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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas:
all
Timeline:
open
Grade Levels:
9-12
Purpose: to employ
communication skills in modes other than the
written word; to integrate academic disciplines in
a project
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J. and V.
Lewis
Student
A/V
Presentation
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 Activities
- Have students select a theme, preferably from
their own experience.
- Develop this theme with:
photographic essays
movies
recorded interviews
artwork.
- Organize and categorize the pictorial/graphic
material.
- Have students select the best and most appropriate
material to illustrate the them.
- Integrate it all into a video production or programmed
slide show.
Resources
- slide projectors/dissolve controls
- cameras
- recording equipment (audio and video)
- rear projection screens (if possible)
- local TV stations
- library resources (books, records, movies, etc.)
- book clubs
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Variations
- Set a pictorial essay to music.
- Transcribe books:
enroll students in book clubs, so they all
receive the same books
have a student transcribe books with illustrations
onto videocassette (use book illustrations or make illustrations)
air the show on television. Everyone with
the book can follow along
keep a library of completed tapes.
- Use plays, newspapers, and magazines.
- Dramatize student stories.
- Build a learning center around the tape library.
- Use animation.
- Use program to advertise, recruit personnel,
etc.
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