America’s Roaring 20’s Decade Silent Movie Project

Objectives:
* The student will create a silent movie – a minimum of 2 minutes in length
• The student will describe:
Major Headlines of the 1920s
Entertainment of the 1920s
Fashion of the 1920s
Presidents of the 1920s
• The student will analyze the causes and effects of 1920’s society on today’s society
• The student will plan, shoot, and edit video files
• The student will create an appropriate graphic organizer to compare/contrast and/or show cause/effect of a requested 1920s topic.
• The student will create a works cited page using appropriate style formatting.

Getting Ready:
• Reserve the computer lab or mobile computer lab.
• At least one week prior to starting the project, make sure the students can log into their computer accounts.
Students must go to the library or computer lab, sign-in and sign-out to verify their account is working.
If there is an issue with a student account, create a workorder with the student name, grade level, and student id number
• Make copies of any documents to be given to the students for reference

Lesson Steps:

• Complete 1920’s classroom instructional unit(s)
• Handout Copies of 1920’s instruction sheet
• Handout copies of the Copyright and FairUse guidelines document
• Go over the instruction sheet and the Copyright and Fair Use guidelines documents with the students
• Go over the project timeline with the students
• Provide the students with time to ask questions about the instructions, copyright guidelines, and timeline
• Verify students understand the instructions. Ask:
What is the minimum length of the video? (2 minutes)
What else must be included along with the video footage? (still pictures)
Should this video have sound? (No, it is a silent movie) So what else should be included? (captions & titles)
Can music be included? (yes) What type of music? (period music)
What topics need to be covered?
When is the project due?
• (Research time) During research time facilitate student’s research activities by providing assistance with search strings, areas to check for books, periodicals, etc…
• (Video Creation time) During the time students are creating their videos facilitate their creation by:
Providing students with storyboards and a shooting schedule so they can organize their shoots
Provide assistance to students needing additional help with basic video editing skills
Assist students with search strings necessary to find pictures and/or documentation
Assist students by pointing them to one of the additional resource websites
Monitor progress and encourage students to keep up with the timeline discussed in class


Assessment Opportunities:
video
shoot chart
storyboard
bibliography

Supporting Documents:
1920s Video Project Student Directions.docx
Copyright_chart.pdf
StoryBoard.docx
ShootCharts.xlsx
1920s_Video Project Rubric.docx
1920s Project Resources pages.docx


Other Information:

Materials:
Research materials and/or internet access
Computer lab
Video cameras

Time Requirements:
1 week

Skills:
Interpretations
Summarization
Analysis
Synthesizing
Comparing

Vocabulary:
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RecommendedGroup Size:

Groups of 3-4 students