Integrating Video Production into the Curriculum
Video Production Title

A Treasure in the Attic:

Pre-Civil War Immigration

 
Video Type A three minute video diary.
Description/Overview

Integrated with the Treasure in the Attic: Pre-Civil War Immigration Research Model.

Students will create a video diary as if they were an immigrant to the US in the mid 1800's.

Approximate Time Needed 335 minutes (180 research/write, 45 film, 90 edit)
Curriculum Connections/Outcomes

Standard 1.0 History
Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland and the United States. Students will use historical thinking skills to understand how individuals and events have changed society over time.
Indicator
6. Analyze patterns of immigration to the United States
Objectives:
1. Identify the push and pull factors responsible for immigration to the United States, such as the forced migration of Africans, Western European immigration
2. Analyze the causes and describe the characteristics of rapid settlement of California and Oregon in the late 1840s and 1850s

Information Literacy AASL: 1, 2, 3
Technology Literacy

MSDE MTLSS: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5 if Internet research is used)

ISTE NETS: 1a, 2b, 3b, 4b

Media Literacy CML Core Concepts 1, 3, 4, 5
Learning Styles Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Active, Reflective, Global, Analytical, Field Independent, Field Dependent
Skills
  • Research
  • Script Writing
  • Storyboarding
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Public Speaking
  • Interviewing
  • Camera Techniques
  • Computer Editing
Production Environment Field Production
Activities
  1. View sample of a video diary
  2. Research topic
  3. Organize research
  4. Gather B-roll and stills
    • Stills of people and artifacts from the time period
    • Video of locations in which immigrants from the time period lived in the US.
  5. Storyboard
  6. Write script
    • Students use information found in their research to write their script
  7. Plan production
    • Think about where and when to film
    • Who is performing? Who is running the equipment? WHO'S IN CHARGE?
  8. Rehearse
  9. Shoot and compile
  10. Edit final product
    • Use MovieMaker (or other software)
    • Import the video from camera and/ or other sources
    • Arrange video / pictures
    • Add transitions and titles
    • Edit audio
    • Finalize and save
  11. Present/ share
Differentiation
  • Assign production roles appropriate to student needs and/or abilities
  • Extended time
Assessment Suggestions Documentary rubric
Extension
  • Submit to a contest
  • Peer critique and/or gallery walk
  • Submit to BCPS Education Channel
  • Upload to Safari or SchoolTube
  • Embed in a PowerPoint presentation
  • Add to electronic portfolio
  • Broadcast school wide