The ibooks we will create this unit tell the stories of a Western boy discovering cultures around the world. Each book (and each group) will focus on one country, and you will navigate its culture alongside the little boy who is visiting his native friend. Together, they learn to greet others, buy food, travel the city/countryside, and celebrate the country's festival. Each page will include your graphics plus animation and other special features such as vocabulary pop-ups. Should your ibook be chosen for publication, you will have the opportunity to teach children about your assigned country, so find that value in your work and imagine the lasting educational effects of your project.
Use color schemes in your designs.
- Partners
- In class you will be assigned a partner and a country for your iBook. One partner will create a local character for this checkpoint and the other partner create a background based off of the festival for that country.
- Now, open AI and create a document and use the same AI dimensions.
- Character
- If you are in the character group, create a boy or girl who is about 12 and the same ethnicity of your group's country. Make sure to make the character in AI and place parts of the body you want to move in different layers. When finished, export as PNG and post to WP and the link to the spreadsheet.
- Backgrounds
- If you are in the background group, create one of the backgrounds for the festival of your country. Export as JPG and post to WP to the MF Picasa Album and the link to the spreadsheet.
- Rooms
- Refer to the partner spreadsheet.
- Partner A
- Work on creating furniture and things for the room in one AI document using the same AI dimensions. Give the designs to Partner B to place in the room. When finished, export as JPG and upload to WP to the MF Picasa Album and the link to the spreadsheet.