Early American Explorers Poster Project and Gallery Walk

Looking for a project to support your unit on American Exploration? Seeking a way to incorporate independent research and student discovery? Ready to engage your students in becoming historical experts? Searching for a project that already has a chunked schedule built in to support students? Diversifying your assessments? In this project, your social studies or Early American History, students will become the experts in Early American Explorers, their discoveries, challenges and claims to fame. After researching and completing an Explorer Brag Sheet, students will then transfer their work onto a colorful and creative poster to display to the class. Lastly, students engage in a gallery walk to explore the various explorers and their voyages, learning from their peers as they pull out information from each poster.

This project is designed with supports with executive functioning in mind with an area for mini-dues dates to support students. This resource is a great way to engage your students, allowing for creativity and promoting classroom community in a structured and positive way! This project and Gallery Walk is ready to go with all the essentials ready to print for internet research-just add the poster board!

What’s Included In this PDF:

• Teacher Instructions
• Student project packet that includes: a timeline due date chart, project instruction’s, list possible project choices,2-page brag sheet Graphic Organizer, Simple 100 Point rubric
• A gallery walk packet with options for up to 32 posters
• number cards 1-32 for poster identification

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