A People's History of the United States Lesson Plan

Video Essay Project Day 3: Storyboard Creation and Sourcing Video Footage/Images

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will begin sketching out what scenes or images they would like to use for their video essay.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1.11-12; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.2.11-12; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4.11-12; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.6.11-12; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.7.11-12; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4.11-12; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.5.11-12

Structure:

At this point, students should have a completed thesis statement and script.

Before beginning work, have students watch this video on what a storyboard is. Afterwards,...