As I was watching the video clip from the previous blog, I was brainstorming ways to incorporate it into my current lesson plans. The Midterm Elections are November 2 and I think it would be a great idea to create an assignment for students using socialnomics.
Lesson Plan:
Do Now: Watch the 4 minute video clip and share student reactions/responses
Lecture: Define Midterm elections and describe "traditional" differences between Democrats and Republicans.
Lesson: Students would create a online video using social media to discuss an aspect of the Midterm Election process, it could be the election results, impact on House, impact of Senate, role of media, media bias, etc.
The students would have two weeks to research, create and present their project. I realize my outline above is vague and would need to be ironed out over the next week, but I would like to role it out the first week in November to see what the students will do with it.
I am excited about the idea and I really think my students will like it as well. On a side note, I have seen videos like this in the past on other topics and I always find them thought provoking and good place to start a discussion for a general class topic.
In this case, I think it ties in nicely with my unit on the media. Currently, I just talk about traditional forms of media so this would allow me to branch out more and make it more relevant and meaningful to the students.
As always, thank you for sharing this wonderful links. I plan on exploring more of them throughout the year.
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