Our Class Project: The goal of this project was to fulfill the mission of TeachUNICEF. My 6th grade students were each assigned a topic to research about children in Africa. They utilized the media center to access books and to research online (via SIRS Discoverer). They each wrote a 5-paragraph expository essay, followed by a team-created podcast. They used Audacity to produce and mix their audio, along with sound effects and music exported from GarageBand. The podcasts were uploaded to the class SoundCloud account. Here's the link: SoundCloud.com/SocialStudies.
Below are some embedded examples:
Poverty in Africa
Malaria in Africa
HIV and AIDS in Africa
Education Issues in Africa
