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Digital Media Course Curriculum Map

Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five

Theme My Story My Research Documentary My Reflections on Growing Up

Essential

Questions

Why do we tell stories?

y Why do we construct stories?Why use digital media to tell mypersonal story?

Why bother with research?

Why use digital media to communicatemy research findings?

Why reflect?

y How can reflection help me?How can digital media illuminate myreflections?

Assessments Students will develop and produce adigital story based on a memoir producedin their Writers Workshop.

Throughout the project students will

complete a checklist to monitor progressand ensure success.

At the midpoint and end of the course,students will complete a reflection piece.

Students will present their work at theSIS Film Festival.

Students will develop and produce adocumentary or historical fiction movierelated to a social studies topic which

they will research in their Libraryclasses.

Throughout the project students will

complete a checklist to monitor progress

and ensure success.

At the midpoint and end of the course,

students will complete a reflection piece.

Students will present their work at theSIS Film Festival.

Students will develop and produce apersonal narrative based on a reflectionabout growing up.

Throughout the project students will

complete checklists to monitor progressand ensure success.

At the midpoint and end of the course,students will complete a reflection piece.

Students will present their work at the SISFilm Festival.

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Content Students views and/experiences. New York State Social Studiescurriculum

y Native Americansy Explorersy Colonial Americay American Revolutiony

Students views and/experiences.

Technical

Skills

Story mappingImporting image and sound files

Using still and video camerasUsing video editing software

Story mappingImporting image and sound files

Using still and video camerasUsing video editing software

Importing image and music resourcesand files.

Using library-taught search strategies to

locate copyright-friendly digitalresources (i.e. image and music).

Story mappingImporting image and sound files

Using still and video camerasUsing video editing software

Importing image and music resources andfiles.

21st

Century

Skills

Communicating

CollaboratingProblem-Solving/Decision Making

ProducingPresenting

Communicating

CollaboratingInformation literacy

Problem-Solving/Decision-MakingProducing

Presenting

Communicating

CollaboratingProblem-Solving/Decision-Making

ProducingPresenting

Resources Locally developed image resources.Copyright-friendly image and music

resources on the Internet.SIS staff

Locally developed image resources.Copyright-friendly image and music

resources on the Internet.SIS staff

Students images and copyright-friendlyimage and music resources on the

Internet.SIS staff

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John Badini, Linda Chapman & Kris Landau, July 2, 2010