Civic Storytelling
Inside Ann ArborCommunity High School · 2016–2017

Inside Ann Arbor

Two semesters of high school students telling Ann Arbor’s history, in sound, video and a public exhibit. Proof that the method works without a cable channel.

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2016 · Grades 9–12

Multimedia Storytelling I

Students created a soundtrack for a history tour and produced multimedia packages of Ann Arbor history for online presentation. They presented their work to the community on posters at an Ann Arbor farmers market.

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2017 · Grades 9–12

Multimedia Storytelling II

Students created a local history exhibit for the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, with a soundtrack for a history tour and a history video as part of the exhibit.

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Both courses were flipped: students studied online, on a course site at insideannarbor.info, and used class time for interviewing, recording and editing.

Confirm with the district that student work can be shown here, and check releases for every student in the videos.
How this connects

Mount Clemens had a cable studio. Community High had laptops, a museum partner and a farmers market. The method traveled anyway.

How the method works →