I need ideas for social studies bulletin boards for middle school!!

Question

I need ideas for social studies bulletin boards for middle school!!

Answer 1

Go to a used-book store and get some maps from Nat'l Geographic - This makes for fun background paper.

Put brochures from different places that you've visited in a "pocket" on the bulletin board (I use a manila folder as the pocket.) The kids can take them out & read them.

Don't forget the WORD WALL! It's important for all students to see the vocabulary words but doubly important for the ESL kids.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

Missing work list, work with no name on them, future homework, extra credit, favorite links/ websites, interesting stories

Answer 3

map of the world

where students/  people come from with pics and traditions- food



how people in the school impact the people from other countries

postcards from vacations

money raised for some social cause like african water wells/ schools/

Answer 4

These are what I have planned so far:

I thought I'd start with Olympic theme and China (for obvious reasons :o).

We will also be studying ancient civilizations this year and plan to put up an "Ancient Wonders of the World" bulletin board that hopefully the kids will draw.

I like to put up student work over the course of the year too.

We also put up a current events bulletin board with stories the kids think are important and why. (This is an ongoing board.)

We did an American History Wall. On one we posted re-written US Constitutions (translated into kids' words), with drawings of Colonial items relevant to the Revolution.  We also did a Civil War bulletin board with student drawn maps showing political, geographic, and economic information.

I only change mine once a month, (except the current events board that this kids take care of for me)....basically, it is on whatever we are studying.

Good luck!