Amiya the Author (Part 2)

Amiya, our budding historian, has missed two days of school now due to nasal congestion, cough, sore throat, etc. But projects wait for no illness and I wanted this one off our lists - so she hammered it out. Her text was handwritten out, then we typed it together with her adding bits and pieces of information to liven it up. I'm so thankful for computers - she is a better, more vivid writer when she can type. Handwriting is a challenge for her - her brain (and mouth) work much faster than her hands.

The poster was (I'm thinking) larger than it needed to be. But, it's what she wanted to do and no parameters were given. (Don't say I didn't tell you earlier to buy stock in science fair boards.)

(Have I mentioned that I like parentheses?)

Here she is with her poster:
She told me what to google and then we sorted through pictures together to find the images she wanted. Remember that thing I said above about loving computers? I don't love them so much when I type in a simple string of words that are directly related to a subject that is completely non-adult in nature and the results are nothing (literally) short of porn.

So we found and printed pictures together. Then we cut them out, mounted them on paper and did a mini-math measurement lesson to figure out how big her white caption labels had to be. Then we scooted over to the computer (back to the loving the computer mood) and created text boxes to her caption measurement specifications, typed in our text, printed 'em off, etc., etc. She can't do things the easy way (further proof that she is my daughter). But I guess in this social studies project she got reading, research, history, medicine (discussing polio and vaccinations), sociology (discussing the racism of the Japenese internment camps), math and computer-literacy practice. A single-discipline focus, but a multi-disciplinary experience. I love it.

Anyway, that's all for now. I am having trouble cutting and pasting her text into blogger, but I'll work hard at it since I know you're waiting on the edge of your seats. It's titillating stuff, this third grade history.