This curriculum guide describes a unit of study designed to help students learn academic and technical skills necessary for creating a video. Mayesville Elementary School (South Carolina) teachers and their students collaborated with a videographer and folklorist in a series of 3-week school residencies requiring students to develop stories using the video format. Students interviewed members of the community about their perceptions of hurricane Hugo and the impact the storm had on their lives. This curriculum guide provides background on the project, a project schedule, sample lesson plans, class interviews and interview criteria, support materials, information on basic video skills necessary for production, a glossary of terms, and 31 references. (NP)