State Report

 

Native Americans Poster

1.  Select one tribe of Native Americans who lived in your state.

2.  Research to locate information about your tribe in 4 of the following topic areas:

Food

Clothing

Shelter

Political Structure

Religion

Arts and Crafts

Warfare

Stories & Legends

Other:__________

3.  Divide a large piece of construction paper or poster board into 4 sections.  Label each section with a topic you selected. Draw or download pictures to represent the information and attach them into the sections of your poster.

4.  Write a paragraph (in your best printing or cursive) for each topic on the pages provided.

5.  Assignment due date: Tuesday, September 27th



State Shape Poster

1.       On the paper provided, design a poster showing a scene about your state.  You must include the shape of your state into an object in your picture.

 

2.       Example: the shape of California made into a car travelling down a sunny highway.

 

3.       Complete the report pages:

a.       Location of state – color state and label neighboring states/bodies of water

b.      State word search puzzle

c.       State map activity worksheet

d.      Write at least one paragraph describing the location of the state. 

Example:

        The state of California is located in the western part of the United States.  It borders on the Pacific Ocean.  It is also bordered to the north by Oregon, to the east by Nevada, and to the south by the country of Mexico.  California covers a larger area than any other state except Alaska and Texas.

 

4.       Assignment due date: September 6

 

Check out  http://kids.erslibrary.org/   This website is a great, SAFE location for your child to find information for each portion of the state report.  You must login to our school’s student site to access this library.

 

User name:     grace.student  (don’t forget the dot)

Password:        brain

 

The library contains links to World Book Encyclopedia, and a fantastic resource called Facts on File which has articles, images, videos, and much more.