In our first unit of social studies we were asked to make a graphic novel on an explorer. It took about 3-4 weeks, but it was definitely worth the final result. I worked in a group with two other people. My group received Christopher Columbus as our explorer to research. The first step was to find our information, so first we all looked for books. For me the most helpful resource was World Book Encyclopedia online. After we found all of our information we wrote it up on a Google Document. We then printed out our information and cut it up into different sections that made sense. Then we glued all the cut up information onto a piece of paper in chronological order. We now had a sense of what the order of our comic would be. The next steps were the most fun and easiest. It was because we used a program called Comic Life where you can make your own comics. I made the comic for the middle part of his life. To me this was the most interesting part of his eventful life. I hope you enjoy my comic! Click here to access the project.