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=Overview=


 * Title**: State Promotional Video
 * Grade Level**: 5th
 * Subject Area**: Social Studies
 * Time Frame (when, duration)**: doubleClickHereAndType

=Description=


 * Summer:** Complete the first **four** sections
 * Workshops:** Complete the entire proposal

Arizona Content Standards may be found at: [] Language from Bloom's Taxonomy for describing student outcomes may be found at: []

//A brief snapshot, as if someone asked you to briefly and clearly describe the intent of the lesson or project.// ||  ||   ||< This activity will use the program Movie Maker. The students will be put into groups and each group will have a region of the US to research and create a video promoting it. The students will work together researching the 5 states chosen for each region. || //What will guide student inquiry?// ||  ||   ||< How can you connect reading, writing, and social studies to technology? How can persuasive writing connect to informational writing? How can we get students excited and engaged in a lesson that the past has shown to be not very student friendly? How can we turn a "report" into a "movie"? || //Include technology. Use district standards where applicable, targeting performance objectives you will assess.// ||  ||   ||< SS-Concept 2: Places and Regions PO 1. Describe how the following regions exemplify the concept of region as an area with unifying human or natural factors: West, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest Wrtng-Concept 2: Expository PO 1. Record information related to the topic. Concept 4: Persuasive PO 1. Write persuasive text (e.g., advertisements, paragraphs) that attempts to influence the reader Tech- Use prescribed technology tools for publishing and presenting information PO 2. Create a multimedia product with support from teachers, family or student partners -Publish and present information using technology tools PO 1. Design and create a multimedia presentation or Web page using multiple digital sources (e.g., from camera, video, scanner, CD-ROM, Internet) || //What will students learn and do?// ||  ||   ||< The students will learn about their state and many others all over the US. They will learn how to use Movie Maker. They will learn how to videotape one another with accuracy. They will learn how to research a topic and turn their research into a promotional video that is both fun and informative. || //Checklist, Presentation, Oral Response, Rubric, Test, Quiz, etc.// ||  ||   ||< doubleClickHereAndType || //(e.g., content, technology, etc.)// ||  ||   || doubleClickHereAndType || //- Steps in the process// //- Responsibilities// //- Guiding// //- Questions// //- Student products// ||  ||   ||< doubleClickHereAndType || //- Computers - Software - URLs - ameras - Presentation Device - Handouts, Books - Supplies, Other// ||  ||   ||< doubleClickHereAndType || //- Location - Teacher / Student roles - Group Dynamics - Interactions with experts, other educators, etc., if applicable// ||  ||   ||< doubleClickHereAndType || //Special Ed, Gifted, ELL// ||  ||   ||< doubleClickHereAndType ||
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