PENGEMBANGAN FILM KARTUN MATERI DAMPAK AKTIVITAS MANUSIA TERHADAP LINGKUNGAN ALAM SEBAGAI SUMBER BELAJAR IPS SISWA KELAS VII SMP

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) develop a cartoon movie for the topic of impacts of human activities on the natural environment as a Social Studies learning resource for Grade VII students of the junior high school (JHS), and 2) investigate the appropriateness of the developed cartoon movie based on the validation by a materials expert, a media expert, and a Social Studies teacher, and Grade VII students’ responses.

This was a research and development (RnD) research referring to development model by Sugiyono. The research subject Grade VII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sleman. The instrument for collecting data was questionnere by which validate by expert on academic, media and users. The instrument were analyzed by the quantitative descriptive technique.

The results of the research as follows. 1) The cartoon movie as a Social Studies learning resource was developed several stages, i.e.: character making, synopsis making, flowchart making, story board making, scenario making, sound dubbing setting, and arrangement of all parts into a cartoon movie. 2) According to the media expert, academic expert, and Social Studies teacher, the cartoon movie for the topic of impacts of human activities on the natural environment was appropriate as a learning resource. It was appropriate because all the assessment aspects were good according to the academic expert, media expert, Social Studies teacher, and students. The cartoon movie was good in the display and audio aspects and was appropriate for Grade VII of JHS.

Keywords: Cartoon Movie, Learning Resource, Social Studies