This is a culminating activity to help students learn that knowledge crosses subject boundaries. The student will know how and why people define regions by identifying a region by defining its distinguishing characteristics, explaining how and why regions change, and analyzing the influences and effects of regional labels and images. Students will help create a rubric of the criteria for the PowerPoint presentation. Students will write a journal entry analyzing their learning and project. The only new content to be taught is creating a PowerPoint presentation that pulls all of these content areas together.
Students usually take more interest in topics of their own choosing.
They also enjoy searching for information and pictures on the Internet and creating a unique product. Knowing they will present their projects to students and parents will provide an added incentive to produce a quality presentation. Students need the basic knowledge of the subjects described above as well as basic word processing skills. Students may have difficulty knowing how to be selective in choosing the information that best fits their topic and difficulty with time management. Students will view a sample presentation to help them visualize their final project.