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Connect with history and culture through creative social studies projects. Engage students with the world around them.
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Organize a country project with a checklist, research prompts and note-taking pages that keep sources alongside students’ findings. Learners choose at least four of seven topics and develop at least four paragraphs, then add illustrated fast facts and five attractions. Writing templates and a rubric make expectations visible from the start, while optional pages allow students to extend their reports.
A no-prep 'choice board' project menu offering 9 alternative creative/research projects for students to demonstrate knowledge of the American Civil War.
Students create a poster about a country and its culture using labeled spaces for an outline, flag, greeting, food, traditions and places. A completed U.S.A. example shows how the panels can be filled with drawing and writing. Plain, International Week and Culture Day versions offer different headings, while the longer-prompt version invites students to explain personal connections and preferences.
Have students research a country's art, culture, and music and present it through a self-designed multi-phase project.
A group history project in which student partners produce a period-perspective newspaper about Industrial Revolution inventions, guided by role assignments and a grading rubric.
The Ancient Civilizations Report | Ancient Civilizations Project This comprehensive education package provides an enriching approach to teaching history, with a focus on ancient civilizations. By combining factual content with challenging questions that promote higher-level thinking in line with the Common Core, it aids in both…
Discover MEXICO with this NO Prep, print-and-go Country Research Project with Answer Key. Students love learning about different cultures and customs. This 23 page country research project on Mexico does just that! Students research and reportin the following aspects of life in Mexico: - Mexican – Quick Facts - Where in the world is…
A hands-on STEM/history project in which students build a mud brick to experience ancient Sumerian brick-building techniques and reflect on the process in a journal.
Introduction- This is a My Culture/Country Project that your students will love making. This activity will allow students to creatively research and display information about their country and or culture. These make great displays on your bulletin boards or can also be used as a presentation project. In addition, students can work on…
A group poster-board project where students design a themed 'museum' covering the causes, key leaders, major battles, and human cost of World War II.
A research/discovery project introducing students to Germany through a set of topic cards covering its history, geography, economy, and culture.
A lapbook/interactive notebook kit teaching the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln, combining a hands-on foldable notebook project with a companion study guide.
Are you in need of a final project for your class or the end of the school year? This final project guide will work for any historical subject matter or class. All the directions for the student project are included as well as a grading rubric for teachers. The following items are included in the student directions: 1. Choose a topic to…
Guide independent student research into Australia's geography, government, history, Indigenous culture, customs, sports, and notable people/landmarks through a structured, self-directed country study.
Give students a choice of ways to demonstrate their World War II learning. Projects include a timeline, news report, letter from a soldier or nurse’s perspective, memorial design, and an expert presentation. Other options combine research with art or poetry. The editable menu lets you assign choices and a due date. Each project has detailed directions and its own rubric, so students can plan their work and understand how it will be assessed.
A summative research project in which students research an assigned historical explorer, present findings via a mapped voyage, a flag, written research answers with cited sources, and a recorded oral presentation, scored with an included rubric.
A multi-week nonfiction research project in which students research a country other than the United States and build a booth exhibit for a class-hosted 'International Festival,' assessed across reading, writing, social studies, and speaking/listening.
A guided independent-research project booklet leading students through France's geography, government, culture, history, and language.
An editable MS Word project template with one page per South American country, providing a starting point for a geography project.
A lesson-plan-based project where students research a remarkable woman from a provided list of 14 and create an imagined social media profile for her, building English Language Arts and research skills.
Guides middle and high school art students through a self-directed research project on a chosen art history period or movement, culminating in a slide-deck presentation.
A teacher-led small-group project instructing students to research and build a physical illustrated timeline of major World War II events, including comparative Allied/Axis statistics.
A research/discovery project introducing students to Poland through a set of topic cards covering its history, geography, economy, and culture.
A two-part semester-long project (start-of-year and end-of-year) that has students explore the meaning of the American Dream, connect it to real-life examples, and evaluate whether it is 'fact or fiction' based on course content.