Professional Documents
Culture Documents
AUTHORING
TEMPLATE
Name: Anna Charis Hanson
PART A: Describe how students could create and publish an original movie, audio file, podcast, or
vodcast in order to achieve required learning standards. Challenge: For an A provide an idea where
the learning activity reaches a LoTi level 4a or above. To do this you will have to design a project where
students engage in higher-order thinking and publish their work to an audience that will use or care about
the results. Broad feedback for their work is also a great way to boost interest and performance.
Grade
Level:
3rd
Content
Area:
Social Studies
Technology
Used
(check
all
that
apply):
Movie
Audio
Podcast
Vodcast
Other:
(list)
Content
Area/Grade/Standards/Topics
Addressed:
3rd grade
Social Studies- Native Americans
SS3H1 Describe early American Indian cultures and their development in North America.
a. Locate the regions where American Indians settled in North America: Arctic, Northwest Southwest,
Plains, Northeast, and Southeast.
b. Compare and contrast how American Indians in each region used their environment to obtain food,
clothing, and shelter
c. Discuss how American Indians continue to contribute to American life (e.g., arts, literature).
Brief
Description
of
Learning
Experience:
I will use the Georgia standard in my video to educate my students about the lives of the Native
Americans. The students can have access to the video in class or at home as a resource for understanding
the subject content. The movie begins by showing the students different regions where Native Americans
lived in the United States including the Northwest, Northeast, Plains, and Southwest regions. Then, the
children are exposed to the features of American Indians including clothing and stature. Next, the movie
reveals types of shelters and resources American Indians depended on such as bison and they are given a
diagram that shows every single part the Bison was used for. Included in-between the pictures is a video
taken from Discovery education teaching the students about the importance of diverse Native American
tribes. Finally, the movie ends with the way modern Native Americans are living including struggles with
reservation poverty and peaceful protests for overall change. This video will assist students in becoming
more integrated into the past and present lives of Native Americans and will encourage their engagement to
create personal movies.
Student
Engagement/Higher-Order
Thinking:
What
LoTi
level
would
this
lesson
be
and
Why?
I
believe
this
lesson
focuses
on
Level
4
of
technology
implementation
because
the
students
are
fully
engage
in
exploring
real-world
issues
and
solving
authentic
problems
through
use
of
digital
resources.
Students
can
learn
about
Native
Americans
and
even
create
their
own
videos
about
Native
Americans
to
share
with
groups
inside
and
outside
of
classrooms
such
as
with
different
schools,
cultures,
or
even
parents.
project could be created without using a video file, but I do not believe the
students would retain as much information as they possibly can from simple lesson plans. The movie serves
as a great knowledge reference and students may not understand a topic to the full extent without access to
the video.
Inspiration
(optional):
If
you
used
existing
multimedia
projects
as
a
model
for
your
project
(whether
in
part
or
whole),
include
the
URL(s)
so
we
can
visit.
Explain
what
concepts
you
borrowed
from
others.
Internet
Safety
and
Student
Privacy:
If students create their own work, it is possible for their to be
risks for Internet safety. To prohibit this from happening in cases of shared products, I would ask
permission from students parents and from the school administration to produce any work from the
children. I would also limit names or any other personal information from being accessed by strangers.
Other
comments
about
your
proposed
student
multimedia
authoring
activity: