"State Fair"

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"State Fair"
By luvnjesus

I teach 2nd, but I had an idea that I thought would work wonderfully when teaching the states (we do states and capitals in 3rd grade)...

It is called a "State Fair"...each student is assigned a state (as a class
you could do your home state during whole group instruction). They would research their state, write a paragraph or report about their chosen state, have some sort of artistic component (draw/paint map, symbol, etc), create graphs maybe comparing the population, crops, or industries of your state to the assigned state, and so on....
As a culminating activity you could have a classroom

or grade level "State Fair". (If you could get your grade level peers on board you could have the whole country represented!) The students would set up and present their projects either in a gallery format or a "science fair" format.
In 2nd we study continents and do a similar activity with "Christmas Around the World". The students and families love it. I learn something new every year. :)