Bring history alive as students explore the fascinating past by making the interactive projects in History Pockets. Students store the projects in easy-to-make construction paper pockets that are wonderful portfolios for assessment and display.
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History Pockets-Colonial America, Grades 4–6, contains eight discovery pockets.
The introduction pocket gives an overview of the settlement of the thirteen original colonies. The other pockets feature a look at the aspects of colonial life in the northern, middle, and southern colonies.
Each pocket contains:
• a reproducible pocket label
• a bookmark of short, fun facts about the subject
• a fact sheet of background information for teacher and students
• arts and crafts projects
• writing activities
Evaluation forms are provided at the end of the book for teacher and student assessment purposes.
The book contains the following pockets:
• Introduction to Colonial America
• The First Settlements
• The Native Americans
• Homes and Villages
• Daily Life
• School
• Work
• Memorable People
This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.