State Timeline

State Timeline Due 3/21/13

1. Research significant events in your state's history.
2. Choose a minimum of 10 events to communicate your state's past.
3. As you construct your timeline, choose an imaginative way to record the events in time.  For example, if my state was Washington, I would draw the Columbia River and then draw ten salmon on a separate piece of paper.   After coloring and cutting my salmon out, I would glue the salmon on the paper swimming down the river. Then either on the salmon or underneath, I would write the timeline fact.  Please place them in chronological order. (Oldest to most recent).
4.  One of the state's historical events  MUST be the year it became a state.
5. Each event must include a date and a sentence.  Correct spelling and punctuation will be factored into your grade.
6. Colored pencils and a sharpie fine-point or a Uniball pen will be used. (No crayon, marker, or paint.) Please be neat.  Words should be neatly printed, not cursive.
7. Title the page:  (Your State's Name) Timeline in large letters at the top.


States and Capitals for test on 3/22-  NY, PN, NJ, DE, MD

Whew!  Nearly there!

Statehood Writing assignment

STATEHOOD WRITING ASSIGNMENT                                                                                                                Due 3/14/13

1.        Use the supplied paper to create your statehood writing assignment.  It should be written in the style of a newspaper article published on the day of your state’s entrance into the U. S. A.

2.        The article must have an attention grabbing headline and a date on the top which corresponds to the date of statehood.  Include your state’s name in the headline.

3.        A hand drawn illustration must accompany the article in the spot provided.  Use non- smearing colored media to draw a scene, person, or building important to that event of statehood.  Use a caption to explain your illustration in 5 words or so.

4.        The article should include the following information: important people such as governors, presidents, citizens; place of official state acceptance (a capital or other city), time of day if known, events leading up to and surrounding the statehood vote and acceptance.

5.        The number order of your state (i.e. Delaware becomes the first state to join the United States) should be included in a sentence in the article.

6.        Any interesting events or historically significant tidbits should be included in your article.

7.        Include your name in a byline at the end.

8.        Have fun!  The path to statehood was not always neat and tidy- you may find a wild fact!

Next week's states and capitals:  #40-42

NY, PN, NJ

Enjoy the weekend, may it be sunny and full  of God's blessings!

 

State Flower Component

 Hello, 4/5 families!
 The essays were tremendously good and I enjoyed reading them. We are taking a couple of class periods to share our trivia and props, and it's been very fun.
Now for the state flower:
This week's component is not too difficult, but it does require a certain thinking ahead.  The expectations are delineated very carefully for students with sequenced steps.  Following these steps is important to get the expected final product. If you find you need an extra paper, please let me know before Wednesday.

1.  Draw your state's flower freehanded.  While you can practice, no tracing of any kind is to be done.  The paper you'll use makes tracing even your own work nearly impossible. Go slow, use a light touch on your pencil and give yourself lots of time to get the picture you are happy with using.
2. Use only the white paper I give you for your flower drawing.  It's cut to the right shape and size.
3. Color with map pencils (colored pencils) only.
4. Outline your drawing with black fine point sharpie or uniball pen.
5. Mount your flower on the gray larger square supplied by school. It's cut to the correct size.
6. Glue your mounted flower on 8 1/2x11 white sheet of printer paper after you complete steps 8 and 9.
7.  Carefully and in smallish capital block letters write the name of your state's flower along all four edges of your mounted state flower on the gray part.  This creates a text border.
8.  Title your page:  name of your state State Flower.
9. At the bottom of the page: the state flower's name.
10.  For number 8 and 9 please use your computer to create the title and name.  It may be done in very neat handwritten thick Sharpie, carefully centered.  If you use Sharpie, use capital block letters.

There is a review the next two weeks for states and capitals.  March 8 will be a test using  their master list but concentrating on location. There will be a map put up which will be numbered differently and they will need to identify which states are which by location for #1-39.  Almost done!  11 more!

Thanks for all your hard work!