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Main Authors: McCarthy, Alan, Sterne, Sandra
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ784651
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author McCarthy, Alan
Sterne, Sandra
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Sterne, Sandra
McCarthy, Alan
Sterne, Sandra
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contents Fighting the Civil War with Primary Resources McCarthy, Alan Sterne, Sandra United States History War Grade 4 Documentaries Performance Based Assessment Class Activities Group Activities Films Film Production Editing Production Techniques The calendar was creeping into June. It was late spring, a time when many students' thoughts were sliding toward summer vacation. But it wasn't a problem in Lori Lowe's classroom. Her students had bigger things on their minds--like whether or not the Civil War would turn out the way they hoped. For many weeks, these fourth graders had been producing a sixteen-minute film documentary about America's bloodiest conflict. They had researched, written a script, recorded a soundtrack, and labored to fit together images gathered from the Library of Congress. The images were the key because they would tell the tale as much as the words. These images--photos, drawings, maps, and posters--have a lot to say. They are all primary resources, artifacts derived directly from the time they describe and straight from the war itself. Their detail is revealing, their authenticity empowering.
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spellingShingle Fighting the Civil War with Primary Resources
McCarthy, Alan
Sterne, Sandra
United States History
War
Grade 4
Documentaries
Performance Based Assessment
Class Activities
Group Activities
Films
Film Production
Editing
Production Techniques
Fighting the Civil War with Primary Resources McCarthy, Alan Sterne, Sandra United States History War Grade 4 Documentaries Performance Based Assessment Class Activities Group Activities Films Film Production Editing Production Techniques The calendar was creeping into June. It was late spring, a time when many students' thoughts were sliding toward summer vacation. But it wasn't a problem in Lori Lowe's classroom. Her students had bigger things on their minds--like whether or not the Civil War would turn out the way they hoped. For many weeks, these fourth graders had been producing a sixteen-minute film documentary about America's bloodiest conflict. They had researched, written a script, recorded a soundtrack, and labored to fit together images gathered from the Library of Congress. The images were the key because they would tell the tale as much as the words. These images--photos, drawings, maps, and posters--have a lot to say. They are all primary resources, artifacts derived directly from the time they describe and straight from the war itself. Their detail is revealing, their authenticity empowering.
title Fighting the Civil War with Primary Resources
topic United States History
War
Grade 4
Documentaries
Performance Based Assessment
Class Activities
Group Activities
Films
Film Production
Editing
Production Techniques
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ784651