Lesson Plan (Grades 9-12): Engaging High School Students with Digital Storytelling

Lesson Title: Digital Storytelling: Creating Interactive Narratives

Grade Level: High School (Grades 9-12)

Subject Area: Language Arts

Overview: In this lesson, students will learn how to create digital stories using multimedia tools. They will integrate text, audio, images, and video to produce an interactive narrative that enhances their storytelling skills and digital literacy.

Objectives and Standards

Learning Objectives:

   1. Students will understand the elements of digital storytelling.

   2. Students will create a digital story using multimedia tools.

   3. Students will integrate text, audio, images, and video to enhance their narrative.

   4. Students will develop their storytelling and digital literacy skills.

Standards Alignment:

• Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts:
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5: Make strategic use of digital media in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Students:
  • 6a: Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
  • 6b: Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.