Mister Turnbull's Art Class

 Below are comic books set in historical time periods that take place during revolutions or are events leading up to revolutions.   Students could put their comics in the following time periods: * The Agricultural Revolution (1000 AD - 1300 AD) *  The Black Plague *  Peasant Revolt of 1358  *  Peasant Revolt of 1348 *  Peasant Revolt of 1381 *  Protestant Reformation (1517) *  The Events Leading up to the American Revolution (King Phillip's War, the Salem Witch Trials, the French & Indian War) *  The American Revolution (1776) Enjoy reading these Revolutionary Comics!  

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We have been reading in class the graphic novel "Che" by Spain Rodriguez, a graphic novel adaptation of the life and times and Che Guevara that is roughly 100 pages.  However, we are learning that a story can be told in many different ways, and while a graphic novel adds a visual dimension to the story of Guevara, it does not lend itself to "literary complexity".  This means a movie or a comic just can't go into detail of a person's life like a book can.  Technically speaking it can, but that would mean the books or comic would have to be hours long or hundreds of pages. Fortunately, for the students, I have read Che's Biography by John Lee Anderson, an 800 page book that is considered by pretty much everyone of all political persuasions to be the definitive portrait of his life so that the students don't have to!   I have paraphrased this book and put it in slideshow form to make it accessible to 7th graders.   Here is a link to the slideshow of pt....

  God Forbid We should ever be Twenty years without a rebellion.” Thomas Jefferson 1787 The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated. - Ernesto “Che” Guevara Revolution definition a  forcible   overthrow  of a government or social order, in favor of a new system. Good day class, and welcome to Mr. Turnbull’s seminars.   If you are in this class on an “odd” day, you are taking “ What’s your take on Che Guevara? ” A class about the colossally significant, polarizing, controversial and notorious 20th century revolutionary figure Ernesto “Che” Guevara.   To quote his celebrated biographer, Jon Lee Anderson,   “Guevara’s dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing world through armed (guerrilla) revolution.”   He became an enemy of the United States and was eventually executed by Bolivian government forces backed by the CIA. By studying Che, you are learning world history.   This is because Che was a wor...

      This assignment is a follow up to our "Guess Who" Board Assignment.  This time, students had to draw 24 heads showcasing 24 different emotions and expressions.  The people could be anyone they wanted, but they needed to illustrate an emotion or expression.  This helps vocabulary, facial recognition and of course the studio habits of mind (craft, observation, engagement and persistence, community, reflection, exploration).  All posters needed to be full color for a full "A".