Roanoke Island: Our stop motion

That's the end of our Social Science Unit about the Colonization of North America. We worked very hard to prepare the stop motion and we learnt a lot.

We hope you enjoy it!


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Roanoke Island (backgrounds)

These are the backgrounds for the film: the queen's palace, the harbour and the island.
They are awesome!

Roanoke Island (sound)

Our Stop Motion is in progress.
We already recorded the sound and the backgrounds are almost finished.
Now we're ready to move the toys and take the pictures. Roanoke Island Stop Motion by Verdenglish

History

This term we're studying the British colonization of the Americas. There are lots of important people in the unit and it's interesting to learn about them: Sir Humphrey Gilbert, John White, Sir Walter Raleigh, Elizabeth I, Virginia Dare...
The teacher gives us worksheets and we watch films. We have a wiki  to study what we do in the classes.

We are preparing a stop motion about The Lost Colony. with playmobils. We are working very hard.
We are working in groups. Everyone decided what we wanted to do:
1.- writers
2.- The speaking group
3.- Artists: backgrounds, , the photographers and the movie makers (move the toys).
4.- Computing

The writers finished their part.

Open publication - Free publishing - More colonization

Now we are bringing the toys to the classroom.
Next week we'll start recording the voices. When we finish the film we will publish it in the blog.

This unit is difficult to understand but it's more interesting than the one about nutrition. It's also important to learn about history.
History can be boring but if we use wikis, films and cool activities it can be fun.


6th graders