Pictures as Visual Stories |
SUBJECT: PICTURES AS VISUAL STORIES TEKS: ENGLISH OBJECTIVES: Students will create a story to explain the art object being studied. The story will display students knowledge of writing conventions, elements of a short story, literary conflict, and the use of descriptive text. |
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IMPLEMENTATION: Using the Japanese print of the ship, students will write an original story concerning the colonization of the New World. Some areas to explore are the emotions of immigrants and reasons for their coming to the New World, especially those of Japanese origin. RELATED ACTIVITIES: The student may choose to develop a flier or a brochure advertising the New World to people in other countries. It may be during any time in the history of the United States: colonization, westward expansion, the gold rush, the Civil War, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, any period desired. |
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