Students will make a flip book based upon Dinah Zike's Big Book of Projects pg. 46 answering the questions on the Biographical Comparison Chart and incorporating a timeline and a map. Students will conduct research on a famous person using a CD-ROM encyclopedia and the following URL's. Student Activity 6 Biscuits and Tea Students will measure ingredients and bake biscuits as Mahaley's mother made the night her father smuggled slaves across the river. Students will sip tea from Chinese tea leaves and compare how this would taste compared to sassafras tea like Flora Scotchman made.
Students evaluate how well they measured and followed the recipe by the taste of the biscuits.
Student Activity 7 Tin Heart Jewelry Students will create a heart shaped pendant from punchtin and string it on rug yarn. Each heart will be cut in half to be given to a friend. Provide suggestions and cautionary notes for teachers who will use this guide in the future. If your students have used this CyberGuide, please take a minute to complete the Teacher Evaluation .