Jamestown_Comic+Life

= Lesson Name: Comic Life - Jamestown Settlement or Jamestown Memories =


 * Dates**: Late October/ earlyNovember (as makes sense in curriculum)
 * Notes:** (KH) This lesson can be done either in the classroom on laptops or in the lab. It is desirable to have both the classroom teacher and the tech resource teacher involved in this lesson to be most successful.

Students will have 3-4 photos of historical scenes from Jamestown to write about. They will add speech bubbles to have the various characters in the photo talking about life in Jamestown. At the bottom of the page, they will choose a clipart icon of an animal/mascot to actually tell about what was going on in Jamestown during this point in history.
 * Description:**
 * __ OPTION 1 __**

Students will import photos the teacher has taken during their visit to Jamestown. They wil then write about each photo sharing what they learned while on their field trip to Jamestown. Speech bubble can be added if desired.
 * __ OPTION 2 __**


 * Curriculum**: Language Arts > Social Studies > Jamestown > Creative Writing
 * Application**: Comic Life
 * Major Concepts:**
 * Sharing historical facts about colonization of Jamestown in the 1600s.
 * Sharing Jamestown history via conversations people back then might have had
 * Sharing what was learned in the classroom and on field trip to Jamestown


 * Skills:**
 * Adding speech bubbles in Comic Life
 * Importing images from the file server
 * Resizing images
 * Reinforcing keyboarding skills
 * Formatting text


 * Example:**
 * OPTION 1 **