcham says

      October 29, 2018 at 9:57 pm

      🙂

      Reply
  44. AvatarBohemian Babushka says

    October 29, 2018 at 6:46 am

    Hermetically sealed peanut chews…a case of them. They stopped selling them here last year. Gracias for the giveaway.

    Reply
  45. AvatarCheryl Chervitz says

    October 29, 2018 at 11:23 am

    I would have put in pictures of my family, a video and letters that I wrote when I was in a bad way.

    Reply
  46. AvatarJessica Crooks says

    October 29, 2018 at 11:30 am

    Thank you so much for the chance I have been wanting to see this with my daughter

    Reply
  47. AvatarRania Rammal says

    October 29, 2018 at 11:30 am

    I wish I had a videotape or even a cassette of my aunt singing. She passed away in 2012 and to hear her voice again would be wonderful.

    Reply
  48. AvatarCassandra Byers says

    October 29, 2018 at 12:43 pm

    Im a grandmother of a 8 grader. Would love this for her.

    Reply
  49. AvatarAnnmarie Weeks says

    October 29, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    I’m thinking I would have packed away my kids’ Halloween costumes and pictures/art projects they made in school!

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  50. AvatarMichelle says

    October 29, 2018 at 1:18 pm

    I think I would have included a lot of music at the time. I’ve always used music as a outlet, but especially ten years ago!

    Reply
  51. AvatarMolly says

    October 29, 2018 at 8:18 pm

    I would love to win!

    Reply
  52. AvatarShanise Washington says

    November 4, 2018 at 2:51 am

    I want the prize pack.

    Reply

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