Overview of Unit 2.
Unit 2: Capturing Spirit
Unit Dates: November 16, 2012 to March 4, 2013 (Second, Third, and Fourth Deadlines)
Unit Questions: How do we celebrate human endeavor and achievement?
Significant Concept: Through communication media we can reflect, evaluate, and uplift and recognize valuable members of our community.
Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity
Questions concerning human ingenuity:
Why and how do we create (think of our yearbook pages as a creative product)?
What are the consequences of our creations?
How do people use their creative ability to transform/enjoy/improve the quality of life?
How can a creation or invention change the world?
Content:
Know: Characteristics of an effective yearbook story and photo essay. Basics of journalism and media ethics.
Understand: How to identify an effective story and photo essay.
Do: Develop stories from idea to finished story, using journalism and media ethics. Conduct interviews and survey polls.
Summative Assessment Tasks
Conduct an Interview and Write Transcript (Criterion A)
Write a Short Feature Story (Criteria B, C, D)
Create a Photo Essay (Criteria B, C, D)
Graphic Presentation of Survey Data (Criteria B, C, D, E)
Test on Media Ethics (Criteria A and E)
Netiquette and Skills in Learning Technology (Criteria F)
Unit Dates: November 16, 2012 to March 4, 2013 (Second, Third, and Fourth Deadlines)
Unit Questions: How do we celebrate human endeavor and achievement?
Significant Concept: Through communication media we can reflect, evaluate, and uplift and recognize valuable members of our community.
Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity
Questions concerning human ingenuity:
Why and how do we create (think of our yearbook pages as a creative product)?
What are the consequences of our creations?
How do people use their creative ability to transform/enjoy/improve the quality of life?
How can a creation or invention change the world?
Content:
Know: Characteristics of an effective yearbook story and photo essay. Basics of journalism and media ethics.
Understand: How to identify an effective story and photo essay.
Do: Develop stories from idea to finished story, using journalism and media ethics. Conduct interviews and survey polls.
Summative Assessment Tasks
Conduct an Interview and Write Transcript (Criterion A)
Write a Short Feature Story (Criteria B, C, D)
Create a Photo Essay (Criteria B, C, D)
Graphic Presentation of Survey Data (Criteria B, C, D, E)
Test on Media Ethics (Criteria A and E)
Netiquette and Skills in Learning Technology (Criteria F)