The final history project for the year is usually a poster presentation. To get things started, I have a slide show with over 100 interesting topics for my students to choose from. (If you are interested in getting a link to this, just email me at littleflock7 at gmail.com.) Students also may raise their hands at any time and claim a topic as we are covering the content in history class. To encourage my students to be creative, I have a few requirements.
1. Posters may not be white.
2. Posters may not be in the shape of a rectangle.
3. The following items must be included: title, date, photo, three-dimensional item, and two paragraphs-- one giving all the details of the event, and the second explaining what changed because of this historical event.
My students always come up with creative ideas, especially for the shapes and three-dimensional items.
To see more of these from past years, click and here and/or here.
Sicknesses and pandemics were popular this year. Hmm, go figure.
The shape of this poster is a thermometer; the three-dimensional items are band-aids and a hospital identification bracelet. Creative!
This poster was about the escape of Ellen Craft. The shape was a railway, and the three-dimensional items were a top hat a glasses -- part of her disguise.
The three-dimensional items on this poster were singed plants.
I could really smell the smoke!
