Social+Studies

=Social Studies=

Heritage Inquiry Project - September-October
===This project is intended to help the student and class gather a sense of who they are in the world and in place and time. As such, students will be asking questions about their own background and interviewing family members, or friends about the oldest stories, as well as researching ancestral countries. Students will begin with themselves and ask questions to find out more about who they are, and then from where they come.===
 * ===More information is coming soon.===

This project is intended to study the years 1692-1790, and cover the events and people involved in the decisions that led to the founding of the United States.
Web sites: You can also do research on these things in books. (Imagine that!) Step One: Find something that interests you. (Medicine, houses, ships of that time.) Step Two: Do research on that thing. (Leeches, bark, hollowed trees for medicine, housing, and boats.) Step Three: Figure out how to show it off. (How can I show a leech/bark house/tree boat at work?)
 * Early America - []
 * American Indian potlatch - []
 * Food - []
 * History in powerpoint presentations - []
 * Usgenet - []
 * Educational(scholarly) resources - []
 * Kid info site - []
 * Best sites.org - []

Project Foldables...
Project instructions - for "foldables"gathering up multiple subtopics. An example is the topic of the "Causes of the Revolutionary War". Subtopics to that topic might include; economics, laws, politics, geography, maps, people, battles (before 1862).

or half of an 11x17 piece of paper. alternatively, print it on the pages before gluing/taping.
 * The instructions below give one way to create a nice looking visual presentation of a report that is 9-10 pages long.** //(Read all instructions through once before beginning to fold.)//
 * Step One:** Fold two pieces of 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper "hot dog" style. //Crease all folds tightly.//
 * Step Two:** Glue or tape those two pages on another 8.5x11 piece of paper,
 * Step Three:** Fold three pieces of paper in a "burrito fold"- two folds, producing a brochure style page.
 * Step Four:** Arrange and glue, or tape these three pages on another 8.5 x11 page in a neat manner.
 * Step Six:** Write the infornmation from the research on the pages, or

All this work results in what could be a nine or ten page report (allowing for lots of picture, maps, lists, and other information contributing toward a fabulous grade). __This is really too many pages__, but with this example you can see how a neatly arranged project report can be altered to produce something very nice looking with all the information necessary.

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