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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• Key Ideas and Details
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
• Range of Reading and level of Text Complexity
History Pockets-Life in Plymouth Colony, Grades 1–3, contains eight discovery pockets.
Each of the pockets contains:
• a reproducible pocket label
• four dictionary words and pictures
• a fact sheet of background information for the teacher
• a reproducible student information booklet complete with illustrations
• arts and crafts projects, plus writing activities
Evaluation forms are provided at the end of the book to give students a chance to reflect on all they have learned.
The eight pockets about Pilgrims and their way of life are:
• Voyage to the New World
• The New World
• Building a Village
• Home Sweet Home
• The Family
• Working in Plymouth Colony
• Going to School
• What Did the Pilgrims Give Us?
This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.