Betsy Rumberger
Description
How to Create a "50 States" Fair goes well beyond the study of the 50 states by incorporating math, geography, language arts, and social studies into
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a challenging project. As they complete the project, students are encouraged to take responsibility for collecting information from a variety of sources, making progress on their project every week, and completing the project within the assigned time frames.The book provides checklists, reproducible parent letters, step-by-step time and action plans to keep everyone on target. By the end of the project students will compete a written report about their assigned state, a showboard that creatively presents a state's highlights, an oral presentation, and a "tourist" booth displaying the food, costumes, and music that express a state's unique heritage. An ideal teaching tool, this project offers students the opportunity and incentive to completely engage in their learning.
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