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Student
Costume Examples
Ideas
for making your costume: bathrobes, sheets, old curtains, fabric, vests,
long knee socks with shortened pants and a blousy top, paper
bags, boots, graduation gowns, Halloween costumes. Be creative! |
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Explorer
Project Directions and Examples
Start
by looking up your explorer. You are going to become the class
expert on your explorer! All your work must be completed at home.
Explorer Mini-Report. Write your mini-report as a full paragraph
or two, being sure to focus on the important things about your
explorer. What is he best known for? Why is he famous? What are his
important discoveries or contributions? How did his contributions
make an impact on the people or discoveries of that time period?
Flag.
First, make sure you know which country your person worked or
explored for or otherwise represented. For example, Columbus was
Italian, but he sailed for Spain, not Italy, so you would
make a Spanish flag for Columbus.
Map.
If your person is an explorer, mark the route of his journey
showing his expedition(s). If your person is a key person during
exploration, but he didn't go on an expedition, mark the country or
location showing where that person did his work. For example, Prince
Henry of Portugal was key to the advancement in the science of
navigation, but he made no journeys himself. On the map for Prince
Henry you would simply mark Portugal. Mark it in pencil first, have
your parent check it, then go over it in red so that it stands out.
Explorer. The most visible of your explorer project is your
explorer himself. Make him
look as authentic as possible, dressed in the attire of that period
of time. You can use many different types of
materials.
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Face - draw,
photo copy face and increase to correct size, craft "eyes"
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Hair - yarn,
doll hair (crafts stores, WalMart), cotton
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Armor - aluminum
foil, silver wrapping paper
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Clothing -
fabric scraps, gift wrapping paper, construction paper, wash
cloths/towels
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Shoes -
construction paper, black marker, leather scraps
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Clothing
embellishments - old cheap jewelry, ribbon, lace scraps,
cotton (fur), drapery tie-backs
Be
creative! We will put all the parts together with a nameplate on a
construction paper poster at school.
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