Two assignments for notebooks

State Timeline  Due 3/17/16

1.  Make a list of ten dates that are important in your state. Make sure you include the following: the date your state became a territory or colony (if it did), and the date your state became a state.  The remaining eight dates are up to you, but choose things you think are very important to your  state’s history.

2.  Create a visual organizer that gives each event a place in a bigger picture.  An example would be peaches on a peach tree for the State of Georgia.

3.  Each item on your organizer should have a 2-3 word description and a date including the day, month and year.  If the day isn’t available, please make sure you have the month and year. Example: A peach might have the following information on it: Georgia Statehood 1/2/1788.

4.  Make sure you are using colored pencil.  Crayons or marker will smudge. Watercolors can be used but this assignment is hard for that media choice on smaller parts.  It works well for the background.

5.  Arrange your items into a  larger picture.  Your timeline should resemble a scene or item with each item part of the larger whole (peaches on a peach tree, with a sky and field.) You can either draw your items very neatly into the timeline or cut and neatly glue them into the picture.

6.  Make sure your items are arranged in some sort of order.  Top to bottom or left to right works well for most ideas.

7.  Title it “_________ State Timeline”.  Put your state’s name in the blank.  The title goes on the top in the center.  Use a ruler to help you keep it straight as you write.

8. Use ultra fine point Sharpie to go over written details and your title neatly.

9. Put your name lightly in pencil on the back.

10. You’re done!

The assignment below is due today on March 10; if your child was absent or missed it I posted it for your convenience.

This is the expectation, if you need the paper itself, please contact me for a copy.

Statehood Writing Expectation    Due 3/10/2016

1. Use the supplied paper to create your statehood writing assignment. It should be written in the style of a newspaper article.  Use internet resources, books about your state, or books about the states to find information.
2. The article must have an attention grabbing headline and a date on the top which is the date (day,month, year) that your state became part of the United States. Include your state’s name in the headline.
3. A hand-drawn illustration must be part of the article drawn large in the space provided.  Use non-smearing media like colored pencils.  Draw a scene, person, or building important to the day when your state became part of the United States. Write a caption of about 5  words to describe your drawing just under the picture.
4. The article should tell the story about how your state became a state.  Include all important information like date, place, time if known, and people present at the signing.
5. Include interesting information such as whether or not the state was a territory or colony before it became a state.
6. The number order in which it became part of the United States.  Was it first, twenty-third, last?  Delaware was the first state to join.
7. Include your name at the end in a byline.  (By Petunia Picklebottom)
8. Have fun!  Sometimes the path to statehood was wild and crazy - you might find some funny information.