Fun History Activity

At Oak Bay, I was observing a history class and had the opportunity to see the final product of projects students had been working on for months. I am not in social studies, but I could see it being easily adaptable to English, my other teaching subject. Each student was to create a 3 minute slide show that included 50 images that went with their theme. They were each to pick a historical time period or event they had studied in class that semester, and find 50 images that related to their chosen topic. Along with the 50 images, they were to find a song that is relevant to the time period, so the slide show could be put together with music. Each student also had to submit a written assignment where they explained each of the 50 pictures they chose, and were required to reference their pictures properly. Some of the slide shows were wonderful to watch, and they were even more entertaining because music went along with them. I just thought this was a great idea- the students seemed to have put a ton of effort into them and the result was amazing.