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Grade 3
Attachment C: Choice Menu ________________________________________________________
Famous Americans Menu
Select a famous
American and
write an Acrostic
poem to describe
this person.
Read Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s
speech “I have a
Dream.” Write
your own “I have a
Dream” speech.
Overlap three
circles to create a
three-way Venn
diagram that
compares the lives
of three famous
Americans.
Student Choice
Using Discovery Education’s
Puzzlemaker, create a word
search that includes
important terms from this
unit on famous Americans.
Share with a friend.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Imagine that you are César
Chavez. Write a firsthand
account about a
conversation that you would
have with Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Compose a poem
or song that
describes your
famous American.
Select a famous
American and
design a postage
stamp. Create an
argument for why
your famous
American deserves
to be honored in
this way.
If you could become one of
the famous Americans that
was studied, who would you
be and why? Write a
persuasive paragraph
explaining this decision.
Directions: Choose activities in a tic-tac-toe design. When you have completed
an activity, put an X in the box. Once you have completed the activities in a row,
you may decide to keep going.
Student Choice Activity: _____________________________________________
Student name (signature) ___________________________________
2010 History and Social Science Standards of Learning Enhanced Scope and Sequence
Virginia Department of Education 157