Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Making an Issue-Based Video Unit PlanMaking an Issue-Based Video Unit Plan
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
6 more...
Resource Type
Unit Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
6 mos
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
3 more...
Technology
Audio
Video
Projection
Presentation
Internet Access
Unit Plan

Making an Issue-Based Video

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Making an Issue-Based Video unit plan also includes:
  • Worksheet
  • Lesson Plan
  • Student Reference
  • Rubric
  • Vocabulary
  • Join to access all included materials

Encourage class members to become engaged citizens by researching an issue they are passionate about and then producing a video to present to policymakers, the public, and their peers. Everything needed for the unit is contained in the richly detailed packet.

40 Views 36 Downloads

Concepts

video editing, digital videography, political campaigns

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Save copies of videos from year-to-year to use as models

Classroom Considerations

  • Exercise caution when filming. If a student is portrayed in the video, be sure you have complied with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA)

Pros

  • The 39-page packet includes and overview of the unit, four lessons, templates for the various handouts and worksheets, step-by-step directions, images, job descriptions and responsibility lists for the group members, timelines, a vocabulary list, links to related resources, and rubrics

Cons

  • Does not include links to a model issue-based video

See similar resources:

Handout

In the Time of the Butterflies Packet

Lexington High School
Considering using Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies? Here's a resource designed to be used before and during a reading of her powerful story of the murder of the Mirabal sisters. Included in the packet is a vocabulary...
8th - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter: Vocabulary List

Novelinks
A staggering amount of work went into compiling this vocabulary resource for Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. The overview provides a rationale for the strategy and information about tier 1, 2, and 3 words. The...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

So Far from the Bamboo Grove: Visual Vocabulary and List-Group-Label

Novelinks
To make vocabulary words drawn from So Far from the Bamboo Grove memorable, class members select a word from the provided list and incorporate this word in a joke, story, or performance.
7th - 12th English Language Arts
Workbook

Mental Models

Education Bureau of Hong Kong
Behaviors are often based on assumptions. That's the big idea in the third lesson of a series of critical think resources. Through a series of worksheets, learners examine the conscious and heretofore unconscious assumptions that...
9th - 12th Social & Emotional Learning
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Lesson 2: Using the Pandemic Vulnerability Index Model to Examine the Risk Factors Associated with COVID-19

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
A lesson asks young mathematicians to investigate the social determinants and the environmental factors that influence risk factors associated with the spread of COVID-19. Class members then brainstorm what they can do to alleviate the...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Latino/Hispanic Heritage Resource Packet

Teaching for Change
Here's a must-have resource for Latino/Hispanic heritage month, September 15 through October 15. The 18-page packet includes suggestions to guide your planning, quizzes to test knowledge of heritage facts and immigration myths, and...
6th - 12th Social Studies & History
Writing

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Packet

Curated OER
Readers of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are directed to complete two projects as a part of their study of Mark Twain’s novel.  Individuals craft an organized notebook containing all their work during the study, and they...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Instructional Video

The BIG Picture - AP Economics Overview

Jacob Clifford
Review the circular flow model and connections between the resource and product market with help from a well-versed economics instructor, who explains the concept using illustrations and clear instructional guidance.
13 mins 11th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Street Law – Model Lesson Plan

Curated OER
Need a model plan for a mock trial? This four-page outline lists the goals, preparation, methods, and format of that activity.
7th - 12th English Language Arts
Audio

The Songs in Uncle Tom's Cabin

University of Virginia
Experience Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in an innovative, musical way. A list of audio links leads class members to spirituals from the novel, such as "Die in the Field," "The Wings in the Morning," and "Blow Ye the...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use