Research: Famous American Nonfiction Project
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Description
Research famous Americans with this three-part project. Upper elementary students will love researching, writing expository essays, and giving a speech! They can even finish off their research project with a living wax museum!
The project contains 3 parts: A written report including researching notecards and making a bibliography, Creating a brochure in Publisher on the Famous American, and a Living Wax Museum where students dress as their person and give a 30-second speech in first person.
This pack allows you to implement this in your classroom easily. Included in this pack are:
-List of over 60 Famous Americans to choose from
-Letter home to parents about the project
-What to do each day to implement
-Notecards to guide students through the research project
-A easy to use/kid-friendly bibliography page
-Final Report Cover and writing paper with primary and regular lines
-Timeline of Famous American paper
-Template for what the brochure should look like and include
-Letter home to parents about Living Wax Museum including requirements
-Grading Rubric for Report
-Grading Rubric for Brochure
-Grading Rubric for Living Wax Museum
-Pictures of student brochure samples and Living Wax Museum
**NEWLY ADDED: Editable parent letters and reminders
Please email me with any questions!
Enjoy :)
Amelia
