NSA - Lesson Plan

Life Snapshots

Students create an Inspiration web using graphics or photographs that depict high and low points in their lives.

Discuss with students the idea of symbols for events in life.
Have groups of students brainstorm life events using Inspiration's rapid fire tool. Working in groups helps students clarify their thinking.
After brainstorming, students work individually to identify key moments, people and places in their lives, placing events in chronological order.
Using Inspiration's symbol palette and other imported graphics, students select 10 to 12 important memories,
Students place symbols/events in chronological order and rank them graphically as high or low points.
Complete graphic map with brief captions.

Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems.
Work cooperatively and collaboratively with peers, family members, and others when using technology in the classroom.
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, Web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

Students may scan pictures of life events and import them into the Inspiration symbol palette.
Have students research the meanings of many of the common symbols used today.
This assignment can serve as a springboard to other writing assignments. Students can chose one of the events and write a personal narrative.

Events in my life by Jeremy (Inspiration)