Project Exchange

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Assessments: Student writing, Performance/presentation (i.e. speech, play), Computer model/program, Oral defense, Other (enter below)

Additional Assessment Type: animation

Description

This project culminates in a multi-tiered assessment of student writing, digital design/animation and performance. The individual student performances and projections, taken together, 'sing the song' or tell the story of immigration in America as seen through the eyes of immigrants today.

The oral storytelling component of this project is comprised of a series of 1st person narrative monologues that are immigration stories constructed from both personal interviews and students' own creative writing in preparation for their dramatic performances.

These monologues are supplemented by a digital storytelling component which is an interactive art piece based on the story of the immigrant the student interviewed. The final piece, a class composite of each student's individual project, will be projected on the walls of the theater space the night of the performance to serve as a dynamic "set".

For sample student outcomes see the "The Immigrant's Song" Project Launch under activities, or visit the project homepage media gallery.