Social Studies Project: Explorers Poster!

Hello parents!

We have been working on a new social studies project in our classroom. It is the last big project of our grade 4 year. It will be due on Thursday, May 28th. They are creating a poster about a European explorer who came to Canada. Just so there are no questions, I am going to list the expectations of the poster below. Students have an information package with everything they need in their social studies duotang. They have been given 3 large blocks of time with computers (in class) to research and print pictures. Many have used this time well and accomplished a lot. If so, they should be focused on putting together the poster with all their information at home.

Here are the expectations that have been given to students:

*Everything they need is included in the package given to them

The poster must include:

- Name of explorers in big, bold letters

- At least three printed pictures of the explorers (or pictures related to them)

- A hand-drawn flag of the country they came from

- The explorer's date of birth and death

- A world map containing: The route of the explorer's journey, country they came from (coloured in) and area(s) they explored (colored in)

- A paragraph describing their major discoveries and their voyages

- A paragraph describing their family and life before exploring

- Three interesting facts

- Three resources used to collect informaton (websites, books etc.) - these must be listed!

*These are the minimum things a poster should include! Students are welcome to add more information and images


Paragraph Expectations:

Students are including 2 paragraphs (topics listed above). They should have one copy on their poster and HAND IN AND ADDITIONAL COPY. This is so I can mark them without writing all over their posters they worked so hard on! If students are writing them by hand instead of typing/printing, please have them bring it to me so I can make a copy for them before they attach it to their poster (no need to hand write it twice!) Paragraphs should include:

- An indent to begin the paragraph

- An INTERESTING introduction sentence that grabs your readers attention

- 8-10 sentences long (including introduction and conclusion sentences)

- End with a conclusion sentence

- Edited for correct punctuation, spelling and capitalization

GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN!