What makes this an active learning project is that students applied their knowledge of significant events and people by creating visual representations of these events. The products were original and include posters of Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams. In the former mentioned poster, two students are featured at the bottom with their faces embedded into colonial style clothing. One student has a talk bubble that reads, "It's a risky decision, but I get your point." Another student has a talk bubble that reads, "Give me liberty or give me death!" In the latter mentioned poster, an image of Samuel Adams is at the left with a talk bubble that reads, "I want independence!" To the right of him is an image of a student with a thought bubble that reads, "I'm with you buddy!"

To create the above products, students needed to have basic knowledge of key people and events and apply that knowledge using PicCollage. The students had the opportunity to create original representations of pivotal American events, actively engaging with information and technology throughout the project.

One suggestion I can think of to extend this activity would be to have the students perform real or stick puppet plays to represent some portion of the represented person or event. For instance, the student(s) who created the Patrick Henry poster could create a short stick puppet skit of Henry's speech to Peyton Randolph, in which Henry states his famous line, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

Another suggestion might be to have students type or write short descriptors for each visual display. This would give them practice "curating" visual displays and expand their writing skills. Overall, however, I felt this was a great project!