TPACK Creating Assignment Template

Subject History

Grade Level 11th Grade

Learning Objective VUS 7.1 The student will demonstrate knowledge of

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the Civil War and Reconstruction Era and their
importance as major turning points in American
history by evaluating the multiple causes of the Civil
War
Content Knowledge

VUS 7.2 identifying the major events and the roles of

key leaders of the Civil War Era
VUS 4.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of
events and issues of the Revolutionary Period by
analyzing reasons for colonial victory in the
Revolutionary War.
 Activity This learning activity will allow students to create a
visual representation of an actual event that
happened during a U.S. War. The visual
representation will give students a better way to
remember significant moments in History, while
incorporating humor and creativity. According to SOL
standards, students need to demonstrate knowledge
of both the Civil War and Revolutionary war. The
activity will be used as a way for students to
demonstrate their knowledge of the wars, the
important battles, and the people involved. The
teacher will list examples of significant moments and
people in both wars such as the Battles of Lexington
and Concord, the Battles of Saratoga, the First Battle
of Bull run, Abraham Lincoln, and The Emancipation
Proclamation to name a few. The students will then
choose one of two wars in U.S. history. It can be
either the Revolutionary War or the Civil War. From
either of these two wars, the student will choose a
key defining moment that happened in that war. The
key moment can be one of the examples that the
teacher provided or it can be one of the students
choosing. The students must pick something
significant that influenced the war to begin, a major
battle within the war, or an important person doing
something that had a major impact in the war. No
student will be able to pick the same topic. Once the
student chooses the topic, they will create a comic
strip to showcase that moment in time. The website
that will be used is www.pixton.com. The website
allows for all students to create comic strips and even
provides backgrounds and characters that directly
relate to the topic. The comic strips can be funny as
long as it accurately depicts what happened during
the war. The students will refrain from using any
inappropriate words or images in the comics. Upon
completion, we will create a timeline as a class of all
the comic strips created.
Pedagogy
 Technology The technology that will be used is a website called
Techno

www.pixton.com that allows for the creation of free

logy

comic strips.
Directions for Use 1. First open the internet using internet explorer.
2. Make sure that this browser has the updated
version of adobe flash.
3. Type in www.pixton.com into the URL.
4. Once on the webpage, in the top right corner
select signup.
5. You will be prompted to choose educator,
student, worker, or just having fun.
6. Select I am a student.
7. When asked has your teacher given you an
activation link, select NO.
8. You will then be prompted to enter in
username, email address, and password. Please
use a current email address that you know the
password to and can easily access.
9. Fill out all information and then select get
started.
10. Finish filling out all information including date of
birth, country, state, and language, then select
save changes.
11. The next page states a confirmation link was
sent to the email you provided. Check the email
and follow the link to access the rest of the site.
12. Once you follow the link from your email you
will be given the option to upgrade to pixton+.
Make sure to select No Thanks.
13. If asked to watch a tutorial video, select yes to
better understand how to create a comic.
14. Select Create A Comic Now!
15. When asked to choose a layout, select
Storyboard.
16. When asked to choose a panel size, select
Classic 1:1.
17. When asked to choose a panel layout, select
Title + Description.
18. When asked to choose a storyboard, select
basic.
19. You will then be asked to choose a background.
Select the background titled U.S. Wars.
20. Choose which specific background you want
from the U.S. wars category.
21. Then select 1, 2, or 3 characters. More
characters can be added later.
22. Choose which characters you want to use in
your comic strip.
23. Create comic with at least two panels.
24. Make sure to include titles, words in text boxes,
and panel descriptions for each panel you
create.

Link to the example product
25. Once finished, make sure to double check your
work before submitting.
26. To submit assignment, click print. Print two
copies and the click publish.
27. Save the URL so that I may access your work.
https://Pixton.com/ic:gz7ixlxb