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Summary

Students build skills in interpreting images and their understanding of other cultures by examining Unitedstreaming videos of Egypt. Students write articles for a class book on Egypt, using screen shots from the video to support their main idea.

Unit Plan

Technology Benchmarks

(view complete grade-level benchmark here)

1. Insert images
2. Create a product which incorporates a graphic to communicate an idea
3. Use a word processing application to create, edit, revise, format, save and print a document to the same standards as hand-written
4. Import appropriate graphics and pictures to illustrate text
5. Respect intellectual property

Resources

• Class Materials
  • Unitedstreaming Egypt video (contact Andrew Hess for a code to create your personal Unitedstreaming account)
  • Class handouts
• Samples of student work
• Teachers who have used this unit:

Carol Graseck, Murray Avenue School