This was a group project that my students composed last year while I taught fourth grade. It was a fun project that they completed after CST's, and kept the students learning, while having fun!The students were broken up into groups of 6 for the project, and they each had specific tasks.
Map Expert: This person drew the map for where the explorer sailed.
Timeline Expert: This person made the timeline of the person's life.
Early Life Expert: This person researched the early life of the person, and wrote the paragraph as well.
The Contributions Expert: This person researched and found information on what the explorers did, and where they explored. Then wrote the paragraph about it.
Later Life Expert: This person researched what they did after they were an explorer.
If there was a odd person out, they would write the final draft of the essay, and be the assistant to the researchers.
The students were allowed to research on the computers in the room, or use their social studies book.
The students researched: Vitus Bering, Sebastian Vizcaino, Juan Cabrillo, Gaspar De Portola, Sir Francis Drake, and Hernando Cortez.
After their projects were complete (what is pictured above). The students did a presentation on the person. Each person had to present on a different part of the person's life, so they had to learn from their experts. We invited another class to come watch the presentations, and it was a huge success! The absolutely loved showing off all their hard work!
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