Step 1: Click on the green highlighted words to read some history of Brashear, Adair County, more Adair County history, Adair County history by E.M. Violette, Missouri Department of Conservation Northeast Region.
Did you know that St. Mary's Church is on the National Registry of Historic Places? So is the Round Barn, the Adair County Courthouse, the Cabins at Novinger Interested? Click on the green highlighted words.
Step 2: Identify a place that you believe is special. As a class, we'll brainstorm for specific ideas. Some possibilities are Thousand Hills State Park, the Brashear Cemetery, the Round Barn, Sugar Creek Conservation, Thunder Ridge, the Farm at Adair, the Salt River, and the Chariton River.
Step 3: Find your place on Google Maps. Even if it's a corner of a back-forty pasture or a fishing hole on the river, try to zoom in and locate it as close as you can. Mark the location (right click, select "What's here" and a green arrow will appear) and print it or save it.
Step 4: Write about that place. Identify where it is and describe it. Describe how it is a unique and special place, a place everyone should experience.
Step 5: In cooperative groups of three students, share and proofread your writing.
Step 6: One student will create a Google Doc and share it with the other 2 classmates and the teacher.
Step 7: Working collaboratively, combine your writing in Google Docs to create a a three-columned travel brochure.
Step 8: Photograph the places that you wrote about. Add those photos to your brochure.
Step 9: Print and share your travel brochure with the class.
Step 10: Copy and display for a larger audience.
Did you know that St. Mary's Church is on the National Registry of Historic Places? So is the Round Barn, the Adair County Courthouse, the Cabins at Novinger Interested? Click on the green highlighted words.
Step 2: Identify a place that you believe is special. As a class, we'll brainstorm for specific ideas. Some possibilities are Thousand Hills State Park, the Brashear Cemetery, the Round Barn, Sugar Creek Conservation, Thunder Ridge, the Farm at Adair, the Salt River, and the Chariton River.
Step 3: Find your place on Google Maps. Even if it's a corner of a back-forty pasture or a fishing hole on the river, try to zoom in and locate it as close as you can. Mark the location (right click, select "What's here" and a green arrow will appear) and print it or save it.
Step 4: Write about that place. Identify where it is and describe it. Describe how it is a unique and special place, a place everyone should experience.
Step 5: In cooperative groups of three students, share and proofread your writing.
Step 6: One student will create a Google Doc and share it with the other 2 classmates and the teacher.
Step 7: Working collaboratively, combine your writing in Google Docs to create a a three-columned travel brochure.
Step 8: Photograph the places that you wrote about. Add those photos to your brochure.
Step 9: Print and share your travel brochure with the class.
Step 10: Copy and display for a larger audience.