Food Patriots Video Making Event

Presented by Creative Communications Academy

District 149 Back to School Carnival 2013
Project Description: Students followed up previous class discussion with an investigation of
healthy food and lifestyle habits using photography and video media skills. The project addressed various skills and supported participation by a diverse
selection of students. The project embedded collaboration and discussion, iteration, and inquiry through each activity and step. Below are various
common core standards that are aligned to this project - some apparent in the event, some that could be built upon more in scope of a unit.

INVESTIGATION IN FIELD WITH IPAD

Students worked in small groups to first document healthy food and lifestyle choices using still photography,
and then to record interviews based on student-generated questions related to the theme.

WHST.6-8.7.
Conduct short research
projects to answer a question
(including a self-generated
question), drawing on several
sources and generating
additional related, focused
questions that allow for multiple
avenues of exploration.

RI.7.7: Compare and

contrast a text to an audio,
video, or multimedia version of
the text, analyzing each
medium's portrayal of the
subject (e.g., how the delivery
of a speech affects the impact
of the words).
RH.6-8.7. Integrate
visual information (e.g., in
charts, graphs, photographs,
videos, or maps) with other
information in print and digital
texts

COLLABORATION IN CLASSROOM TEAMS

Students then worked in groups to evaluate their images and videos to select the ones that best captured the
story of healthy choices analyzing their created texts for connections to intended ideas.

SL.6.1. Engage
effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions (oneon-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on
grade 6 topics, texts, and
issues, building on others
ideas and expressing their own
clearly.

L.6.6. Acquire and

use accurately gradeappropriate general academic
and domain-specific words and
phrases; gather vocabulary
knowledge when considering a
word or phrase important to
comprehension or expression.

RH.6-8.8. Distinguish
among fact, opinion, and

reasoned judgment in a text.

RI.6.1. Cite textual

evidence to support analysis of
what the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn from
the text.

RI.7.5: Analyze the

structure an author uses to
organize a text, including how
the major sections contribute to
the whole and to the
development of the ideas.

RI.6.7. Integrate
information presented in
different media or formats (e.g.,
visually, quantitatively) as well
as in words to develop a
coherent understanding of a
topic or issue.

SL.6.2. Interpret
information presented in
diverse media and formats
(e.g., visually, quantitatively,
orally) and explain how it
contributes to a topic, text, or
issue under study.

PRESENTATION TO WHOLE CLASS

Students presented their selections to the whole class, explaining ideas and context of each, while generating
whole class discussion around the topics.

RI.6.7. Integrate
information presented in
different media or formats (e.g.,
visually, quantitatively) as well
as in words to develop a
coherent understanding of a
topic or issue.

RI.7.1: Cite several

pieces of textual evidence to
support analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.

SL.6.4. Present
claims and findings,
sequencing ideas logically and
using pertinent descriptions,
facts, and details to accentuate
main ideas or themes; use
appropriate eye contact,
adequate volume, and clear
pronunciation.

SL.6.5. Include
multimedia components (e.g.,
graphics, images, music,
sound) and visual displays in
presentations to clarify
information.
SL.6.6. Adapt
speech to a variety of contexts
and tasks, demonstrating

command of formal English

when indicated or appropriate

External resource: www.foodpatriots.com - a project of Groundswell Educational Films, Chicago.

For information contact: Jeff Spitz - jeff@groundswellfilms.org