Activity Overview
Using a multi-cell storyboard, ask students to show their knowledge of a time period by depicting what the people, settings, homes, and technology looked like. These categories are important to understand because literature is affected by the popular ideology, technology, advancements, people, and physical setting of its time. Depicting the characteristics of each period will also help students make real world connections. Making connections is a very important skill to acquire and practice.
Using this activity, students will make text-to-text and text-to-world connections. They will also be able to discuss commonalities between texts from a time period. By understanding the motivations of the people in the period, students studying American literature will retain and comprehend each era.
Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Students will show their knowledge of a time period by depicting what the people, settings, homes, and technology looked like.
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Write Setting, Homes, People, and Technology/Advancements in each top title box.
- Write the time period in the left column.
- Summarize each title in the description boxes.
- Add illustrations using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
- Save and Exit
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