Overview
In groups of four students will research one of the Bill of Rights.
Students will discover how their amendment relates to society and how
it affects them personally.
Concepts
- Use Internet to research a topic.
- Integrate the use of technology as a vehicle for presenting
information.
- Import information into multimedia project using a variety of
sources such as scanner, desktop video camera, and laser
disc.
Indicators
- Research and locate pertinent information.
- Identify the personal freedoms the Bill of Rights grants.
- Connect amendment to a current news story.
- Present information in a multimedia format using
Hyperstudio.
Precomputer
- Each group will choose an amendment for their
presentation.
- Teacher shows a sample Hyperstudio project and shows students
how to perform basic functions of Hyperstudio.
- Allow one day for students to work/play on Hyperstudio to
learn how to use and discover the capabilities of
Hyperstudio.
- Take students to the library to research their amendment. (
Books, periodicals, SIRS Researcher, CD-Roms and Internet.)
- Give students useful Internet addresses.
- Students create detailed story board.
On the computer
- Using Hyperstudio, students will create Hyperstudio stack for
their amendment. Which will include the following: Title Card,
amendment, amendment written in everyday language, rights and
restrictions of the amendment, illustration/cartoon and a
connection to a current news story.
Postcomputer
- Students will rotate around the classroom to view and evaluate
the other projects.
- Groups will present their project to the class.
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