I had the pleasure of co teaching a lesson with Mrs. Ferguson at Pinchbeck Elementary a couple of weeks ago. During our planning meet Mrs. Ferguson discussed how she didn’t want to do the same old thing for her second graders when it came to the Native American unit. We decided to have students make videos where they ask their classmates a review question on Native Americans.

The students choose one question to ask and then did research to answer that question. Mrs. Ferguson’s class then designed a backdrop to their video.

The students then used the webcam on the laptops and recorded two videos. The first video was the question being asked. For example, “What type of homes did the Pueblo live in?” The second video was the answer to the question.

We then took those videos and imported them into Windows Movie Maker. The students placed a slide in between the two clips to give their classmates a chance to answer the questions. Check out some of the videos below.

Native American Review Questions from Jim Covais on Vimeo.

Would you like to plan a lesson similar to this? Set up a planning time with me and let’s make it happen!

I had the pleasure of co teaching a lesson with Mrs. Ferguson at Pinchbeck Elementary a couple of weeks ago. During our planning meet Mrs. Ferguson discussed how she didn’t want to do the same old thing for her second graders when it came to the Native American unit. We decided to have students make videos where they ask their classmates a review question on Native Americans.

The students choose one question to ask and then did research to answer that question. Mrs. Ferguson’s class then designed a backdrop to their video.

The students then used the webcam on the laptops and recorded two videos. The first video was the question being asked. For example, “What type of homes did the Pueblo live in?” The second video was the answer to the question.

We then took those videos and imported them into Windows Movie Maker. The students placed a slide in between the two clips to give their classmates a chance to answer the questions. Check out some of the videos below.

Native American Review Questions from Jim Covais on Vimeo.

Would you like to plan a lesson similar to this? Set up a planning time with me and let’s make it happen!