During the month of January, seventh grade social studies students integrated literacy into the geography classroom. The students were beginning to learn about the region of Latin America. To create connections across the curriculum the students read the book Lupita Manana by Patricia Beatty. The book gave students a look into the lives of two young Mexican siblings trying to get over the border into America. It allowed the students to put a story and personality to the controversial issue of illegal immigration that our country is facing today. As a culminating project to the unit on immigration and Latin America the students created a Comic Life project based on the book they read. Using digital cameras the students reenacted the major scenes from the book and took pictures. They then imported the pictures into Comic Life and created a comic to show the major events and struggles from the book. The students also had the opportunity to add an epilogue to the story. And some even turned their comics into movies using the iMovie program and voice overs.
Miss Kristin Caputo
Eisenhower Middle School
7th grade Social Studies
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