How might we use graphic novel to understand Canada’s involvement in WW1?

Introduction:

This project helped me understand how it felt like to live during the time of WW1. This is due to the hard work of the teachers and how we had to create a story involving getting into the head of someone who lived at that time. Before this project I knew some information about WW1 however, I didn’t understand the topic in-depth. After this project I can confidentiality say that I understand generally what happened during WW1. In general, this project has been a journey that I am excited to share with you.

Precipitating causes of war:

The precipitating causes of war was all about us understanding why WW1 happened. We were explained through the texts books that their were many factor to why WW1 happened and we had to write a paragraph about it. I think I did amazing on giving many reasons for why I thought imperialism was the main cause for WW1. This is due to me doing personal researches on the causes of WW1 and showed how connected to imperialism. However, I feel as if I could improved on using more sources thus, my opinion is less biased. Overall, this was a great beginning for the project. 

World War One: 1914-1918 Reflection:

The World War One 1914-1918 helped me understanding about both the immediate and long-term consequences of The Great War. For this reflection we had reference the textbooks we used and World War One: 1914-1918, a graphic novels that explains the entirety of the war in an exciting and intriguing. If you haven’t read the book I defiantly recommend it especially if your wanting to have a general understanding of the entire war. I made my reflection about the medical and technological advancements made in WW1. I believe I did a great job at explaining in detail how these topic were important in the context of WW1. However, I wished I chose better topics to represent  immediate and long-term consequences since the topic I chose can represent both. Overall, this reflection helped me understand how WW1 affect both us today and the people back then. 

5W’s, Storyboard and Story Spine:

The 5W’s, Storyboard and Story Spine helped me learn about a specific part of the war that I had no idea happened. The topic I was given to research about was The War Measure Act, which was about the interment of people from Ukraine, Austria-Hungarian, German, Turkish and Bulgarian backgrounds. I had quite a lot of difficulties on this part of the project due to me not finding any primary resources until when we had to start the Story Spine. This made my work very rushed and if I were to do this project again I would make sure I was looking at the correct websites. However, I think that I did amazing on my story and my research. This is due to how I had a lot of research and my story had a clear beginning, middle and end. Overall, even though I struggled on this part of the project, it taught me quite a lot on how to research properly in the future.

Graphic Novel:

The graphic novel was the final product for this project. For this part of the project we had to created a comic that had 10 to 20 panels using the story spine and the storyboard we created for comic. The graphic novel took a great deal of effort to draw and research. However,  I think for the comic I needed to improve upon putting more facts about the event in my comic. Moreover, I think I did amazing on the artwork and the storyline. Overall, the graphic novel was very challenging however, I’m very happy with the final result.

Core competencies:

Create Effectively: Effectively incorporating technical and narrative writing within a comic panel

I feel as if for this competence I have fully met the requirements. This is due to me following the story structure of having a beginning, middle and end in my comic. As well as trying to make my audience connect with the character and struggles they faced. Further more, I believe that my visuals allowed for my writing to connect more to the audience and making them feel emotions. In general, I think I did extremely well on this competence and I hope I can improve upon it in the future.

Analyze Cause and Consequence: Analyze why events happen, and what are their impacts? 

For this competence I believe so what met the requirements. An example is the WW1 causes. I believe that I nailed the WW1 causes and explained my opinion in a way in which there was a lot of supporting evidence. However, for the comic I believe that I didn’t show the impact of my topic as much as I should of. This is due to me being rushed for the 5Ws,

 Storyboard and Story spine. Overall, I believe I will manage my time better in the future thus, my products are better quality. 

Conclusion: 

This project taught me about World War One in way I defiantly did not expect. This project truly showed me how important Canada was to the winning of WW1. Moreover, this project made use historical perspective in an effective way. Overall, this project was extremely challenging however, made me look at a event in a completely different way than I had done before.