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Create your own civilization based off of the book 'Weslandia'. Students will use their social studies knowledge to create their own utopian society. Your students will have a blast taking knowledge that they have previously learned about and applying it to their new civilization! Their creativity will amaze you!!!! ***UPDATED!!!!*** More creatively designed! More rubric options! Teacher information page included Curriculum: CCSS Writing: W.2, W.4, W.5, W.6, W.8, W.10 Social Studies: geog

Based on the book "How They Croaked" by George Bragg students will research a famous person and write a report. Then students will use creative writing to display different pieces of knowledge that the gained through their research.

Your group has been contracted to create an exciting magazine of a region of the world. They are looking for a magazine that captures the elements of your region’s culture, history, current events and geography. Your magazine will need to be professionally published and have multiple illustrations. As with any magazine, your group will need to find companies from your region to advertise their products. The Region Magazine provides students with an opportunity to work on research skills and ap

Students research a country in Africa. They look at the countries culture through their daily lives. After they take notes the students take the information that they researched and create a travel brochure for that country. UPDATED!!!! More creative look Added a class notes page during presentations

Research 1 of the following countries: India, China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea Include information on the following: 1. Government - type, structure, current leaders... 2. Economy - key industries, export/imports, currency, exchange rate... 3. History - flag, key events, important/famous people... 4. Geography - boundaries, size, capital, major cities, population... 5. Landmarks - places to see, important sites... 6. Religion - customs and traditions, holidays... Create a brochure Rubri

Using the book 'Weslandia', students will create their own utopian society. Students will use their knowledge from Science and Social Studies to create their own civilizations. Science: Discoveries, Water Supply, Housing, Energy Sources Social Studies: Geography, Economics, Culture, Religion, Government etc. Included: group worksheets, rubric, examples UPDATED: More creative appearance Additional rubric New pictures If you like this activity you may also like other civilization project h

TIME magazine has come to your school asking for help in researching well known people from the past and present. The editors at TIME magazine will be creating a special edition entitled,The Faces of History Past and Present, and they need us to help them choose the people that will be featured in the magazine. All entries will be included, but a panel of judges will be choosing an entry to be featured on the cover! There will also be an additional entry chosen as honorable mentions. A full

UPDATED!!!!! Students will read a folk tale and create a puppet show based on the folk tale. This could be used with different countries folk tales, different cultures folk tales, Native American tales, origin stories, etc. Students have a lot of fun creating a puppet show to share with their classmates or the school!

Students choose a fairy tale and they write the story from another characters point of view. A fun way to introduce this writing assignment is to watch 'Hoodwinked' which tells the fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood' from multiple perspectives. Included: rubric & peer editing sheet

Students will create a scrapbook page each month. Students are given components for the scrapbook page and examples of how to complete it. 7 genres: biography/autobiography, nonfiction, historical fiction, science fiction/fantasy, realistic fiction, poetry, folk tale/myth This activity allows students to read on their own reading level, choose the order of the genres and students are able to express their artistic ability along with their reading knowledge.

Projects help you learn about the countries that we will be going to see. What you find out, you will share with the rest of the group so that we will all be prepared for our trip. Your presentations should be informative, but also entertaining. You can use props, posters, music, handouts, drama/acting, games, costumes, bring food/samples, use PowerPoint or Hyper Studio, dioramas and maps/charts. Create a handout about your topic that can be passed out for other students.

Instead of teaching Ohio geography, students will explore the subject through short activities. Once they have completed C layer, students will come up to the teacher and have a conference. At the conference, the teacher will ask the students geography questions that the students should be able to answer after completely their activities. If they answer completely they continue to B layer, if they answer incorrectly they go back and complete another C layer activity.

As a group students will choose an African country to research and present to the class. They will work to create a time line. Students will then work independently to research their topic: Map, culture, religion, history, government, important people, current events, economics and government. Presentation: regional magazine, posters, powerpoint

An excellent project for students to learn about different countries. There is flexibility to have students work independently, in pairs, or small groups. This could be a stand alone project or a culminating project. Students will research a country and use a cereal box to display their knowledge. This was a fun and creative project for my students because they could design the box how they wanted. Students will research a countries: Map Flag Land People Economy Government Included: direct

Instead of teaching US geography, students will explore the subject through short activities. Once they have completed C layer, students will come up to the teacher and have a conference. At the conference, the teacher will ask the students geography questions that the students should be able to answer after completely their activities. If they answer completely they continue to B layer, if they answer incorrectly they go back and complete another C layer activity.

Projects help you learn about the countries that we will be going to see. What you find out, you will share with the rest of the group so that we will all be prepared for our trip. Your presentations should be informative, but also entertaining. You can use props, posters, music, handouts, drama/acting, games, costumes, bring food/samples, use PowerPoint or Hyper Studio, dioramas and maps/charts. Create a handout about your topic that can be passed out for other students.

An extension menu to be used while teaching about the US revolutionary war and independence. Students are given choices of topics and of types of projects.

Facebook is a site used by many of us on our personal time, but have you thought about using it in your classroom? This is a fun and easy way for students to use prospective writing to show what they have learned about a particular person. There are countless ways that this project could be used and in every subject. Students could research real people or they could become objects such as planets, concepts in math, fictional book characters, etc.

Students will research 1 planet and use that information to create a planetary file on it. Within their planetary file they will create a trading card, Venn diagram comparing their planet to Earth, history of the name, concrete poem, and create their own alien.

Instead of teaching geography, students will explore the subject through short activities. Once they have completed C layer, students will come up to the teacher and have a conference. At the conference, the teacher will ask the students geography questions that the students should be able to answer after completely their activities. If they answer completely they continue to B layer, if they answer incorrectly they go back and complete another C layer activity.