Country Report Lapbook Activity and Writing Report | Graphic Organizers

This is a fun project for upper grades researching country for reports! It is time to take a journey around the world. Turn your research into a lapbook to present all of your findings.

Included:

Title page

Countries of the world list

instructions on how I use this in my classroom

Title pages:

people and places

history

lifestyle

society

culture and fast facts

bibliography

6 graphic organizers

Page for hand-drawn map

page for hand-drawn flag

Country contrast page

brochure template

page to write a recipe

editing checklist

rubric for grading

Instructions on how to use this in a classroom:

I start off by allowing students to choose one country to study. I do not allow students to choose the same country as someone else. You may use the country selection page in this packet.

Students then use the internet and library books to gather information in their graphic organizers which can also be found in this packet.

Once they have their facts they begin their pre-write on a separate lined piece of paper. I have my students do 5 different essays, the topics go along with the 5 “Chapter” pages included in this packet: People and Places, History, Lifestyle, Society, and Culture and Fast Facts.

The next step is the self and peer edit. You can use the page included at the end of this packet. After the peer edits, I also do a quick teacher edit.

The students are now ready for publishing. There is a title page, “chapter” dividers, and pages for the written report to be published on.

When they are finished with the writing I also have my students do a hand-drawn flag and map, write a traditional recipe, and finally, make a travel brochure. All of which are included in this packet.

There is also a rubric at the end of this packet to grade the writing portion of this project.