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The students will illustrate, color, and "embroider" the fruit/vegetable from each chapter of Esperanza Rising and write a summary of the most significant event and draw a representation of that event.

Create a three-fold poster representing the three phases of Esperanza's life. Include her life in Mexico, the beginning of her life in the United States, and the Esperanza at the end of the book. Answer the why, how, who, when, where changes were affected.

Create a storyboard depicting the major events and leaders of the Civil War Reconstruction. The storyboard should include 8-10 panels. Each panel must include illustrations & explanation of the importance of the event or leader. May Include: Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, Lincoln's Assassination, Johnson's Plan, Radical Reconstruction Plan, 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Morrill Act, Homestead Act, Share cropping, Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, Freedmen's Bureau.

Create a storyboard depicting the major events and leaders of the American Civil War. The storyboard should include 8 -10 panels. Each panel should include an illustration and explanation of the importance of the illustrated event or leader. May Include: Lincoln's election, Ft. Sumter, 1st Battle of Bull Run, Vicksburg, Antietam, Gettysburg, Appomattox, Anaconda Plan, Sherman's March, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address.

After two weeks worth of instruction time, students were asked to tell the story of the American Revolution through an illustrated storyboard, breaking the events into 6 major events.