Project Overview
Years: 2015-2016 and 2016-2017
2017: Local artist, Jason Platt, came to talk to students about illustration techniques before they created their comic books.
2017:
A guest speaker who experienced WWII came to speak to our students. He told them of his experience during the war as a medic. He also was responsible for assisting in liberating a concentration camp.
A guest speaker who experienced WWII came to speak to our students. He told them of his experience during the war as a medic. He also was responsible for assisting in liberating a concentration camp.
2016:
Students participated in a cross-curricular project with language arts, science, social studies, and math in order to create World War II themed comic books. Students conducted science research to discover information about scientific experimentation during WWII. They then used those experiments to create a villain for their comic book. Their villain’s power was directly related to the terrible experimentation practices researched in science. Additionally, students researched an event/battle place of WWII. The place researched served as the setting of their comic book. Lastly, students researched a survivor/victim/rescuer of WWII. This person had to inspire a hero power. Language arts class then used these components to tell the story of their hero, villain, and battle scene. When students finished, they used a drawing of their hero and villain to create a Picasso Art math piece that is the cover of their comic book. After the comic book was created, students wrote informational paragraphs that compared and contrasted the research conducted in science and social studies to the fictional world they created in their comic. Students also used creative writing skills to create backstories for the hero and villain. Additionally, students used Digital Literacy tools to create a digital version of their comic book.
To see footage of students presenting their work at the QC Comic Convention, click here.
Students participated in a cross-curricular project with language arts, science, social studies, and math in order to create World War II themed comic books. Students conducted science research to discover information about scientific experimentation during WWII. They then used those experiments to create a villain for their comic book. Their villain’s power was directly related to the terrible experimentation practices researched in science. Additionally, students researched an event/battle place of WWII. The place researched served as the setting of their comic book. Lastly, students researched a survivor/victim/rescuer of WWII. This person had to inspire a hero power. Language arts class then used these components to tell the story of their hero, villain, and battle scene. When students finished, they used a drawing of their hero and villain to create a Picasso Art math piece that is the cover of their comic book. After the comic book was created, students wrote informational paragraphs that compared and contrasted the research conducted in science and social studies to the fictional world they created in their comic. Students also used creative writing skills to create backstories for the hero and villain. Additionally, students used Digital Literacy tools to create a digital version of their comic book.
To see footage of students presenting their work at the QC Comic Convention, click here.