Making a Travel Folder

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Grade Level

• Middle School

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Subject

• Social Studies

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Length of Time

• 1 Hour

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Description

• In this lesson, students will select a place in the United States they would like to visit. Then, they need to do some research about the area. After that, they will write a travel folder about the place they selected.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  * To research information on a particular topic
  
  * Take notes
  
  * Write a travel folder
  

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Materials Needed

• * Social Studies book
  
  * Encyclopedia or other reference books
  
  * Note cards to jot down notes
  
  * Notebook paper
  
  * Pencils, Pens, Erasers, and Whiteouts
  
  * Markers
  
  * Paper for a cover

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Procedure

• First, students will look up information on a topic of their choice. It has to be a place in the United States that they would like to visit.
  
  Then, they need to take notes on their reading.
  
  After that, they will write a travel folder.
  
  In the travel folder, they need to write down the following information:
  
  Name of the place
  Location of the area
  Directions on how to get there
  Important facts about the place
  
  When they have finished writing their their information, they can draw a cover for their travel folder. The cover needs to relate to a specific area in the folder.

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Grading

• You can grade the students on the information they included in their travel folder and their creativity.

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