African-American History Month - ComicLife Biography Project

ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Students will learn to use ComicLife to load, manipulate, adjust, and save digital photographs in a comic book style format.  Students will then use that knowledge to create a researched comic book page (1-2) of a famous African-American from history.  The page will be displayed online for comment.  Students will successfully design, create, choose content for, alter, save and post their work online.  

STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING!

Students will work individually to master the ComicLife software suite.  They will choose photos from Google Images to work with.  They must complete research on the person assigned to them, and create a 1-2 page project.  Final projects must be posted the Google+ Community Web Page AND sent by Gmail to Mr. S for credit.

Peer Mentoring will be used to help each other master the program.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TODAY!

Standards Covered In This Class  

PA 3.7.7 & 11 Section C / ISTE 2011

CSTA Tied With Common Core ELA/Math rev. 2011

Ok Everyone,



Weebly Journal Entry:  Follow the link below to the United States Library of Congress site for Black History Month.  Choose any of the articles listed and READ it!  Write 4-5 Sentences in a Weebly Journal Entry telling us about why you chose the article, what was interesting about it, and what you learned while reading it.  Make sure to state what the article was about and why it is important.



Title:"Black History Month"

Link:  http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/



Assignment:  Today

you will choose an African-American Historical figure from my
list and create a 1-2 page comic-book about that person's
biography.   Include where they are from, what significant
contributions they have made, and why they are a prominent historical
figure.  Your page must include when and where they were born, some
reference to where they lived, and where they are now.  I encourage you
to create your page with some "flow" to it.  You must collect pictures
to go with your story and then use
ComicLife to create the comic book pages.  YOU MUST USE AT LEAST 6
PICTURES.  YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 2 QUOTES. We will work on one together

in class today and your story is due by Thursday, February 6th (4pm).
No two projects can be on the same person.



Use these websites to choose a historical figure:



http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmbios1.html



http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/tp/famousafricanamericans.htm



I MUST APPROVE YOUR CHOICES PRIOR TO YOU STARTING YOUR PROJECT!  A list
will be available online to reference the choices made by everyone.



Here is the list of People's Choices (CLICK HERE)

 

I found the first sample (Above) online.  The sample below that was
created by me this morning in about 10 minutes.  Take your time and use
the whole page please.



You will be graded on the following basis:



50 points - Accuracy of Historical Facts

50 points - Grammar and Spelling

50 points - Creativity and Layout

50 points - Turning it in completely and on time.



STEPS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT:

1.  Find Pictures and Complete Research

     Research Includes:

          Where They Were Born

          Reason They Are Famous

          Contributions To Society

          Where They Live Now

          Famous Events They Were Involved In

2.  Open ComicLife and Adjust Your Layout

3.  Add Pictures In Logical Order

4.  Add Headline/Title

5.  Add Quotes and Historical Notes

6.  Add Your Name (byline)

7.  Save Work as ComicLife File

8.  EXPORT File as PDF and JPEG

9.  Upload PDF and JPEG as Separate Files To Your Google Drive

10.  Click the SHARE Command and Email the Files to Mr. S For Credit

11.  Copy the Shareable Link and Paste it into the Google+ Community For Everyone To Share!

  

Good Luck and Have Fun!!  Final Projects should be submitted in both JPEG(image) and PDF(adobe)
format by emailing me at my school address.  YOU MUST ALSO POST A LINK OF THE JPEG VERSION ON THE CLASS GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY.  I will compile them, and you
will see them all next week as my screen saver.  I will try to print them in color to display them.  Get to work!!



YOU MUST INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO WHERE YOU FOUND YOUR INFORMATION.  LINK TO WEBSITES MUST BE SPECIFIC!



When you are finished, I will review it for accuracy and return a copy
if you need to make changes.  If there are no changes and you are
finished, you should post the picture of your ComicLife Page to your Weebly Website.  Have fun and relax with this project.



Mr. S