This unit was designed for a grade four level. However, this unit can easily be adapted for grades 4-8. Your students will answer those questions as they investigate explorers and determine their impact on our world. These are ideas that you can do with your class using Ministry Licensed Software packages. Use Filemaker Pro or Claris Works to create a Database to address social, political and economic issues.
Students can roll it as a scribe or preserve it in a bottle to send to sea.
Using Hyperstudio or Kid Pix create a museum of meaningful artifacts from various cultures in the past. Explain visuals by recording student voices, or by typed in text. Each student is responsible for one section of the pole. They have a full page to draw their character along with a story or explanation about that character. This is a great reflection of student and class identity.