Iowa History Television Broadcast

This unit serves as an end to my Iowa History course. At the end of the term students will be split up into groups of three. At this point, they will reflect on the class and decide on one item they would like to learn more about. Once they choose what they want to learn more about, they must take that topic and begin researching the topic in depth.

Upon completion of detailed research of their topic, students will then take the information they have gained and prepare to create a broadcast program similar to 20/20 or 60 Minutes. The program they will create needs to include but is not limited to: an attention grabbing opening, commercials, a 10 minute feature story, a closing, a sneak preview of "next weeks story", and credits with sources.

To create this, students must dress the part to fit the time and people involved in the story (as best possible). Students will use the video equipment from the library to film these projects. Once they have finished the filming aspect, they must take the data they have filmed and put it together in one of the video publishing programs the school has available to them.

The final project then will be a 10-15 minute video presentation. The class will watch one another's projects. At this point, groups will have the option to post the video they have created onto YouTube. Before doing this, I will discuss with them things to keep in mind dealing with postings on YouTube and social media in general.