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Introduce Your Class at Open House with Microsoft Windows Movie Maker

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore script writing. In this beginning of the year "building classroom community" lesson, students write several autobiographical sentences and introduce themselves on videotape. Students share the class introduction, which...
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Nursery Rhyme Modernization

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars retell a nursery rhyme updating it and create a video.  In this Movie Maker nursery rhyme lesson, students  use technology to update a nursery rhyme.  Young scholars incorporate special effects, actions, and...
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YOU CAN BE A WOMAN MOVIE MAKER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research and participate in activities to find out more information about women movie-makers.The use of reading a script and making storyboards are just a couple of examples.
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Local Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate heroes in their community by presenting a story of a true hero to their class.  In this storytelling instructional activity, students interview a local person who has performed a heroic deed and create a...
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Movie Project: "Living History...Saul, The King of Israel"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a movie about King Saul. They are evenly split into "production groups" composed of 5-6 students.
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Folklore and Oral History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers listen to a lecture about the tradition of story telling and oral history. They research three examples of African American and/or Negro Leagues oral tradition. they work in groups of four, and decide on one example from...
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Sonnet Illumination

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create presentations of digital sonnet illuminations along with sonnet research. In this Sonnet instructional activity, students view  images, colors, and listen to sounds of their own choice to...