Based on the 6th Grade Coursebook, Lesson 3, Page10
PROJECT
My Geography project
Educational scenario
Students work in groups and find information about a country of their choice in order to upload it on the school blog and inform younger students. They also need to find photos, maps or whatever they like to attach. They may bring pictures from magazines, prior to the activity or find them in the internet.
Once the students are done with their research and the collection of their material, they need to present their work and include it in their portfolio. Then, they are encouraged to stick their collective project on the school board where other pupils or parents can see. If students have friends in other countries, they are encouraged to e-mail their work.
Educational purpose:
Students are encouraged to practice their research, creative and communicative skills by finding relevant info and sort it out, by creating drawings or maps and by collecting material.
Project Plan
Step 1
Students are grouped in 4 teams, discuss and decide which country they are going to work on. For this year, my students decided to work on:
Group 1: FRANCE
Group 2: SWITZERLAND
Group 3: CHINA
Group 4: JAPAN
Step 2
Students gather information and material to bring in class which falls into the following categories:
- Name of the country and borders
- Landscape
- The Weather
- The People
- Writers’ opinion
Step 3
Students collaborate in class by discussing their material and decide which of it is going to be included in each category. They write 4 paragraphs entitled with the above mentioned categories. They stick their text and the creative and/or printed material on a poster. They can also include the text into their personal portfolios.
Step 4
The teacher collects their work and creates a Sway which presents students’ collective work and educational product and post it on the school blog.
UNIT 1. My Geography project: My favourite country (6th GRADE) από Claire Dagoula's Blog διατίθεται με άδεια χρήσης Creative Commons -Αναφορά Δημιουργού – Μη Εμπορική Χρήση – Παρόμοια Διανομή4.0.