Invent a Vacation!-City Study-Creative-Research-ELA/Social Studies Connection

It's the end of the school year! What if your students could take a vacation to any city you have studied this year? What if they invent a city of their own? With this travel brochure project, students can balance creativity and research to invent the best vacation spot they've ever seen!

Package Contains

1. Printable Student Version (PDF)

• Instruction pages for students
• Blank copies for students
• Revision and presentation checklist
• Presentation grading sheet

2. Printable Teacher Guide (PDF)

• Teacher Guide with Lesson Plans 
• Creative Example, Real City Example
• Writing and Presentation rubrics

Setup

Printable: 

• Print from PDF. Use “flip on short side” to get correct lineup with front and back.  
• It’s recommended to print the instruction sheet for each student along with the pamphlet.    

Duration: 

2 days to create, 1-2 days to present.

Options:  Two ways to use this project!

1. Use with social studies curriculum to reinforce cities and their culture. Have students choose any city that the class has studied, past or present. Students can research the city and use this to fill in the different elements of the brochure.
2. Use as a creative writing tool.  Have students make up a fictional city they would like to visit. Great to use right before summer vacation. 

Notes:  

I have used this with 5th graders up to 8th graders, but younger students would probably do well with it too.  As an ELA teacher, I like to focus on the creative aspects, but Social Studies colleagues have used it as well tied to units on various continents, wars, or other significant points in history.  

Students can be quite creative with this project, even when working with actual cities.