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Our Trip to Mexico


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Keywords: Mexico, Postcards, Adobe PhotoShop
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grades K through 2
School: Spook Hill Elementary School, Lake Wales, FL
Planned By: Carrie Bilancio
Original Author: Carrie Bilancio, Lake Wales
After a whole unit on Mexico, the class decided to write postcards to their parents about things they learned about Mexico. We brainstormed using Inspiration things we learned. They chose three things they learned and wrote a letter to their parents.

I found a variety of pictures of Mexico using UnitedStreaming. Each student chose a picture. We then took pictures on green screens. Each student chose a pose that would show off the picture they had chosen.

I then used AdobePhotoshop to digitally add students into the pictures. We printed them out and glued them to the postcard.

The postcards went home in the students suitcase along with the other projects we had done throughout the unit as a memento of their trip to Mexico.
Comments
Could be used in a number of cross-curricular units.
Materials: Point and Shoot, Digital SLR, Mobile Labs, Podcasting, Camera Bags, xD Memory Cards, Digital Voice Recorders, Flash/USB Drives, Batteries