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Digital Story Assignment

We have learned that the United States is a land full of historic places.  Many of our nation’s favorite vacation places are often sites rich in history and culture and not just places filled with fun things to do.

 

Your assignment is to choose a place that you have either visited or would like to visit and create a digital story about it.   Things that you need to include are:

 

  • Geographic information
  • History (people, places, etc.)
  • Things to do there

 

Things you may want to include:

 

  • Art
  • Famous citizens
  • Music
  • Food
  • Culture

 

It must be a minimum of two minutes long.  Look for things that people may not necessarily know about your location.


Be as creative as you’d like and keep in mind, pictures and audio are what will make this interesting.  You are free to use any form of media in your presentation.  You must also remember to cite the websites you use.

 

I’m including a favorite place of mine as an example Lake George History.

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Resources

 

Adirondack History Network

            http://www.adirondackhistory.org/

 

The Battle of Lake George

            Retrieved August 6, 2009, from America’s Historic Lakes:

www.historiclakes.org/wm_henry/lg_battle.html

                       

The French and Indian War

Retrieved August 7, 2009, from Adirondack.net:

http://www.adirondack.net/history/french.asp

 

Fort William Henry…The Siege & Massacre

Retrieved August 7, 2009, from The Mohican Press Website:

http://www.mohicanpress.com/mo08009.html

 

Fort Ticonderoga History: 18th Century

Retrieved August 6, 2009, from Fort Ticonderoga And The Kings Garden Website:

http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/history/18th-century.htm

 

Hickman, Kennedy, About.com, French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George

            Retrieved August 6, 2009, from:

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars16011800/p/lakegeorge.htm

 

History of Lake George, New York & The Adirondacks

Retrieved August 6, 2009, from The Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce Website:

http://www.lakegeorgechamber.com/history_lake_george.htm

 

History of Lake Placid, Lake George and Northern New York

            Retrieved August 9, 2009 from Tripcart, Northern New York Website:

            http://www.tripcart.com/usa-regions/Northern-New-York,History.aspx#Guide||||||Top||||||||

 

Lake George History

            Retrieved August 6, 2009 from The Lake George Vacations Website:

            http://www.lakegeorge-vacations.com/lake_george_history.htm

 

Lake George Village

Retrieved August 6, 2009 from The Village of Lake George, New York, Lake George History Website:

            http://www.lakegeorgevillage.com/LAKE-GEORGE-HISTORY.htm

 

Land Tortoise, A 1758 Floating Gun Battery

            Retrieved August 8, 2009 from Lake George Historical Association Website:

            http://www.lakegeorgehistorical.org/land_tortoise.htm

Local History

Retrieved August 11, 2009 from Lake George Historical Association & Museum Website:

http://www.lakegeorgehistorical.org/History/History.htm

The Lost Radeau

            Retrieved August 9, 2009, from:

http://www.thelostradeau.com/index.html

 

Millard, James P., Forts Carillon & Ticonderoga (1997)

            Retrieved August 7, 2009, from America’s Historic Lakes Website:

            http://www.historiclakes.org/Ticonderoga/Ticonderoga.html

 

Town of Lake George, Local History

            Retrieved August 11, 2009 from:

            http://www.town.lakegeorge.ny.us/content/History

           

 

Images

 

Bobbett, Alfred (Engraver). (Between 1870 and 1880). Montcalm Trying To Stop The Massacre [Photograph], Retrieved August 8, 2009, from: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-

Chimiak, Michael. (Photographer).  (2009) Polar bear plunge. [Photograph], Retrieved August 4, 2009, from:

http://www.lakegeorgewintercarnival.com/

 

Freer, Sharon (Photographer). (2007). Queen of the American Lakes [Photograph], Untitled Family photos.

 

Kensett, John Fl. (Photographer). (1896). Lake George [Photograph of an oil painting], Retrieved August 6, 2009, from: )". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hurs/ho_15.30.61.htm

 

O’Keeffe, Georgia. (Modernist Painter). (1927). Lake George Autumn 1927 [Fine Art Print], Retrieved August 9, 2009, from:

 http://www.art.com/products/p10071301-sa-i1285974/georgia-okeeffe-lake-george-autumn-1927.htm

 

O’Keeffe, Georgia. (Modernist Painter). (1922) My Shanty [Oil on Canvas], Retrieved August 10, 2009, from: http://www.suite101.com/view_image.cfm/992336

 

Ramsey, Allan (Artist). General James Abercrombie [Painting], Retrieved August 10, 2009, from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abercrombie_(British_Army_general)

 

Stieglitz, Alfred. (Photographer). (1920). Rainbow at Lake George [Gelatin Silver Print], Retrieved August 10, 2009, from:

http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/273.html?page=4

 

Boy Fishing [Photograph], Retrieved August 6, 2009, from:

http://www.boltonchamber.com/topReasons/top-reason-18.asp

 

Camper [Photograph], (2009). Retrieved August 11, 2009 from:

http://www.lakegeorgervpark.com/New/

 

Canada Street [Photograph], (1950). Retrieved August 8, 2009, from:

http://www.lakegeorgeassociation.org/historical_images_of_lake_george.htm

 

Delaware and Hudson Railway (Delaware and Hudson Railroad). [Brochure cover],

"Courtesy of the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York," Retrieved August 10, 2009, from:

http://www.adirondackhistory.org/images/railroad3.jpg

 

Ethan Allen [.jpeg], (1998). Retrieved August 7, 2009, from:

http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/allen.htm

 

Father and Son Sledding [Photograph], Retrieved August 8, 2009, from

http://www.lakegeorge.com/things-to-do/free-winter.cfm

 

Fort William Henry [.jpeg], Retrieved August 8, 2009, from:

http://www.mohicanpress.com/fort_william_henry_report.html

 

FortTiconderoga [Postcard Image], (2003). Retrieved August 7, 2009, from:

www.vintageviews.org/vv-ny/Pt/cards/t013.html

 

Hotel Uncas [Photograph], Retrieved August 7, 2009, from:

Historic Adirondack Postcards, Photos and Prints  from the Jon Kopp Collection, http://tupperlake.net/HotelUncas.htm

 

Iriquois [Photograph], (2003). Retrieved August 9, 2009, from:

http://www.lakegeorge-vacations.com/lake_george_history.htm

 

Lake George, Aerial View [Photograph], Retrieved August 4, 2009, from:

http://melvinaseamers.com/nss-folder/pictures/LakeGeorge.jpg

 

Lake George, Frozen [Photograph], Retrieved August 11, 2009 from:

http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/outoftown/adirondacks/lakegeorge/index.htm

 

The Land Tortoise [Photograph], (2005). Retrieved August 8, 2009, from:

http://www.thelostradeau.com/

 

Last of the Mohicans [Book Cover], Retrieved August 9, 2009, from: www.americanliterature.com

 

Logging [Photograph], Courtesy of the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York," Retrieved August 10, 2009, from:

 http://www.adirondackhistory.org/use_info.html

 

Marquis de Montcalm [Photograph], Retrieved August 8, 2009, from:

http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/history/18th-century.htm

 

Miscellaneous Lake Photos [Photographs], Retrieved August 10, 2009, from:

http://photos.igougo.com/pictures-l838-Lake_George_photos.html

 

Outhouse Race [Photograph], Retrieved August 6, 2009, from:

http://www.lakegeorgewintercarnival.com/gallery_2006.html

 

Samuel de Champlain [.jpeg], Retrieved August 9, 2009, from:

www.cygpune2008.in/.../History.html

 

Sir William Johnson [Illustration], Retrieved August 9, 2009, from:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Sir_William_Johnson_(illustration).png

 

Snow Tube [Photograph], Retrieved August 8, 2009, from:

http://www.lakegeorgenewyork.com/lake-george-photos.htm

 

Theodore Roosevelt [Photograph], (1903). Retrieved August 11, 2009 from:

http://www.lakegeorgehistorical.org/History/History.htm

 

©2009  Last updated 10/04/2009

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