Focus on rivers. Discuss the benefits of a river for both agrarian and industrial users. Divide the class into groups of four, comprised of the group leader, who is responsible for keeping the group on task, the recorder, who is responsible for jotting down ideas for the project, artistic director, who is responsible for designing the poster, and supplies expert, who is responsible for obtaining and organizing supplies. Distribute one large piece of poster board to each group. Students are to divide the poster board in half by drawing a line down the middle.
Students are to work together to design and make the poster as a torn paper collage.
They may tear out representative shapes. They may not use scissors or other tools. Each side of the poster must feature the same river. The rest of the features may reflect either agrarian or industrial land use. Once the students have designed the poster and obtained the necessary materials, they may all work to tear out the shapes.