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ERIC Number: EJ518981
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Lights, Camera, Action.
Doig, Lisa; Sargent, Janice
Social Studies Review, v34 n3 p6-11 Spr 1996
Describes an integrated curriculum approach to world history/language arts that employs student filmmaking as its primary instructional approach. Discusses how the production process allows teachers to assess students' content knowledge, writing skills, and research skills. Includes a list of "helpful hints," a model content outline, and a student-produced script. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Film Production, Grade 6, History Instruction, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Learning Activities, Middle Schools, Story Telling, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Student Projects, Thematic Approach, World History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Edwin Markham Middle School CA
Note: Theme issue topic: "Middle School."