Author(s):Tamyka Reid & Fonda Fairweather

E-mail Address: ffairweather@mail.sandi.net

School:valencia park elementary

Grade Level: 4-6 (if the idea could be used appropriately across a number of grades, indicate a range)

Principal Currlcular Areas Addressed:Social Studies (to make it easier for us to index this idea, use standard terms like Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, etc.)

TPFS Section:Wednesday@Encanto

In this space, write a short paragraph about the idea. What's the main idea? What kinds of things might be included? What's not going to included?

This project will cover the basic history, people,places and geography of the fifty US states.

Learning Goals:

What kinds of things do you hope your students will learn? You might want to put objectives in the form of a bulleted list like this:

Student will learn...

• basic history of their choosen state
• about the geographical ,socialogical, and political make-up of their state
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Learner Task:

What are you going to ask your learners to do/perform/create to indicate that they've learned what you wanted them to learn? An oral presentation? A letter to the President? A HyperStudio representation of a tidal pool? A simulated diary of a pioneer?

The culiminating task will be an oral presentation and projects.

Resources:

What websites have you already identified that might be useful? What books, tapes and other offline resources do you know about?

Resources for this project idea might include....

• atlases , state books, almanacs, encyclopedias(books/compton's CD)
• websites US:states and capitals games,50 states and capitals,State Capital's Game