Goals

1. Introduce students to various aspects of the media.
2. Allow students to research the area of rescue.
3. Work cooperatively with other students.
4. Evaluate team members and other members of class.

Materials
Examples of radio, television news, and newspapers (this will vary per project planned).
Media Project Hand-out

Time
1 hour to investigate various forms of media
1 hour to design presentation
.5 - 1 hour to evaluate rough drafts
2 hours to prepare presentation
1.5 - 2 hours to show presentations and evaluate
Total = 6 - 7 hours

Procedure

1. Students will form three equally sized teams.
2. Before starting lesson, the teacher will set up three "stations" throughout the classroom.Ý Each station will focus on a
   different form of media, either radio, television, or newspaper. Each station will have various examples of each type
   of media.
3. Each team will rotate the three stations, investigating each type of media and deciding which they would most like to
   focus on.
4. Each student will write on a piece of paper which form of media he or she would like to work with, and place it in the
   corresponding basket in the front of the room.
5. The teacher will draw 3-4 students from the same basket to be a media team.
6. Using the general topic of "Rescue," each team will create a presentation, incorporating their form of media.Ý
   Possible ideas include an interview with someone who has survived on the sea, either real-life or scripted, an
   interview with a life guard, role play of a real life rescue on camera, commercials, ads, etc.
7. Each form of media will have different criteria to fulfill, see Media Project Handout.
8. Each team will turn in a rough draft of their presentation.
9. Various teams in the class will evaluate each team's rough draft.
10. Rough drafts will be returned, and students will review their rough drafts.Ý Students are then free to work on the
    presentation.
11. Once all projects are completed, each team will show presentation to class.
12. Each team will be evaluated by other members of class.
13. Journal Activity: See Journal Lesson

Assessment

1. Students will describe favorite form of media in journal (Criteria for Success: at least two reasons why form of media
   is favorite)
2. Each team will design an original rescue story (Criteria for Success: see Rubric)
3. Each team will turn in a final copy of media presentation (Criteria for success: see Rubric)
4. Students will evaluate both their presentations and other teamsí presentations (Criteria for Success: students return
   evaluations to peers with at least two comments)
   
   Major Concepts
   
5. Math - budgeting time for video or radio, layout of a paper for newspaper
6. Language Arts - creative writing, communication
7. Art - illustrations in newspaper

Extensions

1. Each team can prepare two presentations on different forms of media.
2. Field trip to either a newspaper printing press, radio broadcast room, or a news room to see how professional media
   operates.

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