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Group 2: Multimedia Lesson Plan

**Objective:**
- Each group will create a podcast as newscasters depicting the death of a major figure in history. - Students will explain the major events of the figure life in history - Students will analyze and explain the legacy of this figure's life - Students will experience new software used to create a podcast

**Class Starter:** [|Pocahontas Podcast]
1. Students will listen individually to this podcast. 2. They will need to identify and list the main idea of the podcast and what they believe the author of the podcast wanted them to learn about Pocahontas. 3. Students will then list one thing they wrote down on the board. The class will then discuss the Pocahontas podcast and the lessons they learned from the podcast.

**Procedures/ Activities:**
1. Students will then be assigned to small groups of no more then 3 to 4 students. Each group of students will be assigned one of the following prominent figures in 20th century.
 * - Example: Adolf Hitler, JFK, Abraham Lincoln, Saddam Hussein, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela**

2. Students will need to create a podcast similar to the one on Pocahontas about their assigned prominent figure of the 20th century.

3. Each group will need to assign a news anchor, sideline reporter, and informed person to be interviewed.

4. Research a time-line of your person's life - include birth, major events, accomplishment, awards, etc... - Also answer the following questions: a) Why will the person be remembered in history? b) How will they or how have they affected future generations? c) What are some little known facts regarding this individual?

5. Write a well developed script for your newscast. Script should meet the following criteria: - A Narrative that reveals the life, Major events, accomplishments, and legacy of your assigned figure of the 20th century - Script should include interviews by the sideline reporter and informed person - Script should be 3 to 4 minutes in length

6. Prior to Recording your podcast, practice your entire skit.

7. Record newscast using - [|Creating Podcasts] - [|Audacity] - [|Drop.io]

8. After editing, students should test their podcasts. - Podcasts flows and there are no technical errors - Voice is clearly heard over background music - Final product is 3 to 4 minutes in length

9. Students will share their podcasts with their classmates. Students will write at least a paragraph telling what new information they have learned after listen to each group's podcast.

**Assessment:**
Rubric for Assessment

**Technology/ Resources:**
- Computers, Microphones, Cameras, Podcasts software: Garageband on Macs, Audacity or resources listed above for PC computers, iTunes software

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