Hands-on Ideas for Unit Studies 

• Lapbooks/Notebooks

• Shoebox Museum

• Models

• Mobiles

• Time line

• Nature notebooks

• Make a book

• Scrapbook

• Layered picture

• Poster

• Drawings

• Sculptures – clay, salt clay, Play-doh, etc.

• Mosaic

• Write a poem/song

• Cultural dish or related recipe

• Edible map

• Collage

• 3-D display using tri-fold cardboard

• Travel/informational brochure - fold construction paper into thirds, giving student 4 sides to fill w/info on topic

• Paper dolls

• costumes or dress from time period

• Letters – to characters/authors of books, historical figures, political figures, imaginary people etc.

• Newspaper articles, letter to the editor

• Interviews with famous people from history

• Diorama

• Reports/research

• Experiments

• Creative Writing - Dear Abby, Write Your Own Story (in the genre or
  style), Picture Book, Make Your Own Ending, Movie to Written
  Narrative, Written Narrative to Screenplay, Comic Strip, Cartoon, Character diary entry

• Family Tree

• Puppet Show

• Write and perform a play

• Maps – 3-D, color-coded w/key, industry/agriculture, biomes, population, political, geographical features, etc.

• Create a manipulative/game – memory/matching with vocabulary words or key facts, board games, etc.

• Create your own flashcards

• Charts/diagrams

• Photography/photo essay

• Debate

• Power Point or slide show presentation

• Oral presentation

• Paper Bag book report

• Mock press conference

• Themed dinner

• Design postage stamps/license plate

• Make your own themed cloth napkins