Mr.+Yung+Day+Two

=Day Two: Photostory=

Focus and Review of previous work/knowledge:
Starter Question: How does one tell a two minute story about a life experience?

Anticipatory set:
The teacher will present a format to narrate a historical event. He or she will also offer advices on how to condense information.

Instructional Activity:
//1.) The student will form groups of four.// //2.) Each student in a group has a role: two researchers, a technician and a narrator.// //3.) The students will first research information about their concepts.// //4.) The technician will find images of their topic and use Photostory to formulate a sequence of pictures.// //5.) The narrator will compose an exposition.// //6.) The technician and the narrator will work together and create a Photostory.// //7.) The researchers will validate their completion.// //Concepts: Pearl Harbor, Tehran Conference, Operation Torch, Operation Huskey, Operation Overlord, Battle of the Bulge, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Midway, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki.//

Guided practice and checking for understanding:
//With this cooperative learning strategy, the students collect and interpret information, in order to create a movie file about their assigned/ selected concept.//

Independent practice:
//Each student has his or her own role in the group. The students will be each held accountable for their role in the process.//

Closure:
//Students are instructed to hand in all materials and submit the file, or at least the projects.//

Instructional Materials:
[|Pearl Harbor Story.wmv]

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