"Promote A City" Posters
Submitted by: Esther L. Coffey
School or Affiliation: McKinley Middle School, Coffeyville, Kansas
Endorsed by: These lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who have
attended the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshop. CEC is a consortium of teacher
from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural,
western, United States, and particularly the quality of math and science Education. CEC
uses Big Sky Telegraph as the hub of their telecommunications network that allows the
participating teachers to stay in contact with their trainers and peers that they have met
at the Workshops.
Date: May 1994
Grade Level/Subject: Appropriate for grades 5-7 Social
Studies
Overview: Many times students have little knowledge of
their own state. This exercise enables the students to learn about and share with each
other many diversified areas. It develops in many a desire to visit these places and to
learn more about them.
Purpose: During a unit on state history this lesson will
help students better understand his or her own state and the variety of places to visit
close to home.
Objective(s): Students will be able to:
1. Choose a city (Make a directed choice.)
2. Write correctly written letters.
3. Look up zip codes of cities.
4. Make a poster promoting a chosen city using materials received.
5. Present poster to classmates showing positive aspects of chosen city.
Resources/Materials:
Teacher materials = state maps, descriptions of cities, zip code book
Student materials = poster board, envelope, stamp
Activities and Procedures:
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- Using state maps and descriptions of many cities, students will each choose a city.
- Each student will write a letter to the Chamber of Commerce, Tourist Bureau of the city
chosen. The letter will explain that information is desired for a promotional poster.
- When material is received* the student will make a poster which includes the city name
and student's descriptions of each picture or pamphlet on the poster.
- Posters are turned in and students are given the opportunity to orally describe their
chosen city.
* If the student fails to receive materials by a given date they are then allowed to go
to their home city and request materials.
Tying It All Together: After all posters are in, the
students share with classmates the information from their poster about their chosen city.
Most students become quite interested in the many things that can be seen in their own
state. Quite often I hear from parents of a planned trip to one of the cities discussed.
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