Winter Song Photo Story
There are many songs related to the winter season. Some are connected to holidays, some are not.
Poll your class: What is your favorite winter related song?
What percentage of your class selected your favorite winter song?
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Select a song or piece of music related to the winter season or a winter holiday.
Make a digital photo report about the song/music. |
Look into the history of the story of the music and lyrics.
Use Internet resources, as well as, other digital and print media.
Include:
The composer and the date it was composed or how old is it.
Is there a special story about the song?
Who is famous for performing it?
Illustrate the song or make a slide show to the music using photos.
Software options:
Digital Project Advice
Mac - iMovie tutorial will do this. Another iMovie tutorial
You can also do this with Hyperstudio, Kid Pix Studio Deluxe and Storybook Weaver software (Use their clip art not photos).
Photo Story 3 - free download from Microsoft that lets you easily create narrated "mini-movies" using photographs. It has a built in music generator that allows you to put your story to music, copyright free. Tutorial
Pics4Learning - copyright friendly images for use in education projects
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant:
if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." Anne Bradstreet |
Descriptive
Writing using a painting by Coppedge | Winter Scene Writing | Dickens of a Resume
Educational rap music - the other three r's WOW! check it out!
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12/2007, updated 1/2019, Cynthia J. O'Hora.
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