Topic options follow. You can use live action, graphics, animation, claymation or combination of styles to tell your story. Please do not use any premade animation software as these will receive a low score on creativity. All videos must be in English or subtitled in English. To see samples of exemplary work visit the iVIE videos.

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  Grades K-2: Cross Curriculum Category

  One iVIE will be awarded from the options below.

  • A. Language Arts
    • - Make a video of your own narrative, fictional or autobiographical.
    • - Make a video from an expository writing about an object, person, place or event.
  • B. History/Social Science – People, Places and Time
    • - Demonstrate the rights and individual responsibilities of citizenship in a contemporary story or historical reenactment.
    • - Share a piece of history about your family through the use of primary and secondary sources, including artifacts, photographs, interviews, and documents.
    • - Tell a story involving the symbols, icons, and traditions of the United States.
  • C. Science – Life Science Around Me
    • - Tell a story about a plant, animal, or something in the environment around you, like a field, lake or weather. Incorporate scientific facts from the appropriate CA Science Standards.
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  Grades 3-5: Language Arts - History Category

  One iVIE will be awarded from the options below.

  • A. Language Arts
    • - Make a video of your own narrative, fictional or autobiographical.
    • - Make a video from an expository writing about an object, person, place or event.
  • B. History/Social Science – People, Places and Time
    • - Create a story about a local historical event and illustrate how it affected life today.
    • - Tell a story about the role of rules and laws in our daily lives.
    • - Tell a story of a hero from long ago or the recent past, who has made a difference in others' lives.
  • C. San Diego County Credit Union's Financial Literacy video.
    • Money Stories.
      My Piggy Bank. Make a video story about what how you are saving money and what you are saving for.
  
  
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  Grades 3-5: Science Category

  One iVIE will be awarded from the option below.

  • A. Science – Life Science Around Me - Tell a story about a plant, animal, or something in the environment around you, like a field, lake or weather. Incorporate scientific fact from the appropriate CA Science Standards.
  • B. Environmental Services - Green Detective - Create a detective story. Investigate and reveal ways your school can be more green. Include some or all of the following issues; energy, recycling, packaging and composting. Click here to see details.
  • C. TWC - Connect A Million Minds. Role play an interview with a Scientist or Mathematician you have learned about.
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  Grades 3-5: Public Service Announcement (PSA)

  One iVIE will be awarded from the options below. Please note persuasive writing is the CA content standard for all PSA's.

  • A. General PSA. Choose your own topic. Create a 30 or 60 second persuasive message about something you care about.
  • B. Global Village PSA. Create a 60-90 second PSA illustrating the benefits of multilingualism. You can show the importance and benefits of language study to you personally, or your community and/or the global community.
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  Grades 3-8: The Global Village - World Language

  One iVIE will be awarded from the option below for all entries from Grades 3 through 8.

  • Tell a story in a language other than English that illustrates a unique aspect of the culture where that language is spoken. For example create a video about a child from China fighting a demon mogwai. Or make a documentary about a Mexican family planning a celebration for Mother's Day, illustrate why it is a very special holiday in Mexico.

Topic options follow. You can use live action, graphics, animation, claymation or combination of styles to tell your story. Please do not use any premade animation software as these will receive a low score on creativity. All videos must be in English or subtitled in English. To see samples of exemplary work visit the iVIE videos.

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  Grades 6-8: Language Arts Category

  One iVIE will be awarded from the options below.

  • A. Language Arts
    • Make a video from your own writing. Your writing can be fiction , non-fiction , an interpretation or an adaptation. Establish and develop a plot, settings, characters and present a point of view that is appropriate. Use video techniques to include sensory details. Use a range of narrative/video devices (e.g., dialogue, suspense).
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  Grades 6-8: Math - Science Video Category

  One iVIE will be awarded from the option below.

  • A. Math and Science Documentary
    • Choose a mathematician or scientist; tell their career story and demonstrate the impact they have on society. This can be a living or historical person.
  • B. Science/Math - Mystery Video
    • Students tell a story of mystery and discovery beginning with an appropriate scientific fact. For example in the 6th grade students learn "rivers and streams are dynamic systems that erode, transport sediment, change course, and flood their banks in natural and recurring patterns." Students could create and solve a mystery about a dried river bed. What happened to the river? How do they know? What proof is there? Look to science standards to see more topics.
  • C. Science/Math - Science Fiction Video
    • Create a science fiction video based on a fact from the science standards. For example using the seventh grade standard; "Students know visible light is a small band within a very broad electromagnetic spectrum;" students could create a video about a person who can see a different part of the spectrum. What benefits or problems would they have? Make it scientifically accurate!
  • D. City of San Diego Environmental Services Environmental Science - Click here to see details.
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  Grades 6-8: History - Social Science Video

  One iVIE will be awarded from the options below.

  • A. Time Travel. Create a short time travel video utilizing concepts required by the CA History/Social-Science Standards. Your video can be a day in the life of someone (famous or common) from another time in history, or your video could examine what would happen if a student was transported back in time. A third option is to depict a visitor from another time living in the present. Integrate as much information from history as possible. Use standards such as, but not limited to:
    • - Ancient Civilization including, historical figures, geography culture and religion.
    • - Medieval times including, historical figures, geography culture and religion.
    • - China and the Middle Ages including, historical figures, geography culture and religion.
    • - The founding and evolution of the United States.
  • B. Missing Event. What if a major historical event had never happened? Using the Standard, "Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned." Create a video depicting life, society or culture if a certain historical event had never happened. You can reveal this "missing" event at the beginning, or later as a surprise to the viewer.
  • C. San Diego County Credit Union's Financial Literacy video
    • Money Stories.
      Wants vs Needs. Make a video story about spending money on what you need vs. what you want. What are the consequences and/or rewards?
      Saving vs Spending. Make a video story about the difference between spending and saving money.
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  Grades 6-8: Public Service Announcement (PSA)

  One iVIE will be awarded from the option below. Please note the CA content standard for PSA is persuasive writing.

  • A. General PSA. Choose your own topic. Create a 30 or 60 second persuasive message about something you care about.
  • B. Global Village PSA. Create a 60-90 second PSA illustrating the benefits of multilingualism. You can show the importance and benefits of language study to you personally, or your community and/or the global community.
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  Grades 6-8: Broadcast Journalism

  One iVIE will be awarded from the option below.

  • Submit a story or segment of your broadcast journalism production.
  
  
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  Grades 3-8: The Global Village - World Language

  One iVIE will be awarded from the option below for all entries from Grades 3 through 8.

  • Tell a story in a language other than English that illustrates a unique aspect of the culture where that language is spoken. For example create a video about a child from China fighting a demon mogwai. Or make a documentary about a Mexican family planning a celebration for Mother's Day, illustrate why it is a very special holiday in Mexico.

Topic options follow. You can use live action, graphics, animation, claymation or combination of styles to tell your story. Please do not use any premade animation software as these will receive a low score on creativity. All videos must be in English or subtitled in English. To see samples of exemplary work visit the iVIE videos.

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  Grades 9-12: Fiction Video Category

  One iVIE will be awarded from the options below.

  • A. Language Arts
    • Make a video out of your own written work using the writing strategies for grades 9 through 12. Refer to standards for more details and ideas, such as; Make a video from a biographical or autobiographical narrative or short story; Make a video that is a response to literature; Make a video from an expository composition.
  • B. San Diego County Credit Union's Money Stories
    • Good Loan/Bad Loan. Make a video story about finance. Think about what kinds of things people get loans for? How does it work? What might happen when you can't make your payment?
      Your Credit is You. Make a video story about what happens when you have good vs. bad credit.
      Wants vs. Needs. Make a video story about the consequences of spending money on what you need vs. what you want.
  • C. History/Social Science - Time Machine
    • Create a short time travel video utilizing concepts required by the CA History Social-Science Standards. Your video can be a day in the life of someone (famous or common) from another time in history, or your video could examine what would happen if a student was transported back in time. A third option might be to depict a visitor from another time living in the present. Integrate as much information from history as possible.
  • D. History/Social Science - Missing Event
    • What if a major historical event had never happened? Using the Standard, "Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned." Create a video depicting life, society or culture if a certain historical event had never happened. You can reveal this "missing" event at the beginning, or later as a surprise to the viewer.
  • E. Science/Math - Mystery Video
    • Tell a story of mystery and discovery utilizing an appropriate scientific fact. For example: Using this physics force and motion law, "Students know applying a force to an object perpendicular to the direction of its motion causes the object to change direction but not speed." Students could create a crime scene investigation story. Cracking a car accident case because of evidence provided that contradicts this law. Refer to other standards for more ideas.
  • F. Science - Science Fiction Video
    • Create a science fiction video based on a fact from the science standards. For example Scientists know that the Earth 's polarity changes. Make a video to show what would happen the day the earth's polarity changed. Refer to other standards for more ideas.
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  Grades 9-12: Non Fiction Video Category

  One iVIE will be awarded from the options below.

  • A. Science - Math: Time Warner "Connect A Million Minds" - Scientist or Mathematician
    • Choose a mathematician or scientist; tell their career story and demonstrate the impact they have on society. This can be a living or historical person.
  • B. City of San Diego Environmental Services
    • Food Composting - Food rescue and composting programs.  Discuss what is happening with leftover food and if it is being donated to food banks and/or taken for food composting at Miramar Greenery.
      Miramar Landfill. Take a trip to the Miramar Landfill and make a video of the services there, and its effect on the environment.
  • C. Documentary
    • Create a documentary about something that interests you.
  • D. The Spirit of High School Sports
    • Capture the athletic commitment, excitement and positive energy of high school sports. Tell the story of your high school's athletic spirit through athlete and coach commitment and achievement.
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  Grades 9-12: Public Service Announcement (PSA)

  One iVIE will be awarded from the options below.

  • A. General PSA. Choose your own topic. Create a 30 or 60 second persuasive message about something you care about.
  • B. Global Village PSA. Create a 60-90 second PSA illustrating the benefits of multilingualism. You can show the importance and benefits of language study to you personally, or your community and/or the global community.
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  Grades 9-12: Broadcast Journalism

  One iVIE will be awarded from the option below.

  • Submit a story or segment of your broadcast journalism production.
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  Grades 9-12: The Global Village - World Language

  One iVIE will be awarded from the option below.

  • A. Tell a story in a language other than English that illustrates a unique aspect of the culture where that language is spoken. For example create a video about a child from China fighting a demon mogwai. Or make a documentary about a Mexican family planning a celebration for Mother's Day, illustrate why it is a very special holiday in Mexico.
  • B. Make a video about the benefits of being bilingual. You can show this using a dramatic scene, or a personal story. You should do research so that your message is accurate and not simply anecdotal.

Videos in this category are created by teachers for classroom use. Teachers are encouraged to create videos for instruction and to submit them to the Teacher category.

Examples of Teacher Video

• - A video used to demonstrate a concept or principle.
• - A re-enactment of an historical event or a scene in a novel.
• - A video of a place that is not easily accessible to students. The footage might be captured on a vacation, but a teacher entry should not merely be video of a family vacation.
• - A professional development or training video intended for teaching or support staff.

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