imovie example of lesson plan

Here is an imovie version of what I want my students to do as part of the lesson plan I had to design for my Boston project.

For The Crucible I want them to select a character. Then they are going to create their own mock wikipedia entry. What I find so useful about wikipedia is that there are so many supplemental links on every entry. The other day I began looking at "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash. However, at the end of an hour, I had somehow navigated my way to the entry on the song "The Trees" by Rush. I made my way there entirely by clicking on the hyperlinks in each entry.

My students will have to consult a variety of on-line sources concerning their character. Then using keynote or powerpoint, they will not only write an entry on their character, but they will also have to create five shorter, supplement entries on issues related to their character - just like your average wikipedia entry.

I chose to model the author of The Crucible, Arthur Miller.

So I began researching his life and works. But then I had to create supplemental entries for such things as The Crucible and Death of a Salesman. From the supplemental link for The Crucible, for which Miller won an academy award, I included a link to a page that features the movie poster. When talking about the impetus for that play, I mentioned how Miller was called before Congress during the McCarthy communist craze. So I included a link to PBS's page on McCarthyism. I also include pages defining two key concepts of The Crucible, 'witch hunt' and 'scapegoat.'

I hope this allows students to develop a better foundation of what they study. Maybe they'll find themselves off on a search like I did with "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes."