100 Current Event Project Ideas
1. Draw a map with explanatory notes of significant places mentioned in the article.
2. Draw a comic-book page or comic strip complete with bubble-style conversations showing something that happened in your article.
3. Make a "wanted" poster for one of the characters or objects in your article.
4. Draw a detailed picture illustrating the main idea. Include interesting details. Include a caption.
1. Make up and write a letter from the person in the article.
2. Use text format (back and forth) to tell a friend about the article.
3. Be the teacher. Write a quiz including 10 questions to see if other people have listened to you carefully
4. Write a diary as the main character would write it to explain the events of the article.
5. Make a crossword puzzle using ideas from the article.
6. Research more information about the topic and write a paragraph that will help others understand background information.
7. Write a song for your article.
8. Pretend your article is turned into a movie. Create a movie announcement for the movie.
9. Write a poem (or poems) about your article.
10. Research and write a 1 paragraph report on the geographical setting of your story.
1. Make a diorama and explain what it shows.
2. Cut out magazine pictures to make a collage or a poster illustrating the main idea of the article
3. Make an ID card which belongs to one of the people involved in the article.. Be sure to make the card
a. look like the cards for that particular state. Include a picture and all information found on and ID card. Don't forget the signature!!
4. Make a map showing where the article took place.
5. Make a mobile showing pictures or symbols of things in the article.
6. Make a collage representing some event or part of the article.
7. Make a small museum display of the time period of your article.
8. Create a board game based upon your article. By playing your game, members of the class should learn what happened in your article. Your game must include the following: a game board, a rules and clears, and simple directions based on the article.
9. Make models of two to three objects (any size!) which were important in the article you read. On a card attached to each model, tell why that object was important in the article.
10. Make a time line of the major events in the article you read. Use drawings or magazine cutouts to illustrate events along the time line.
11. Look through magazines for words and pictures that describe your article. Use these to create a collage on a bookmark.
12. Consider the main person’s personality, likes and dislikes. Decide on a gift for him or her . . . something he or she would really like and use. Design a greeting card to go along with your gift. In the card make it clear why you selected that gift.
1. Dress in costume as the “who”.
2. Be a star in a television talk show about the topic of the article.
3. Find a song or a poem that relates to the theme of your article. Explain the similarities.
4. Make two or more puppets and prepare a short puppet show to tell the main events.
5. Plan a party for the people involved in the article. Include a purpose for the party, what to wear, what food there will be, etc.
6. Pretend that you are one of the people involved in the article you read. Record that person telling of his or her experiences. You could perform this "live" if you so choose.
7. Imagine that you have been given the task of recording a tour of the town in which the article events occurred. Describe the homes and the places where important events in the article took place. You may want to use a musical background for your tape.
8. Gather several other current events that reflect similar incidents that closely parallel those in your article.