Cross-curricular project

DESCRIPTION  OF THE PROJECT

This time, in teams of 2 or 3, you will create a comic strip with four or six panels and a game to play with your classmates based on what we have studied in this unit, World War I.

We will work from different subjects: English, Ethics and History.  

Each group will have to work on the following historical aspects of this period:

• Causes of the conflict

• Alliances

• War periods

• Consequences of the conflict

• Influence on art (Expressionism. Die Brücke: Nolde, Kirchner, O. Müller, Otto Dix, Grosz...Blaue Reiter: Kandinsky, F. Marc, P. Klee, O. Kokoschka, A. Macke...)

COMIC STRIP

In the comic you have to include the following elements:

1.   Four panels or illustrations in a square or rectangular frame

2.   Title with the name of your comic or story.

3.   Speech balloons, which contain what a character is saying.

4.   Thought balloons, containing what a character is thinking. They usually have the shape of a cloud.

5.   Sound effects, which are words that describe noises or sounds.

6.   Credits including the names of the writers and artists.

7.   Captions, which are words that are not in speech or thought balloons usually in a square or rectangle, will not be included in your comic strip. But you will have to write one caption for every panel introducing the comic or giving background information about your story.

RESOURCES

Those who work on it can look into more information here:

• http://www.artmovements.co.uk/derblaue.htm

• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-expressionism.htm

• http://www.artinthepicture.com/styles/Expressionism/

Here are the useful on-line applications to create comics:

Here is the application to create the game:

1.  You will be given a username and a password so you can log in to the application.

2. Next, slect the English language

3. Click on Create App.

4. Select the Group Assignment App.

5. Write title and the instructions.

6.  In the Group 1 Background include the image of your first panel and the text with the caption introducing your comic (date and place).

7.  In the Group 2 Background insert the second panel of your comic and a caption with a sentence explaining the scene.

8. Include more Groups with the rest of your panels and captions.

9. Save the application. You teacher will receive it automatically.

10. Study all the captions well so you can present the game in class.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

IDEAS AND EXAMPLES

This is an example of the game:

The imperialism, Conference of Berlin by ELANMA