1. Remix to
Research
Remix: to take cultural
artifacts and
manipulate them into new
kinds of creative blends

2. Some Examples of Contemporary Remix Practices
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=-ek9CchVpWE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtE
H6wZXPA4
http://www.archive.org/details/DjDang
erMouse-TheGreyAlbum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=8rVVM7cJR40&list=PLAF5FE
856762CBA8C&index=3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=dnhKPw2NXIw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5
AGdFic

3. Remix as a Lens

4. Remix to Research
Digital Documentaries
Create a Persuasive
Video / Send a
Video to your
Representative
13 Colonies

5. Persuasive Video
Was the United States Justified
in dropping the atomic bomb on
Japan during WWII?
Should the Confederate Flag be
banned?
Does the constitution support
the right for individuals to keep
and carry firearms?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idh5-P2fmQM

6. Organizer for Digital Storytelling Projects

7. 13 Colonies
It is 1740. You become a recruiting agent hired
by one of the colonies to attract new
immigrants. Your task is to educate and
persuade settlers to come to your colony. You
will be able to do this by making a TV
commercial. Your commercial must reflect the
attributes of the assigned colony. You must
address the issues of natural
resources, economy, religion, relations with
Indians, and reasons for settling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLH0vh4E
a5o&feature=colike

8. 13 Colonies
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New Jersey has been relatively free from Indian wars
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New Jersey, as the other Middle colonists, were a mixture of religions,
including Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jewish, and others.
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East Jersey and West Jersey, until they were united as a royal colony in
1702.
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Since 1664 the area was guaranteeing religious freedom
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New Jersey is one of the most successful farming areas on the continent
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New Jersey grows wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn. The Middle Colonies
were often
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Wheat could be ground to make flour, and both wheat and flour could be
sold in other colonies or in Europe
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New Jersey was more ethnically diverse than many other colonies.
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New Jersey has all four seasons, heat in summer, snow in winter, turning
leaves in fall, and new growth in spring.
New Jersey is about 150 miles long and 70 miles wide
http://is.gd/colonialimages

9. Digital Storytelling Technology
Handouts
PC: PhotoStory
Mac: GarageBand of iMovie

10. Some Legal and Ethical Notes on
Getting Existing Media: Fair Use
Four Factors
•Nature of the use
•Amount and character of the material
•Amount
•Effect on the market
Cost of Copyright Confusion
http://youtu.be/fAhWMU1TdvE

12. • Some Technical Notes on Getting Video

13. Working with Video: Trailers
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD41EDDA0908BB486

14. Brainstorming Trailer:
Dred Scott, the Movie
Dred Scott was a slave who appealed
to the Supreme Court in 1856 to be
freed. Scott’s case was based on the
fact that he had lived in states and
territories where slavery was illegal.
The court ruled that Scott could not be
free. The Supreme Court ruled that all
blacks, slaves as well as free could
never become citizens of the United
State. The case and decision brought
the plight of slaves to greater national
attention and fueled abolitionists.

15. Trailer Elements
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Compelling Title
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Images, Video, Titles
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First Line Hook
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Narrator Description
Alternating with
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Quotes/Scenes from the Movie
(we will use primary sources
Other Elements
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Parts of reviews, cast, director, etc…
The ‘Preview has been Approved’ message
Film Company Logo

16. 4-5 lines about the story.
Lines the narrator will say
• He was a man yearning for
freedom and his family
• In a world consumed by
slavery
• He took his case to the
highest court in the land
• But some battles need to be
lost, so the war can be won.
http://youtu.be/7QPMvj_xejg

17. Write 4-5 lines from primary sources
Lines people said or wrote during the time that the
‘characters’ say.
“The Legislation of the Republic is in the hands of this handful
of Slaveholders!”
“The conspiracy is nearly completed.”
“The American Congress has no power to prevent the
enslavement of men?”
“Compact yourselves together for the struggle which
threatens your liberty and will test your manhood!”
" want freedom from myself and my family! “ (hypothetical)
Primary Source from The Evening Journal of Albany, New York, March 9,
1857
•http://history.furman.edu/benson/docs/nyajds57309a.htm

18. BONUS: Add Original Media
Create original images or videos based on one of the lines in the
primary source. Act it, pose for it, capture it, record it, and include
it. For example, imagine you are a 19 Century abolitionist and
record yourself saying “The Legislation of the Republic is in the
hands of this handful of Slaveholders.”
EXTRA BONUS: Add movie trailerish lines like…
“Starring Denzel Washington as Dred Scott”
“Directed by Stephen Spielberg “
“One man’s fight for freedom helped change the course of
history.”

19. Make a Trailer for a Movie
Topics:
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Dred Scott
Whiskey Rebellion
1776, 1876 or any particular year.
Amistad Uprising
War of 1812
The Expedition of Lewis and Clark
etc…
• For Dred Scott, look here for some starter media
http://is.gd/trailermedia