CSE Final Project

1. Historical Figures
Report
By Ashley Toda

2. Audience
Who will be participating in this unit?
• 3rd Grade Students
• A mix of students ranging from
different abilities.

3. Unit Description
• Students will become an expert on an historical
figure.
• Students will be able to use a variety of
multimedia tools to create their projects.

4. Context
• These lessons will be taught in a self contained
classroom.
• Each lesson will happen on a different day, the
lessons will build upon each other, so when
students are done they will have created a final
project for their historical figure.

5. Before the Unit
• Before we begin the unit I will make a screencast
detailing what the students will be doing for the unit.
• I then will put it up on the class website for students
to view.

6. Lesson 1
• First the teacher will read about a historical figure,
like Ann Frank.
• Tell students they will choose a character from a list,
that they would like to do. If they have someone else
in mind, they can run it by the teacher to see if they
can use that character instead.
• They will become an expert on their character.

7. Lesson 1 cont.
• Once students have chosen their character, the
teacher will show the students how to use the
graphic organizer they will be given, by using
example.
• Students will be using Audible to listen to a story
(already bought) about their character.
• They will have a graphic organizer in front of them,
so they can write down notes.

8. Lesson 2
• Students will be doing research online, and from
books to gather as much information they can on
their character.
• The teacher will show a Fakebook example, and
explain how to navigate the page.

9. Lesson 2 cont.
• With the information they already have, students will
start creating their Fakebook account
• Students will pretend that they are their
character.
• It will be students jobs, as they gather more
information, to update their Fakebook page.

10. Lesson 3
• After students have have collected all of their
information, the class will make a wikipage.
• The teacher will have already created the main page,
and invited the students to join.

11. Lesson 3
• The teacher will show an example, on how to create a
page on the wiki, and how to do text and add
pictures.
• Each student will be responsible for putting
important information onto their page (they will be
given a rubric)

12. Lesson 5
• Students will be doing a “talk show” creating their
own podcast.
• Students will be their character, and they will be
interviewed by a peer while being recorded.
• They will have the questions beforehand (it’s the
questions they had to answer to fill out
information before)
• The podcasts will be uploaded to their wikipages.

13. Lesson 4
• For the final, students will be writing a story using
their character.
• What do they think their character would be like
in the 21st century? What would they wear? What
would they do?
• Students will then create a slideshare, to present
their story to groups.

14. Justification
• Screencast- I believe parents should be aware of
what is happening in their students class. I thought
screencast would be a good tool to use, because I can
record my voice to explain what we are doing and
why.
• Podcast (Audible and create your own)- Students
need that audio piece, along with reading, to help
them comprehend the text further. Create your own
podcast, it gives students a chance to apply their
knowledge in a creative way.

15. Justification
• Wikkis-Instead of having students present to each
other in front of the class, I thought having a wiki
would be better. Students can browse through the
other pages.
• Fakebook- It’s a good way for students to remember
about their character, because they have to be in a
role where they are their character.
• Slideshare- Students will use slideshare to remember
what they wanted to share with their group.

16. Thank you for watching!