Results are recorded . Comparing different groups' categories encourages students to think in new ways. Now that students are familiar with many different stamps, working in groups of two or three, they will design a stamp for a continent. When the design has been approved, students use HyperStudio to create their stamp electronically. Shrink and save stamps for later use on postcards.
Students continue doing research.
The student chooses a major city in the country from which to send a postcard to the sons of Charlemagne. Students must be familiar with the postcard rubric before they begin. The paragraph should be written, edited and revised before it is published. The postcard is addressed to The Sons of Charlemagne, Main Street Bridge, St. Charles, IL 60174. A stamp is chosen from those designed by the students, and cut and pasted in the appropriate spot on the postcard.