by James H. Elder
Note: This page can be completed at the end of the course along with
the post evaluation activities.
Before this project, the 4th Graders did a social studies units on various regions of the United States. The states were divided into regions such as the NorthEast, The Mid-West, The South East, The SouthWest, The West, etc. Students read the material in their book and researched topics such as industry, culture, land forms, etc. in the school library and the local public library. Students were handed papers containing "fill in the blank" statements and then took a final test over each region. "Pretty dull and boring", is the way one student phrased it.
Created for the Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office, Friends of Fermilab, United States Department of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, and North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC) which is operated by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL). Created by James H. Elder (brjhelder@aol.com) Braidwood Elementary School 162 S. School St. Braidwood, Illinois 60408