Our Town

Pupils explore brochure writing. They work in groups to brainstorm and categorize important places in their community. In addition, they gather information from the Internet, take pictures using a digital camera, and create a community...

Play an active role in city government with a lesson that brings a town meeting to the classroom. Scholars take on positions of city officials to discuss and find solutions for the issues pertinent to their community.

Our town is a very, very fine town. Kids craft a short paragraph about their town, its size, location, interesting features, and climate. The template even provides room for pictures or illustrations.

Learners, after watching the program "New Kid in Town," are introduced to the White House in Washington, D.C. They explore the difficulties of fitting into a new environment along with new acquaintances. They stress and address the...

In this brochure worksheet, students create an illustrated brochure for information about their town. Students insert photos and write about town facts, dates and events, the parks and attractions, and any relevant number to know.

As Ken Jennings said, "There's just something hypnotic about maps." Certainly, the longer you look at them the more you can learn. In this project-based learning lesson, individuals study both historic and present-day maps of their area...

Young scholars research battles in and around their hometown area during the Civil War and examine effects of the war on people in the local community or area; students create PowerPoint presentations displaying their results.

Students study the effects of the Civil War in the student's local community or area and to study how the people were affected. They compose a paper compiling results of their research. They prepare PowerPoint presentations.

Young scholars conduct an interview with a town resident, asking them to describe the history, use, and their memories of a river common to their community. They create a drawing of the river using information from the interview, and...

Students discuss how a specific economic activity in a region can facilitate the creation of towns, which often turn into ghost towns if the economic activity ends.