Serial Podcast Full Unit Plan

Great for distance education. Upload the handouts and students can follow along as they listen at home.

Updated!!!

Now includes how to create your own evidence board!

This is an entire Unit Plan for the Serial Podcast by This American Life. Included in this bundle is:

1. Overview of goals and outline of plan for each episode

2. Handouts and answer keys for Episodes 1-12

3. Assessments including:

- Episode 1-5 quiz with key and outline

- Unit Test with key and outline

- Fishbowl discussion questions, overview, expectations and rubric

- Additional assessment ideas and sample questions

4. 80+ slide Power Point that covers:

- Introduction to podcasts and background about Serial

- Goals for episodes

- Before and after listening discussion questions

- Key terms

This podcast is engaging to students and helps them develop numerous skills focused on critical thinking. Some of the skills and curriculum concepts covered in this unit are:

- Reading graphic texts

- Target audience

- Identifying and using evidence to support arguments

- Annotating text

- Making predictions

- Primary and secondary sources

- Interconnectedness and influence of media

- Racism in the courtroom

- Nonlinear narration

- Genre of mystery as applied to Serial

- Parody and Satire

- Ethics of Serial

To see other bundles:

Episodes 1-2 and Introduction Bundle

Episodes 3-5 Bundle

Episodes 6-8 Bundle

Episode 9-12 Bundle