When I was a student intern, I served as a Special Education Resource Teacher at a Primary School. When I planned lessons plans, I loved trying to integrate multiple contents into one lesson. I also conducted theme units where all the different content evolved around a specific topic. Around President's Day, it was a great coincidence that we were learning about coins. So, I created a week of lessons where we worked with a different coin each day. This particular day, I introduced the penny. I planned an activity about Abraham Lincoln as well because we had to study Famous Americans for the month of February. I chose Abraham Lincoln to tie into President's Day, Famous Americans and Black History Month. We made black stovepipe hats and beard costumes with black construction paper. We highlighted important details and facts from the video we watched about his life. I gave each student a line or two on an index card and had them recite them in their costume. Some of my students memorized their "lines." On the first run, they did so well, that I wanted to capture it. I hadn't planned on recording it which I regret even still today. I decided to use my cell phone camera and do it again but on the second run, they got camera shy. However, they enjoyed watching themselves the next day when I complied their "performances" into one show. I apologize for the technical difficulties due to volume inconsistency. The video is over three years old now, I was surprised I still had it on the my laptop. I now own a higher quality tablet and smarter phone for these spontaneous situations.
My laptop wouldn't allow me to download a YouTube video. I usually record YouTube videos with Jing Screencasting. However, here is a link to a YouTube Video that I used last week in my current resource classroom. The strands of learning for last week in Social Studies were learning about the Early Explorers. I showed an Explorer of the Day video each day as an anticipatory set (hook). On the day planned for Ponce De Leon, I showed my students a digital storytelling video of a class who took what I did above to a whole other level. I can't wait for the opportunity to implement this with my students in the immediate future. My students really enjoyed it and I hope you do too!
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