Making a Poster on the Magna Carta
Directions: 1. Read the background sheet on the Magna Carta. 2. Read your excerpt from the Magna Carta with your partner. Discuss what is the central or main idea of this quote. 3. On your poster ­ at the top copy the excerpt. 4. At the bottom, explain the central idea of the excerpt in your own words. 5. In the middle, draw an image or symbol that helps illustrate the main idea. 6. Put your poster on the wall for other students to view. “ Copy your excerpt from the Magna Carta.”
Draw an image or symbol in
the middle that illustrates
the main idea of the excerpt
Explain the central idea of the excerpt in your own
words.