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Making a Valley Forge Mini-Booklet

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I love learning about United States history, especially events that happened here in my home state of Pennsylvania.  I try to pass that love of history on to my fifth graders.  This Valley Forge lesson is one of my favorites because we get out of the textbook and dive in hands-on learning style.

Uusing our textbook isn’t always the best way to accomplish this, especially since the readability is at least an 8th grade level. (grrrr…..)  So, creativity is key!  My students love making anything interactive, including mini-booklets.  So, this week, as we were learning about the Revolutionary War, we put together a mini-book about Winter at Valley Forge (which is part of my Revolutionary War Resource Unit).  This Valley Forge lesson is always a hit and one the students don’t forget.

Here’s what we do:

First, we colored and cut out all the pages of the Valley Forge Mini Book.
Next, we placed a page on top of a paper bag and cut out a front and back cover about the same size. (It isn’t important for the cover to be perfect, since we wanted it to appear antique and aged.) Then, we crumpled the cover a bit and gathered some twine and a paper punch.
We punched the pages and covers and then tied them together with twine.

 

Here it is!  Our finished Valley Forge mini-book!

 

If you like the mini-booklet, you can find it HERE or you can have your students write their own and then follow the steps above.  Have fun!

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Shelly Rees

Hi, I’m Shelly! Thank you for being here. I love helping third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers with fun and engaging activities that require no to little prep! Let me help you by taking some of the stress and work off your plate.

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