While student teaching, I did a month-long unit with my students as part of their year-long country study on Japan. Bringing in my own background in video production, I guided my students through the process of producing a news show about Japan. Students worked in groups to research particular topics, write scripts, illustrate backgrounds, and finally perform their skits in front of a camera. At the end of the unit, I edited the footage together into a 12-minute video, and invited parents to the screening to see the fruits of their students' work.