Colonial Characters

Grade 5 students completed a fun activity to put themselves in American Colonial Dress. The activity introduced them to a number of image editing tools as well as image search techniques.

American Colonial Dress

1. Open the email from me inviting you to collaborate
2. Click on the G5XXXXPhotos folder
3. Click Add to Drive
4. Click Open in Drive
5. Switch to Grid so you can see the images rather than just the filename
6. Choose your photo
7. Right click (or hold down the control key and click) and click on your photo
8. Choose Download
   
9. Open a new tab
10. Do an image search for american colonial dress
11. Refine your search to obtain an image of a person with your given occupation.
12. Search for an image you like
13. Ensure you are viewing the image and not the thumbnail
14. Right click (or hold down the control key and click) and Copy Image
15. Return to your Google Drive
16. Select ti 5XXXX Gr5 Drop folder
17. Create a new Drawing
18. From the Edit menu choose Paste
19. Name your Drawing
    
20. Go to http://www180.lunapic.com/editor/
21. Click Browse
22. Navigate to your Downloads folder
23. Choose your photo
24. Click Open
25. Your photo will probably be a little large so click Resize Image
26. Grab a corner handle and drag in to make your photo smaller
27. Click Resize Image
28. Choose the Crop Image tool
29. Drag a selection box around your head
30. Click Crop
31. Choose the Eraser tool
32. Erase your neck
33. Click Apply
34. From the Edit menu choose Transparent
35. Click on the white background
    It should become a checker board
36. Right click (or hold down the control key and click) and Copy Image
    
37. Return to your Google Drawing
38. From the Edit menu choose Paste
39. Move your head into place
40. Resize your head necessary
    Use a corner handle
41. Rotate your head if necessary
    Use the top dot to rotate
42. Flip your head if necessary
    Arrange > Rotate > Flip Horizontally