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A Time Period in American History

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Researchers combine music, narration, photos, and text to form a presentation for their classmates about a time period in American History. Proper research and documentation techniques are emphasized. The lesson, created by Apple Computer, Inc., includes directions for using iMovie, iTunes, and iPhoto to create an iMovie project, but the concepts could be applied to other tools and resources as well.

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plagiarism, cheating, storyboarding, american culture

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american culture, documentation, plagiarism, storyboard, ccss.ela-literacy.11-12.8, social studies
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Grade
5th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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