Activity Overview
Advertisements, brochures, travel posters, and scrapbook pages are great ways for students to showcase famous sites and features of a city, state, or country. In this activity, students will create one of the above and illustrate at least 2-4 major sites in their assigned location. They should include the name of the place, an illustration or photograph of each famous site, and a description of each. Students may also wish to include images that represent attributes of the location such as its flag, food, animals, people and other relevant features. Teachers can print out the posters, laminate them, and hang them around the classroom or school to have students do a gallery walk and view the many places around the world that students have researched. They could also project the students' posters onto the board and each student could take turns presenting their poster to the class!
Teachers can ask students to create one of the projects, or they can offer all four options and let students select which one they would like to complete. All will contain the same type of information, just presented in a different way! More than one template can be added to the assignment to give students a choice. Be sure to update instructions accordingly.
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Due Date:
Objective: Create a travel poster for your location that showcases some of its amazing sites and features!
Student Instructions:
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Research the location you have been assigned using a graphic organizer to write important information.
- Using the poster template, type the name of your location in bold.
- Include at 2-4 major sites within your location along with an illustration and a 1-3 sentence description.
- Add other images to your design that represent attributes of your country such as the flag and other famous features of your location.
- Save and exit when you're finished.
Lesson Plan Reference
- CCSS: W.5.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)
- CCSS: W.5.7 - Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
- CCSS: W.5.8 - Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
- CCSS: RI.5.1 - Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS: RI.5.2 - Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
- CCSS: RI.5.3 - Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
- CCSS: RI.5.7 - Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
- CCSS: RI.5.9 - Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
Proficient 6 Points | Emerging 4 Points | Beginning 1 Points | |
---|---|---|---|
Text | Includes location name, 1-3 sentence accurate descriptions for at least 2-4 major sites of importance from your location. | Missing one element of text. | Missing two or more elements of text. |
Design and Illustrations | Illustrations depict at least 2-4 major sites of importance from the location. Overall design includes attributes of the location with appropriate scenes, characters or items. | Illustrations depict important sites and attributes but are unclear or incomplete. | Illustrations do not depict important sites or attributes of the location. |
Activity Overview
Advertisements, brochures, travel posters, and scrapbook pages are great ways for students to showcase famous sites and features of a city, state, or country. In this activity, students will create one of the above and illustrate at least 2-4 major sites in their assigned location. They should include the name of the place, an illustration or photograph of each famous site, and a description of each. Students may also wish to include images that represent attributes of the location such as its flag, food, animals, people and other relevant features. Teachers can print out the posters, laminate them, and hang them around the classroom or school to have students do a gallery walk and view the many places around the world that students have researched. They could also project the students' posters onto the board and each student could take turns presenting their poster to the class!
Teachers can ask students to create one of the projects, or they can offer all four options and let students select which one they would like to complete. All will contain the same type of information, just presented in a different way! More than one template can be added to the assignment to give students a choice. Be sure to update instructions accordingly.
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Due Date:
Objective: Create a travel poster for your location that showcases some of its amazing sites and features!
Student Instructions:
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Research the location you have been assigned using a graphic organizer to write important information.
- Using the poster template, type the name of your location in bold.
- Include at 2-4 major sites within your location along with an illustration and a 1-3 sentence description.
- Add other images to your design that represent attributes of your country such as the flag and other famous features of your location.
- Save and exit when you're finished.
Lesson Plan Reference
- CCSS: W.5.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)
- CCSS: W.5.7 - Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
- CCSS: W.5.8 - Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
- CCSS: RI.5.1 - Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS: RI.5.2 - Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
- CCSS: RI.5.3 - Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
- CCSS: RI.5.7 - Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
- CCSS: RI.5.9 - Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
Proficient 6 Points | Emerging 4 Points | Beginning 1 Points | |
---|---|---|---|
Text | Includes location name, 1-3 sentence accurate descriptions for at least 2-4 major sites of importance from your location. | Missing one element of text. | Missing two or more elements of text. |
Design and Illustrations | Illustrations depict at least 2-4 major sites of importance from the location. Overall design includes attributes of the location with appropriate scenes, characters or items. | Illustrations depict important sites and attributes but are unclear or incomplete. | Illustrations do not depict important sites or attributes of the location. |
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