Project Based Learning, End of Year Create Your Own Map, Create Your Own Country
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Learning Objective
Students will demonstrate an understanding of political and physical geography and map skills by creating a fact booklet. They will create an original country based around a common theme, writing its history and drawing a map to scale.
Description
Are you looking for a project-based learning activity for GEOGRAPHY or MAP SKILLS in your Social Studies classroom? Or an engaging way to blend Social Studies with ELA? This Make Your Own Country project will enthrall your students as they make a country based on what they know and believe should exist! A perfect Project Based Learning experience for the end of the year!
The PBL has students using geography, writing, and art. Students review map skills by creating a unique country with 20 landforms and bodies of water, all built around a central theme. Social Studies joins ELA when they write that country’s history.
Who wouldn't want to live in “Cheesyland,” “StarWarstopia,” or “Foxington”?
"My students loved this more than I ever could have imagined!! I used this as a culmination activity after we finished studying human geography. Students are asked to choose a theme. The country they create is based on their theme. Creating maps, flags, a culture, etc. all related to their chosen theme. They loved it. It has been a long time since I have been so satisfied with final products created by students, but this activity did it!! Two thumbs up!"
Create a Country Social Studies Project-Based Learning Activity for Geography and Map Skills includes:
✔ Teacher Directions with pictures
✔ Student Directions
✔ Theme Pages Graphic Organizer
✔ Your country's history Graphic Organizer pages
✔ Geography terms booklet
✔ Geography terms Teacher Guide with pictures and real-world descriptions
✔ Rubrics for the map and written history
Optional activities:
★ Write a "Day in the Life of" diary entry
★ Write a national anthem
★ Write a pledge
★ Create a flag
★ Create money
How you might use this PBL
- Use it at the beginning of the year when you teach geography and map skills
- Use it during the year for a creative take on informational writing
- Use it at the end of the year as a hands-on culminating activity for Social Studies
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