MAP 10

MAPlandia

MAP 10 students have the challenge of combining the knowledge from all three MAP classes into one big project: Maplandia. Students are assigned their teammates and a political “ISM” and have to create a 7-9 minute campaign speech, logo, and poster depicting why the people of Maplandia should vote for their political candidate to be the next ruler of the nation. Students research historical context to create planks to use in their speech he rhetorical appeals and persuasive techniques they learned in English. They apply their Adobe Illustrator skills to create graphics to further support their argument. For the final, students dress up in business attire and costumes to present in front of the entire MAP 10 student body. Some groups have raps and skits, and even pass out food. The students then vote on which ISM they wanted to rule MAPlandia next.

Performing Shakespeare

MAP 10 students perform scenes from the play Julius Caesar. In preparation for this project, they are visited by Silicon Valley Shakespeare who give them helpful acting advice and answer questions. Students work in groups to create a director’s notebook with a detailed company report, blocking sheet, annotated scripts, and a character report for each person in the scene. On performance day, students walk into class dressed up in togas with props in hand and have a blast performing their scene.

Adobe Creative Cloud

To demonstrate their Adobe Illustrator skills, MAP 10 students recreate a 3D or live action image. Many choose to trace their favorite movie or TV show characters while learning how to create gradients, trace images, and mimic shadows and depth.