Grade 4 Digital Citizen Cornerstone Task Summary

Grade 4 Digital Citizen Cornerstone Task Summary

Summary

Fourth graders will become historians, reporting on comparisons between growing up in colonial times versus growing up in the 21st century in the form of a podcast.  They will use materials from a previously taught lesson in Social Studies to guide the content. Students will demonstrate digital citizenship by citing, paraphrasing and quoting information in the podcast.

Standards

Digital Citizen

Students recognize the rights responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

Reading Informative Texts

Considerations

  • This cornerstone task integrates content from Social Studies Unit 3: Colonial Life unit.  However, any previous taught curriculum that includes content worthy of research could be substituted.  Make sure the prerequisite lesson included a topic to be researched and application of the skills of citing, paraphrasing and quoting.
  • Students can create a podcast using alternative software options that provide opportunities for students to record audio. (ex. WeVideo)
  • Consider collaborating with the social studies teacher and allowing students time to complete their script during social studies or english/language arts.

Access Points to Consider

  • Modify the organizer to meet the needs of your students.
  • Review how to access the previous modules.  
  • Consider making the resources from the previous module easier to access from this module

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