To Kill a Mockingbird
Student Activity
#9
Developing a Photo-Lit Collage
A collage is a collection of pictures which
represents the creator's mental images on a theme or topic. In this
activity, you will create a collage to depict the way you imagine, or
visualize, scenes from To Kill a
Mockingbird. Using the following Web
site, you will select photos from federal archives as the pictures
for your collage. Choose Depression-era photos from the state of
Alabama, the setting of To Kill a
Mockingbird, then print out those
which seem to illustrate parts of the novel to you.
Primary
Collage Activity
Instructions:
1) Select 6 photographs from
the Great Depression which illustrate part of the setting of
To Kill a Mockingbird
2) Create a caption to describe each
photo
3) Compile your photos and captions to
construct a collage
4) Present your collage to a small group or
to the class, explaining your photos and captions
Example:
Legend: Street scene of downtown
Maycomb in 1933
Challenge Collage Activity
Instructions:
1) Select 6 photographs from
the Great Depression which illustrate part of the setting of
To Kill a Mockingbird
2) Create a caption to describe each
photo
3) Select and include an excerpt or quote
from the novel to explain the photos and captions
4) Compile your photos, captions, and
quotations to construct a collage
5) Present your collage to a small group or
to the class, explaining your choices
Example:
Legend:
Street scene of downtown Maycomb
"People moved slowly then. They
ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around
it, took their time about everything."
Options for Assembling &
Presenting Collages:
Copy and paste images into
Powerpoint or another desktop presentation tool. Use the text tool to
create your captions. Show the desktop presentation to the class,
explaining your choices.
Create a desktop presentation of your
collage, then connect your computer to a VCR and make a videotape
with a voice-over explaining your choices. Submit your videotape to
your classroom library or school media center for future students to
use as an example.
Copy and paste images into Hyperstudio or
another multimedia creation tool. Use the text tool to create your
captions. Show the multimedia presentation to the class, explaining
your choices.
Use Netscape Composer or another Web page
creation tool to display your collage to students at distant sites.
Copy and print out the images and word
process the captions, then assemble on a poster board or classroom
bulletin board.
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