It's always a lot of fun to do hands-on activities with students, especially when it helps them learn! This project was a creative way to learn about different countries. We worked in groups, and each group chose a country to study. My group chose Italy. We had to research our country and answer questions on a worksheet to find out what was important or notable there. After we did our research, we got to use salt dough to mold things that represented our country!
My group wanted a well rounded representation of Italy, so we included a 3-D mold of the country itself, a lot harder to do than you would think. We also had the leaning tower of Pisa, Mount Vesuvius, and of course, pizza and spaghetti.
This would be a great activity to do with elementary school students, but I would recommend focusing on one continent or region so the class isn't all over the globe, and also you should make the salt dough yourself and provide any other supplies they might need.
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