Country Travel Brochure

This Country Research and Travel Brochure Project provides you with an easy way to engage your students in meaningful work. It has been designed in a manner that allows students to work at their own developmental level...instant differentiation! It can be used in class to model research and note-taking, sent home as a out-of-school assignment, or used to provide capable students who need their learning extended with an independent project.

In my classroom, I first modeled the lesson and expectations by working with the entire group to research Russia. I read aloud non-fiction texts from the children’s library as well as internet articles. Throughout the readings, we paused to record our learning using the two-column notes. This open-ended method of note taking is a result of brain-based research. It allows students to categorize the information. I have found it to be a highly effective tool with all learners.

Next, we used that information to complete a brochure. We worked together to determine which facts would be the most important to include.

Finally, each student selected a country to research on their own and repeated the process. I was easily able to obtain a collection of children’s books from my school and town library. Because we did this just weeks before the Winter Olympics, I decided to narrow the selection down to the ten countries that would be competing in the most events. However, this project could be done with any country at all. Also, the project could be repeated by having the students select different countries to research.

WHAT IS INCLUDED:

✔ overview of the resources to help teachers implement the resources in their classroom

✔ main idea and supporting details graphic organizer to help students organize their findings by taking notes while they research

✔ brochure templates that are available in two different options so you can differentiate as needed (one with lines and one without lines that students can draw pictures on instead of writing sentences)

✔ country flag matching game where students match the flag to the country it represents (and the flags can be used to assemble a banner for a bulletin board)

5 REASONS TEACHERS LOVE THIS COUNTRY RESEARCH RESOURCE:

► Students love creative projects like this, so they will be engaged and on-task.

► It's a fun way for students to demonstrate their learning and level of understanding.

► It can be used to study any country.

► It's aligned to the Common Core standards for you already.

► There are differentiated templates for the brochure so you can meet the needs of your current class, and continue to use the resource if you change grade levels.

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