Digital Media and Social Studies
Program Description
In this model lesson, participants will be placed in small groups and be asked to identify five important events from African American History from a provided list. Using a template provided by the presenters, participants will write a short description of each event and sketch each event in preparation for taking a digital photo. Participants will then “act out” each event in tableau and take digital photographs of each one. Each digital photo and written description of the event will be placed into a PowerPoint presentation. Participants will then share their presentations with the entire group.
Each participant will receive a lesson plan and an activity planning sheet for use in the classroom with students. The planning sheet will guide participants through each step of the activity, assign separate roles for each group member and provide the NETS for students that are addressed in the activity. Participants will collaborate using digital cameras, laptops and presentation software to learn about African American History. Rubrics to evaluate each group’s presentation as well as the individual performance of each participant will also be provided.
As a result of their participation, participants will learn how to plan a lesson in a content area that integrates technology in a hands-on, student-centered approach as well as learn how to manage technology effectively in the classroom, work with digital photography and use PowerPoint as a collaboration tool.
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Dear Fordham RETC:
I think that this is a more proactive role in teaching social studies to students. When I was growing up, history classes had always bored me because the books were outdated and there was no challenge to social studies. I have learned more from history by reading Ebony, Time and other periodicals and journals. Moreover, using multimedia materials would make and facilitate teaching history in the 21st Century.
Anthony C. Brown