📚 Mini-Unit: Comics as History + Science

📄 Student Handout

Dogman + Captain Underpants = Teachers?
You get to make a comic that teaches real science or geography!

Your Mission:

1. Choose a Topic

   • Volcanoes, earthquakes, germs, gravity, electricity, or another big discovery.

2. Research It

   • Find 3 important facts.

   • Why is it important? Who discovered it?

3. Comic Time!

   • Create characters (Dogman, Captain Underpants, or your own).

   • Tell the story of the discovery in comic form.

   • Make it funny and smart.

4. Teach Your Reader

   • Add captions or speech bubbles that explain the science clearly.

End Product: A comic that teaches + entertains.

Bonus: Share with a friend and quiz them on what they learned.

 📘 Teacher Guide

• Objectives: Transform informational content into narrative; communicate through humor and art; synthesize research into creative product.

• DOK/Bloom’s: DOK 3 (research + explain), DOK 4 (synthesize into comic), Bloom’s analyze/create.

• Materials: Kid-friendly science texts, art supplies, comic templates.

• Differentiation: Provide templates for reluctant writers; allow digital comic creators (Pixton, Canva).

• Assessment: Comic must demonstrate factual accuracy + humor/creativity.