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Objectives:
The students will learn to do research while comparing their
state with one of the states of the U.S. They will be graded on
information, drawing and art work, spelling and punctuation and
neatness.
Activities:
The students are given the following questions in a prepared
booklet in which they write their answers. There is also room provided
for them to draw the state flag, flower, tree, bird, and a map of the
state.
- Name of state:
- Capital:
- Is this state larger or smaller than (*******)?
- Name all of the states, countries, or bodies of water that
surround this state.
- About how many people live in this state? Is that more or less
than (*******)?
- Name two prominent people that are from this state. Why are they
famous?
- What are the chief products of this state?
- What kind of climate does this state have?
- Tell about three things in this state that are very different
from (*******).
- Tell about three things in this state that are much the same as
we have in (*******).
- If you were traveling from _________, (******) to the capital of
this state, how many miles would you drive?
- How long would it take you to drive it if you drove 50 miles an
hour?
- These are facts about this state that I think are interesting...
- I would like to live in this state because...
- I would not like to live in this state because...
- Make a pictorial graph of the population of your state and the
state of (********).
- When did it get its statehood?
- Who is given credit for finding this state?
- How did the U.S.A. get the land?
- Tell three other historic things about your state.
- Draw the state symbol and give an explanation.
- What is the state motto?
- What is the state's nickname?
- Name three places to visit and tell about these places.
taken from:
http://tinyurl.com/8y9ks
Objectives
Students will
- play a game to review subject-area content,
- phrase their responses in the form of a question,
- score points based on the difficulty of the question,
- use earned points to supplement quiz or homework grades.
Keywords
game, review, state, history
Materials Needed
- sheet of 1/4-inch plywood cut to size
- clips (fasten to plywood to hold category and answer
cards)
- index cards
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Lesson Plan
This Jeopardy-like game can
be adapted easily to fit almost any subject. As in the Jeopardy
game seen on TV, each card provides an answer -- a piece of information
about something discussed in class or something students have read on
their own. (Including information obtained outside the classroom
encourages students to read independently.)
Before students enter the classroom,
prepare index cards with category headings and "answers" relevant to the
subject area. On the other side of each answer card, write the
appropriate point value from 2 to 10. Set up the game board with the
point side of the cards showing. As students come into the classroom,
hand each an index card with a number written on it; then go over the
basic rules of the game. The game proceeds as follows:
- Fill a box with numbers that match the numbers students were
given as they entered the room. Pull a number from the box and call
it out.
- Have the student whose number is called select a category and a
point value.
- Read the answer for that category and point value, or have the
student read the answer. Ask the student to respond with the
question that corresponds to the uncovered answer. For example: If
the answer reads "The state song of Oklahoma was composed by them,"
the correct question is "Who were Rodgers and Hammerstein?" If the
statement reads "Marshall Heck Thomas shot gang leader Bill Doolin
in a historic 1893 shootout in this Oklahoma county," the correct
question would be "Where is Payne County?"
- If the student asks a correct question, award him or her the
number of points indicated.
- If the student asks an incorrect question, draw another number
and give the student who holds the new number a chance to respond.
Students must pay attention, however; answers are not reread.
- Five minutes before the end of the game, stop and review the
scores, and get ready for the final answer of the day.
- Everyone plays the final round. Read the final answer and give
students 45 seconds to write their final questions on a sheet of
scrap paper.
Additional suggestions:
- Students can play the game as individuals or be arranged into
two or more teams.
- If the game is played individually, each student might earn his
or her score in bonus quiz points. If played in teams, each member
of the winning team might earn 10 bonus points to use on the next
class quiz.
- If a point is reached at which every number has been called, put
all the numbers back in the box and begin calling numbers again.
- If the game is played in teams, have each team provide a
scorekeeper at the start of play. Each scorekeeper should keep a
running score of all team scores. To ensure accuracy, have
scorekeepers double-check one another's math as play continues.
- In the final round, every student can present his or her own
question or students can put their names on their final questions
and pass them to a team captain to read. Teams score 10 points for
each correct response.
Assessment
Students earn bonus points to add on
to quiz or homework scores.taken
from: Education-world.com
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