Digital Storytelling Lessons


Ancient Cultures News Broadcast

Ancient Cultures News Broadcast

Students create a news broadcast as part of a unit on ancient cultures.


Personification Stories

Personification Stories

Students will personify an object and write a story as part of an online book or animated adventure.

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Animal Interviews

Students research the characteristics, adaptations, and habitat of an animal and share their findings in a question and answer session with the animal.

Historical Journal

Historical Journal

Students will create a historical journal from a fictional character's point of view.

Legends and Tall Tales

Legends and Tall Tales

Students will write and produce an animated tall tale about a historical figure or location.

Modernize a Fairy Tale

Modernize a Fairy Tale

Students learn about key elements of a fairy tale as they retell a fairy tale in modern times.

Video Biographies

Video Biographies

Students complete research on a historical figure and create a video biography of that person.

Create a Visual Poem

Create a Visual Poem

Students will create a visual, or video, poem as they analyze the imagery in a text.

Book trailers

Book Trailers

Students will develop a movie-style trailer for a book they have read.

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Cycle Stories

In this lesson, students tell the story of a scientific cycle by recreating the adventure of its "main character".

Artifact Interviews

Artifact Interviews

Students will research a historical person or event and retell the story as an animated interview with an artifact from that time or place.

The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things

Students compose images from shapes, describe their composition, and create their own version of the book, The Shape of Things.

Don’t Let the Earth Down

Don’t Let the Earth Down

Students will write persuasively on a conservation issue and create a public service announcement to promote their cause.

Everyday Heroes

Everyday Heroes

Create media resources that celebrate and promote the actions of a real world hero.

Here’s to Your Health

Here's to Your Health

Students will research a health issue, write an essay, and transform their argument into a public service announcement.

Visit Our Solar System

Visit Our Solar System

Students will learn about the planets as they create a sample travel journal that explains what it would be like to visit one of the planets.

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