Name: __________________________

Unit of Inquiry: How We Express Ourselves

Summative Task

Central idea: Media influences global change.

Summative task: You must choose one of the global issues below and use media to create a change campaign
about it.
Lines of Inquiry:

How is media designed? (function)

How does media affect perspectives? (causation)
How do we use media to make a change? (responsibility)

Step 1: Choose a topic you are interested in:

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Texting and driving

Endangered species
Pollution
Other: _________________________________

Step 2: Choose 2 ways you will send your message out to others:
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Poster
iMovie
Keynote or Power Point
Other: ________________________________

Step 3: Begin researching about your topic and write down interesting facts about it.
Interesting facts about my topic:
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Step 4: Use the facts from step 3 to create your change campaign on two of the
following: poster, iMovie, Keynote, or other. Please use the following checklists appropriate
for your change campaign:
Examples of change campaign posters:

Poster Checklist
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I have a catchy title

I wrote interesting facts related to my topic
I drew pictures related to my topic
I used text effectively
My campaign grabs other peoples
attention
My campaign promotes change
I tried my best

iMovie Checklist
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I have a catchy title

I wrote interesting facts related to my topic
I used pictures related to my topic
I used text effectively
I used appropriate music
My campaign grabs other peoples
attention
My campaign promotes change
I tried my best

Keynote Checklist
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I have a catchy title

I wrote interesting facts related to my topic
I used pictures related to my topic
I used text effectively
I used slide transitions
My campaign grabs other peoples
attention
My campaign promotes change
I tried my best

Other Checklist
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I have a catchy title

I wrote interesting facts related to my topic
I used pictures related to my topic
I used text effectively
My campaign grabs other peoples
attention
My campaign promotes change
I tried my best

Step 5: Choose a video that we have seen in class and reflect on how your perspective
has changed after watching it.
Select one video to reflect on:
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Homeless girl experiment

Dove commercial on beauty
Polluted oceans
Pollution in Kuwait
Mr. Yu Millionaire Garbage Man
Other: _______________________________________________

Now its time to REFLECT!

I used to think but now I think.

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Step 6: Choose HOW you would like to answer the question below.
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Face-to-face conference with your teacher

Write a reflection in the space below
Make a video on SeeSaw
Record your answer on SeeSaw
Create a poster to show your answer with words and pictures
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