US Landmarks Research and Travel Project - Project Based Learning Social Studies

Are you looking for an engaging research project in which students plan their own trips? In this U.S. Landmarks Research and Travel Unit, students research and visit a historic/famous landmark in the United States. They will travel to the state of the landmark, stay in a hotel and pay for the cost of meals. Students research their favorite landmarks, use math skills, and learn about these important places in the US.

WHY TEACHERS LOVE PBL...

• This PBL unit incorporates 21st Century skills with challenging, engaging, and creative activities. 
• There are lots of opportunities for differentiation, cooperative learning, and technology integration. 
• This real-world challenge requires students to use inquiry, critical thinking, and creative minds during high-interest cross-curricular activities [math, STEM, social studies, ELA].
• Easily adapted for enrichment or gifted students in other grade levels.
• This student-centered PBL unit incorporates collaboration and differentiation by providing student choice.

**Note: Activities can easily be adapted for enrichment or gifted students in different grade levels.

HOW THE RESOURCE CAN BE USED:

• Centers and stations
• Real-world learning
• Review skills
• STEM
• Go along with world travel room transformation
• More practice
• Differentiation
• Research
• Deepen learning
• Integrate 21st century learning
• Advanced or independent learners
• Cooperative/collaborative learning

IN THIS UNIT...

• All About US Symbols – Create a flipbook of famous US Symbols/landmarks
• I Live Here – Students can color their state and label the city where they live. Fill out the information below.
• I Will Travel to Here – Students will color the state where they are visiting and complete the information.
• I Wonder – Questions about the project that need to be answered during the research
• I will Travel to Here – Visit websites for travel by airplane
• I Will Travel to Here – Calculate gasoline costs if you would travel by car. (Great for higher students)
• I Will Stay Here – Research and calculate hotel expenses.
• I Will Eat Here – Research and calculate food costs at restaurants
• Places of Interest – Students can record other places to visit in the area.
• State Facts
• State Symbols
• State Travel Brochure – I’ve provided the template
• Landmark Facts – Students will research a famous landmark and record facts on this sheet
• Famous Landmark Brochure – I’ve provided the template
• Selfies at the landmark
• Design a webpage of the landmark
• Write a letter or postcard home about the trip and landmark
• Google Maps Activity
• Be A Reporter – Create of video of you as a reporter
• Reflections

***Teachers, if you want to go digital with collaborative research and organizing this project, take a look at my Project Based Learning Digital Interactive Notebook.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU HAVE SAID...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Absolutely amazing resource! My higher-level third graders had a BLAST working on this project last year!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I love this project. I used it for my 4th Grade Enrichment Math RTI kids, and it has been very challenging for them. I have had to slow down a lot to walk them through step by step on several of the early pages. They are learning that it is very hard (and expensive!) to plan a vacation! Ha! :) Thank you!!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students had a blast learning about the country they live in and more specifically it had them thinking about traveling and/or visiting another part of the U.S. I felt that my 3rd graders struggled to fill in all the material. Definitely geared towards 4th and 5th graders."

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