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Using a DVD toTeach Character Education


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Keywords: film, video, dvd, camera, editing
Subject(s): English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology, Social Skills, Photography, Special Needs
Grades 3 through K
School: Harriet Tubman Elem School, Newark, NJ
Planned By: rosalinda petinglay
Original Author: rosalinda petinglay, Newark
Objective: To use film (digital videocamera) in teaching character education by using pictures of real events/happenings and analyzing what needs to be changed or improved.

Materials: DigitalVideo recorder and documentary pictures.

Procedure:

1. Motivate interest by showing documentary pictures of daily events showing character.
2. Discuss social cultural implications of documentary film.
3. As a class arrive at a concensus about what should be done to to change or improve the event/situation.Write suggestions.
4. Make a role playing film/video which models acceptable way of behaving in a given situation.
Cross-Curriculum Ideas
Literacy
Social Studies
Character Education
Materials: Point and Shoot, Yearbook, Mobile Labs, Slideshow, Video Editing, English and Language Arts, Social Studies, Camera Bags, xD Memory Cards, Digital Voice Recorders, Flash/USB Drives, Batteries
Other Items: 1 digital video recorder
1 digital still camera
1 apple video editing machine
dvd discs
external dvd drive