Project Ideas K-2
Post Cards

 

Students create postcards that highlight community landmarks or people.

Activities/Resources	TEKS
Promotional material about your town is shown to the class. A discussion follows about places the students visit. Begin with familiar places including grocery stores, parks, banks, and the school. Each student (or in pairs) select a landmark they wish to highlight. The class examines several postcards and determines common features. Alternative(s): Highlight people from the school or community. (SS K.2B 1.11C 2.2B) Identify historical figures and their contributions. (SS K.2A 1.1AB 2.2A) Identify reasons for holidays and customs associated with them. (SS K.1AB 1.2AB 2.1A LA K.2B 1.2B 2.2B)	SS 2.1B
Pictures and information are collected. Graphics can include digital photographs, scanned photographs, or hand drawn images, or images created in a graphics program. Information about the landmark is gathered from appropriate sources (interviews, literature, etc.). Student writes a description (a sentence to a paragraph).	TA (K-2) 2A 5A SS K.15B SS 1.17B SS 2.17B LA K.12B LA 1.15B LA 2.12D
Images are used in a graphics, word processing, or desktop publishing program. A description of the image is included on the second side. Both sides of the card are saved, previewed, edited and printed. Each side may be trimmed and glued to tag board.	TA (K-2)  1B 2D 7B 9B LA K.15BF LA 1.18B 19E LA 2.18E
A large map is created and post cards are attached to the appropriate location.	SS K.4B 16B SS1.5A SS 2.5B
Images may be used in a presentation program. During the presentation, the researchers describe the landmark.	TA (K-2) SS K.16A SS 1.18A SS 2.18A LA K.4C LA 1.4C LA 2.4B
Images and information can be put into a hypermedia program. A map of the town can serve as the initial page.	TA (K-2) 7B
Students send a free e-mail postcard to a friend. http://www.americangreetings.com/ http://www.janbrett.com/postcards/cardpick_main_choice.htm http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/postcards/index.html	TA (K-2) 8A
Rubrics may be used to assess the final products.	TA (K-2) 11A

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