Each student will choose one of the fifty states. They can not choose a state they have lived in and urge them to choose one they know very little about. Each student will become an expert on the particular state they chose. They must be able to name, the state capital, motto, flower, bird, abbreviation, and an interesting fact about their state. This site provides wonderful information on each state.
Students can look up simply by clicking on the name of the state.
Give the students the whole class period to research their state. Today students will be asked to make a collage of the state they have researched. The collage will be creatively decorated and it needs to include all of the information gathered from the previous day. If time allows, the remainder of the class period will be used to begin student presentations of their collage. Each student will stand in front of the class with their collage and tell their classmates their information.