Help students explore famous American landmarks while building research, geography, and informational text skills with these engaging US Landmarks Research Task Cards. Students research well-known United States landmarks, answer short-response questions, and practice locating important places across the country. These geography activities are ideal for social studies lessons, research projects, centers, independent work, fast finishers, and substitute plans. Also, great to jump-start a research project.

Perfect for elementary classrooms, library lessons, and homeschool learning environments.

An interactive notebook option is available to help keep track of information.

PLEASE view the ⬆️ PREVIEW⬆️ above for complete contents.

➡️What you will receive:

• 28 research task cards with US Landmark photos
• 28 cut & glue task cards without photos for interactive activities
• Answer Key
• Center sign
• Response recording sheet to duplicate
• Interactive notebook cover (black & white or color)
• Teacher prep instructions and suggestions for use

➡️Skills Students Practice:

• Research skills
• Informational text comprehension
• Geography concepts
• Reading nonfiction texts
• Writing short responses
• Identifying important US landmarks
• Social studies vocabulary
• Critical thinking

➡️Perfect for:

• early finishers
• limited or extended time activity
• sub plans
• geography enrichment
• group projects
• technology time with databases, websites, or nonfiction books

🩷Why Teachers Love This Resource:

• Easy-to-use print-and-go format
• Encourages student research and inquiry
• Supports nonfiction reading skills
• An engaging way to teach US geography
• Works well for centers or independent learning
• Flexible for multiple grade levels

➡️Teaching Tip:

• Use this with World Landmark task cards in the same interactive notebook. Research Task Cards: World Landmarks.

💲Ways to save$$:

• Save 20% on this resource as part of this BUNDLE: Research Task Cards US and World Landmarks BUNDLE
• Save 30% on this resource as part of the Library Starter Kit BUNDLE #2 here: Library Starter Kit BUNDLE #2.

⭐What buyers have said:

• ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"So engaging!! Very well suited for 5th graders. I was able to extend this for my in school students and have them record their answers in their notebooks."
• ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"I love the variety included with this pack. My students were happy with all of the choices. They also found it easy to write a few quick notes on each card they chose, to help them narrow their choice of a research topic."
• ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"My students love doing Task Cards and will love the different approach to combining research skills with task cards."

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