World War I Comic Book Project Completed

This school year the main technology connected project in American History for 11th graders was a comic book based on events and people in World War I. Now that they are all turned in and graded, I am most pleased with the quality of the work. Out of 59 students encompassing both semesters, I had 16 fabulous projects that are historically correct, well researched and documented both for sources and pictures, wonderfully designed both visually and organizationally, as well as having an appropriate moral and individual comic genre type effects. These projects were completed in class on laptop computers having about 45 minutes per class period for a period of about 1 month. Some students chose to also stay after school and continue working. One of the rewards of teaching is seeing the high quality of critical thinking and design that students are capable of achieving when challenged. I am ending the year with this class feeling like we really accomplished something.