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Title - Abraham Lincoln Photo Story 3 Biographies
By - Jenna Springfield
Primary Subject - Social Studies
Secondary Subjects - Computers / Internet
Grade Level - 8th
Estimated Time - 1 to 2 weeks (depending on depth)
Texas Standards (TEKS):
- Social Studies Grade 8 Part B:
- Section 8: The student understands individuals, issues, and events of the Civil War. The student is expected to explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War, including Abraham Lincoln.
- Technology Applications Grades 6-8 Part C:
- Section 4: The student uses a variety of strategies to acquire information from electronic resources, with appropriate supervision.
- Section 10: The student formats digital information for appropriate and effective communication.
General Goals:
- The students will demonstrate their knowledge of the life of Abraham Lincoln.
- The students will demonstrate an understanding of Photo Story 3.
Specific Objectives:
- The students will gather information (including photos) about the life of Abraham Lincoln through texts and electronic formats being sure to cite all sources.
- The students will write a brief biography of Lincoln focusing on his role during the Civil War.
- The students will use Photo Story 3 to create a presentation using photos and an original written biography of Abraham Lincoln to be presented to the class.
Materials Needed:
- Books on Abraham Lincoln
- Internet access for students (computer lab)
- Photo Story 3 software downloaded on computers
- Computer microphones
- Paper and pencil for each student
Anticipatory Set:
- This lesson should be carried out in a computer lab with a teacher projector.
- The teacher should play a brief Photo Story of questions about Abraham Lincoln with dialogue from the teacher and background music.
- This will get the students thinking about possible answers to the questions while viewing an end product of Photo Story 3.
- This also helps the teacher familiarize themselves with the software.
Procedures:
- Using a computer projector in a lab, the teacher will direct the students to a website about a historical figure/event.
- The teacher will remind students how to copy 2 or 3 photos (and ensure proper citation) into a pre-established folder.
- Next, the teacher will demonstrate how to import the copied photos into a new Photo Story while the students do the same on their computers.
- The teacher will then show how to add dialogue to the photos followed by the students adding dialogue to their individual stories.
- Volunteers will be asked to show their finished 20-30 second sample stories.
Independent Practice:
- Students will research the life of Abraham Lincoln and write a 2-page handwritten paper highlighting important events.
- Students will gather photos (digital or scanned) that relate to those events highlighted in the written paper.
- Students will create a new story in Photo Story where they will import their photos and record dialogue from their written paper.
- Students will save their story to a class folder for class presentations.
Closure:
- The class will watch each student's Photo Story.
- The teacher will then ask the students to discuss the major points of Abraham Lincoln's life and why they were important.
- Next, the teacher will ask the students to give examples of how Photo Stories could be use for other purposes.
Assessment:
The student presentations will be assessed using the following rubric.
| Abraham Lincoln Photo Story 3 Biography Rubric |
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| Content: | 5 pts. | All content focuses on Abraham Lincoln, specifically during the Civil War. |
| | 3 pts. | Some of the content is relevant to Lincoln during the Civil War, but not all. |
| | 1 pt. | Very little or none of the content focuses on Lincoln during the Civil War. |
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| Photos: | 5 pts. | All photos are relevant and of good quality. |
| | 3 pts. | Some of the photos are relevant and of good quality. |
| | 1 pt. | Few or none of the photos are relevant or of good quality. |
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| Dialogue: | 5 pts. | Dialogue is easy to understand and relevant to topic and photos. |
| | 3 pts. | Dialogue is hard to understand or is not relevant to topic or photos. |
| | 1 pt. | Dialogue is incomprehensible and/or absent. |
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| Citations: | 5 pts. | All photos and references to written sources are cited. |
| | 3 pts. | Some photos and references to written sources are cited. |
| | 1 pt. | No citations are included in the presentation. |
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| Total Points: ___ / 20 |
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Adaptations for students with learning disabilities:
- Allow students to work in pairs.
- Teacher will provide a specific website and/or book for the student to obtain information.
- Teacher will provide a short list of concrete/factual questions for the student to find answers to and use in Photo Story.
Extensions for gifted students:
- Students should add cited background music, slide transitions, and other tools to enrich their Photo Story.
- Biographical content should include more abstract thinking and conclusions.
Possible Connections to Other Subjects:
- Math: Using the information gathered and presented in all presentations, students will graph important events depicted and the rate of occurrence.
- Art: After viewing different photos in presentations, students will create an original portrait of Lincoln.
- Language Arts: Students will read other works on Abraham Lincoln.
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