Use these examples of projects created by students to inspire technology integration in your elementary social studies program.
Creative use of technology can engage students, and help you integrate your iPads, PCs, or Chromebooks into the curriculum.
These digital projects were created by elementary students using Wixie.
Students research a person from history, or a character in a book they are reading, and summarize their findings in the form of a trading card. Turn it into a card game by assigning points and powers and developing rules for playing cards against each other.
To help students better understand the perspectives of those in different times and cultures, have them develop newsletters that recall and retell historic events.
To help students better understand the unique features of a state in the US, they develop materials to promote that state and create a pitch to attract visitors to this location at a tourism trade show.
Practice informational writing with a real world twist, by asking students to create guides to help others succeed during the Gold Rush, use various map features, travel the Silk Route, and more.
Students connect with the past as they write a first-person account of events in history.
Students can create digital debates to demonstrate understanding of the views held by each side of an issue.
Students demonstrate understanding of sequence of events by placing them in order on a timeline.
Students create Wanted posters for people considered "outlaws" by either the British or Patriots.
This student shared her heritage and culture with a Wixie she made at home! We learned about her food, culture, media, religion, language, and holidays! ???? pic.twitter.com/rbqPm3ZtKQ
— Monica Roth (@MrsRothBCPS) February 9, 2018
Using #Wixie to demonstrate our understanding of where our town fits in with the world. #tech4learning #FlemRarSchools #CopperHillES pic.twitter.com/ofuAct13LS
— MrsMooreFRSD (@MrsMooreFRSD) October 23, 2018
.@BMESBulldogs third graders finishing their PBLprojects. They are submitting their brochures on Native Americans using @Tech4Learning #Wixie. @newtechnetwork @Mr_Kevin_Gant #ManorISD pic.twitter.com/DE8yVJz8sc
— Mrs. Simpson (@Simpsonsgrade3) December 21, 2017
Working in pairs using Wixie to create tourist brochures for an ancient civilization! @VirginiaRunES @MsRobertsSBTS pic.twitter.com/sRqtPmLr26
— Ms.Reeve (@Amy_Reeve) April 12, 2016
Wixie took our education about China geography to a new level! @cziggy1 @BethBianchi @TESSeagulls pic.twitter.com/kfnIsZfcvO
— Anne Bianchi (@anne_bianchi) April 21, 2016
We had so much fun sharing our Wixie presentations on our Country in South America we have been researching. @WarrenES_BCPS #kidslearningfromkids #literacyinsocialstudies pic.twitter.com/Vj561fCXKF
— Christine Lutz (@MrsC_Lutz) December 15, 2017
3rd Grade Fable Fair a hit! S's use Wixie and paper to create and share their fables! @BCPS_ELA @JaneLichter pic.twitter.com/bIZZ1tImqq
— Christina Connolly (@ChristinaConn10) December 11, 2015
Today we used Wixie to create a timeline of Pocahontas’s life @FairhillES #successforalltigers #hearusroar #fcpsPoG #techwhizkids pic.twitter.com/Qty31Tbxzh
— Nicole Taruc (@NicoleBTaruc) January 24, 2018
Sharing our Wixie Virginia Region Tour projects! Which region would you travel to?! @longbranch_es @APSVirginia @APSsocstudies pic.twitter.com/AF3ldVhfBP
— Mrs. Foster (@Fenn_Em) October 11, 2018
We made hero trading cards for Women's History Month. Feel free to download and print our cards here: https://t.co/eMqm6hPDHT #Wixie #Tech4Learning #FlemRarSchools #CopperHillES pic.twitter.com/K6Z6Ma8GGg
— MrsMooreFRSD (@MrsMooreFRSD) March 23, 2018
3rd graders use Wixie to persuade viewers to visit the continent they studied. pic.twitter.com/gRIRImVtH6
— Jessica Summer (@TerraceTech) December 8, 2017
We used Wixie to compare and contrast two American Indian tribes. Lots of fun coteaching with @Hunt4books and @itcmnes! #mnesthebest pic.twitter.com/p4yA0AGOTs
— Starr Granby (@StarrGranby) November 15, 2017
Using #Wixie to create a wide variety of products in #VirginiaHistory today @CedarLaneES #CEDDay4 #lcps16 #BYOT pic.twitter.com/169M8daYZM
— Heather Day (@MsHDay) January 7, 2016
Ms. Franklin's 5th gr Ss sharing Wixie projects abt slavery & indentured servants and self assessing @HolabirdSTEM pic.twitter.com/cW9pJTzarm
— Karen Ballard (@MrsBallardHSP) January 12, 2016
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