Social Studies Volume 1 - 4 Project

Name: ___________________________

Animal/Type of early man/Tribe/Civilization and Time period:

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This project is based upon using the multiple intelligences. Each of these intelligences has several activities listed underneath it. Students will pick five of these activities to complete. One activity is due per week and each is worth 25 points. When students pick an activity they will also be assigning which week it is due. By the end of the first class, due dates will be written next to their choices and their sheet will be copied so both the teacher and the student know the due dates, and research will begin.

Work is expected to be completed at home. There may be some class time to work on your item, but advance notice will be given if that is the case so don’t count on it! Keep in mind that some weeks are “short weeks” so more work will have to be done at home those weeks.

At the end of this project students will be presenting their findings to the class sharing all of their activities and information learned. They will have to prepare a short (3-4 minute) speech about their topic (animal/ group of people) to share. This will also be graded and will also be worth 25 points. Thus, this project will be worth 150 total points

Parent Signature: _________________________

List of Projects/Activities

Write your due date on the line next to the check box ( Month/Day), when you turn it in check it off as complete.

Chose no more than 2 activities from each of the following three categories:

1. Verbal-Linguistic

 ___/___ Write 5 entries in a diary from the point of view of your topic (animal/tribe/group) that you are studying. This will be made up of entries describing daily life, or special events.

 ___/___Write a speech that your animal/tribe leader would have said in a time of crisis! (Make sure to include accurate information about what would have been happening!)

 ___/___ Write an acrostic poem using your animal/tribe name as the base.

2. Logical-Mathematical

 ____/___ Make a time line of events in your animal/tribes lifetime.

 ____/___ Make a time line of events that occurred in the chapter that your animal was from.

 ___/___ Make a family tree showing the decendents of your animal/tribe.

3. Visual-Spatial

 ___/___ Create a button to be used to promote saving your animal/tribe. Or promoting the views of your group you are studying.

 ___/___ Create a bumper sticker to be used to promote saving your animal/tribe. Or promoting the views of your group you are studying.

 ___/___ Make a diarama of your animal/tribe and their environment.

 ___/___ Create a picture book of major events your animal/tribes life. Include a brief explanation of each. This should be at least 5 front/back pages, including a front cover and a back cover.

4. Musical

 ___/___ Make up a song/rap about some of the facts or daily life of your animal/tribe.

5. Bodily-Kinesthetic

 ___/___ Write and act out a skit about an event that occurred in the time span that you are researching. This must be at least 2 minutes long.

6. Interpersonal

 ___/___ Write a list of questions for someone to interview you with. Have some one else pretend to be a reporter/scientist that went back in time and visited the time period you are studying and interview you.

7. Intrapersonal

 ___/___ Read a non-fiction book about the time period, animal, or tribe that you are studying. Write a short synopsis of the story including the main points.