The Reading Teacher· 2026Q1
“The Rio Grande Was Originally Known as Rio Bravo”: Multiliteracies in a 4th‐Grade ELA and Social Studies Project
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A 4th-grade ELA and social studies project integrated subject areas by having students create multimedia videos about their favorite places, using co-written scripts and iMovie.
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Key points
- An interdisciplinary 4th-grade project combined ELA and social studies by focusing on students' favorite places.
- Students collaboratively created multimedia videos using co-written opinion scripts and iMovie.
- The project was analyzed using a culturally sustaining and funds of knowledge theoretical framework.
- Emphasis was placed on students' prior knowledge and multiliteracies to support their engagement and learning.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Despite the natural interdisciplinary nature of English language arts (ELA) and social studies, these two subject areas are sometimes isolated from one another in schools, including upper elementary classrooms. In this research‐in‐action article, we—two university researchers, one classroom teacher, and two undergraduate students at the time of the study—demonstrate an interdisciplinary fourth‐grade ELA and social studies project. Focusing on their favorite places in their hometown, students collaboratively constructed multimedia videos, using co‐written opinion scripts and film‐making technologies like iMovie. We examine the project through a culturally sustaining and funds of knowledge theoretical framework, analyzing how students' multiliteracies and enjoyment supported their construction of this interdisciplinary project. By emphasizing students' prior knowledge and multiliteracies, we offer one way ELA teachers might form an interdisciplinary, culturally sustaining project centered in students' enjoyment and in literacy and social studies pedagogy.
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Field: Literature and Literary Theory
Literature and Literary TheoryArts and Humanities