Research information:

Click the links below to download important information about your State Report.

How to take notes

Bibliography

Biblography page 2

Biblography page 3

Biblography page 4

State Report:

From this point forward all asignements are part of the final report and will need to be saved and included in the final State Report folder.

The Fifth Grade project consists of two parts. Weekly assignents and a the computer project. Each student has been assigned a state to investigate. Every week they will recieve a portion of the project to complete. They will need to research and take notes as they work on their investigation. They will then transfer the information onto the worksheets provided (when provided) and place those worksheets into a report folder (this can be a folder, a three ring binder, or any other presentation folder). The report folder with completed assignments will be collected weekly. ALL WRITING MUST BE YOUR NEATEST CURSIVE (OR TYPED) AND WITHOUT SPELLING OR GRAMMAR ERRORS. COMPLETE SENTENCES ARE A MUST AND IN MOST CASES, ONE SENTENCE RESPONSES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. A Social Studies grade will be given for each week's completed portion.

Although students will have time in class for both the research and writing assignments, a bulk of the work will need to be completed at home.

Students are required to use no less than 4 different research sources. They have already contacted the state directly. This can be considered one source. An encyclopedia (Cd rom, book, or web site) must be another of your sources. Wikipedia cannot be used as an encyclopedia source. I suggest that an almanac is a good source for finding the most recent information regarding the state's population, industry and government officials.

As previously discussed students will be required to complete note cards and biblography cards ( See the links above), these are considered part of the report and will be graded.

In addition, students will be creating a Keynote (Mac version of power point) presentation during computer class. Using the information for the worksheets. This portion of the project will begin after you have completed the first of the weekly writtten assignments. Mrs. Tenenbaum and myself will guide you through the process.

If you have any questions or problems, please come see me BEFORE something is due. I can't fix a problem or help you understand what a worksheet requires on the day the assignment is due. In addition, it is your responsibility to keep track of the worksheets given, complete them by the due date, and maintain the report folder. Good luck!

DUE DATES ARE FIRM DATES, NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCECPTED!

Everything that is due:

Title page - with hand drawn picture of state flag

Table of Contents

Introduction- A paragraph or two that leads into your report.

State History- Intro paragraph, Early Historical Facts, Statehood,

Government, Political Features, State Time line, Landmarks map

People - A State "Who's Who?", Portrait gallery

Geography and Climate - Intro paragraph, Land Features, map

challenge, What's the weather

Cities - Intro paragraph, What's in a Name, Suffix city Search

Plants and Animals - Intro paragraph, State Wildlife

Economy and Industry - Intro paragraph, Products and Services, Occupation Graph.

Travel, Tourism, and Recreation -

Into paragraph, Spotlight on a City, Sports and Recreation, Places of Interest.

Notecards

Bibliography

State History Assignment: Due 2/1/08

State People Assignment: Due 2/8/08

State Geography and Climate Assignment: Due 2/15/08

State Cities Assignment Due 2/22/08

Plants and Animals and Economy and Industry Assignment Due 2/29/08

Travel and sports and Recreation Assignment Due 3/7/08

FINAL PROJECT DUE 3/14/08

Useful links:

State Tourism sites