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Summer Fairs

Price: $2.99, format: 7 page PDF, grades: 1,2,3,4,5

Fairs are an integral part of America's past and present. Summer fairs provide an opportunity to learn about local produce, observe livestock up close, try your luck at midway games, eat a variety of colorful foods, and enjoy the rides and sideshows. This issue compares fairs today and long ago to help students better understand historical perspective and the community in which they live - especially how today's traditions are linked to the past.

In this issue students will:

• use a VENN diagram to compare and contrast
• calculate sums and practice adding hours on a clock
• conduct a poll and graph results
• learn about Expo 2010 in China - the World's Largest Fair
• use the internet to locate games, readings and puzzles
• summarize information