Digital Digital StorytellingStorytelling

Coal Mining Stories

TaskTask

Tell a story. Make it

interesting. Record it. Illustrate it. Add a soundtrack.

You’ll have to write the

story before you can

record it!

GoalsGoals

Empathize with coal miner or family member.

Describe life of coal miners.

Use technology to:

Research a topicFind digital

imagesCreate a

slideshowRecord audio

Digital Story ExamplesDigital Story Examples

111: Everyday Heroes This is story about the impact of a coal mine’s

explosion over 20 years ago on Centralia, IL

Tears of Change A tragic tale of life changes created by Hurricane

Katrina

At What Price? An interpretation of Walt Whitman's poem, O Captain,

My Captain, making personal meaning of his words.

““111: Everyday Heroes”111: Everyday Heroes”

What made this story interesting?

Was there music?

““Tears of Change”Tears of Change”

What feelings do you have when you watch this?

What feelings do you think the author has.

““At What Price”At What Price”

Does this poem fit the pictures?

Does the reader pause?

Do the pictures change fast or slow or both?

Pick a Point of Pick a Point of ViewView

•Miner diary entries

•Trade places with 21st Century kid.

•At end of a miner’s life, looking back.

•News report of a mine disaster.

•Letter to loved ones from trapped miner.

•Poem illustration.

Begin Begin Planning…Planning…

•Talk with your partner to decide on a topic.

•In Blended Schools, click on the folder of the topic you choose.

•Read information about coal mining from your selected point of view.

•Plan your digital story. Talk with your partner about your story’s plot.

Claim Your Claim Your TopicTopic

•Once you and your partner have decided on a topic:

•Go to the Discussion Board

•Post a thread describing your selected topic

•Pick one that no others are doing.