What America Means to Me (Colláge)

Students can work by themselves or in groups of 2-3 people.

Provide the students with magazines (or have students bring their own). Tell the students that they are to create a collage of words and/or pictures that depict how they view America. Give them some categories to help them get started on ideas such as: government, economy, people/culture, geography, etc.

This activity will probably take more than one day to make. After the students are done making their collages, have each student or group present their collage to the class and explain why they chose certain pictures or words to go on their collage. When this is all done, you have some beautiful, colorful collages to decorate the classroom with.

--Kari Lafrance