Rebecca Recor

Movie Lesson Plan

Wonders of the World

Grade(s)
6
th
-8
th

Subject(s)
Social Studies, World Geography
Length Of Lesson
1-3 Class days in the Computer Lab
Lesson Overview
Students will choose one of the 100
listed wonders from the website below,
no one will have the same subject. They
will research the facts of it and make a
movie with pictures, sounds and text.
Curriculum Standard
6 G2.1.2 Account for topographic and human spatial
patterns (where people live) associated with
tectonic plates such as volcanoes, earthquakes,
settlements (Ring of Fire, recent volcanic and
seismic events, settlements in proximity to natural
hazards in the Western Hemisphere) by using
information from GIS, remote sensing, and the World
Wide Web.
Learning Objectives
Students will learn about different
places around the world and the people
who live around it.
Technology Uses
Students will be using Windows Live
Movie Maker to create their own movie
on the above subject.
Materials
Windows Live Movie Maker
Online Resources
Textbook

Procedure/Instructions
1. Choose one topic from the below
link and confirm it with your
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Movie Lesson Plan
teacher
http://www.hillmanwonders.com/
2. Research this place. You will need
to include the following
information: the name of the
place, where the place is located,
how many people live there, who
created the place (or found it),
how long did it take to build(if it
was built) and how much did it
cost, can tourists visit, and any
interesting facts you found about
this place.
3. Create a video on Windows Live
Movie Maker on your topic
4. In your movie you must include:
visuals(pictures), the information
above researched on your topic,
animation between slides and/or
on text, and some sort of sound
on all of the slide.
5. Movie must also have a title slide
at the beginning and a credits
slide at the end. There but be at
least 3 body slides holding the
researched information.
Assessment
Students will be graded on the movie
based on its content, visuals, sounds,
and creativity.
Grading Rubric below.


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Movie Lesson Plan
Grading Rubric

1 Point

5 Points

10 Points
Student researched
little to no
information on the
topic assigned
Student researched
most of the
information
required on the
assigned topic
Student researched
all of the required
information on the
topic assigned
Student created a
video, but did not
put all the
information on it
Student created a
video and put most
of the information
on it
Student created a
video and put all
the required
information on it
Students video has
little to no visual
pictures
Students video has
visuals on most of
the slides but not
all
Students video has
visuals on all of
their slides
Students video has
little to no
animation or sound
Students video has
animation and
sound on most
slides but not all
Students video has
animation and
sound an all slides
of the video