Teacher: Ms. Sheppard AM & PM Sixth Grade Social Studies Ms. Sheppard is a teacher consultant with the Bay Area Writing Project.
	The morning and afternoon sixth-grade Social Studies classes used their work on Cultural Universals – unique characteristics like art, food, costume, shelter, and family that shape and distinguish every culture – as a point of departure for considering elements in their own lives that might define what an individual, or "mini," culture might be. Based on the poem "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyons, this writing activity prompted students to create personal poems that they used as scripts for short digital films. Students wrote their own poems and then collaborated in groups of three to assemble an integrated script, which would serve as the voiceover for their film. Working together, students also gathered and selected digital images to illustrate their poems, created titles, worked with transitions, and experimented with special effects to complete their projects. To view the digital documentaries, click an image below.

Albany Middle School Videos

Where We're From by Joseph, Rachel, Tuvshin   Where We're From by Sologne, Simon   Where We Are From by Teo, Stephen, Jane   We Are From by Al, Donny, Natasha   Where We're From by Alex, Phoebe, Shay

Where We're From by Colleen, Jenna, Kian   Our Cultures! by Aditi, Kamill, Jacob   Where We're From! by Hannah, Milan, Balam   Where We Are From by Mckenzie, Marisa, Kevin   Where We're From by Tiana, Kaitlin, Daniel               We Are From by Celia, Mike, David   Where I'm From by Audrey, Michael, Z   Where We Come From by Seido, Michael, Yael   Where I'm From by Arin, Sherry, Cassidy   Where I'm From by Lilia, Ian, Albert               We Are From Our Cultures by Kennya, Kenny, Jeff   GGGG G-unit Where Are You From? by Maddie, Isaiah, Christine   Our Lives by Steven, Laney, Lawrence   Wear Im From !@#$%&*  by Lily, Travis, Zack   Where We're From by Maneck, Grace, Sydney

 

I Am From

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