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Grade 3

Countries - Talking Walls
Websites
Countries Website This web site contains links to information about the geography, people, and culture of countries studied in some of our third grade classes. In the classes for which this site was designed, the countries included were those countries from which students' ancestors had come to the US. Sites included have information, photos, and/or video.

Talking Walls / Countries Website

This website provides links to the countries and the speciific topics presented in Talking Walls.


Templates

Slide Show Introduction and Examples

These slideshows are examples of the types of slideshows students might create related to the Talking Walls countries that they research.

countrySlidesh.cws
CountrySlideshTemplate.pdf
countrySlidesh.cws is a template students could use to enter data

usaSlideDemo.cws
usaSlideDemo.pdf
usaSlideDemo.cws is an example of how the slideshow might look.

BrochureTemplateS1.cws
BrochureTemplateS1.pdf

BrochureTemplateS2.cws
BrochureTemplatesS2.pdf
The brochure templates allow students to research information about a country and then use the template to create a brochure.

PostcardSide1-1Card.cws
PostcardSide2-1Card.cws
 

BookmarkTemplate.cws  
OlympicCountriesTemplate  

Directions for First SlideShow

SlideshowIntro.pdf

This AppleWorks 6 file has directions for a first experience with the SlideShow segment of AppleWorks. This handout was a guide for students. The teacher used a projection system and walked students throught the process and then they did their own. This was a first experience in preparation for additional slideshow productions related to units of study.

TalkingWallsTimelineAct
TalkingWallsTimelineActivity
 

TW_research_organizer.cws

TW_research_organizer.pdf

TW_research_org(nolines).cws
TW_research_orgNoLines.pdf

This is an AppleWorks 6 WP file that is a research organizer to guide students in their data gathering about countries related to Talking Walls. This form contains lines for students to write their answers.

The alternate form has no lines and can be used to enter the information switching between the web browser and AW 6 using the keyboard.

Photos
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