Use the postcard template in Microsoft Office Publisher to create postcards. Here's how:
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Open Publisher.
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In the New Publication Wizard, select Postcards.
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Choose the design you want from the right pane, and click it.
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Select your size parameters (quarter-page, half page), and click it.
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Set up your Side 2 information (address, speaker notes, and the like), and click it.
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Specify copies per sheet, and click it.
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Type the text you want, save the document, and print it.
Create postcards to and from historical figures
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Decide on the scope of your project. Do you want to cover only certain historical figures? A certain time period? It is sometimes easier to give students a list of names from which to choose.
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Have students decide which historical figure will write a postcard to them and which historical figure will receive a postcard from them. They need to know some facts about the lives of each person. It might be a good idea to have them write a list of facts for each person before they write their postcard. They can do this in Microsoft Word before they create their postcard. Possible facts to include:
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The time period the person was alive
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Where he or she lived
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For what she or he is famous
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Basic events of the person's life
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Students can use Office Publisher to create their postcards. Publisher has an easy-to-use template for creating postcards. Students can include a picture for the postcard that is significant for the historical figure sending the postcard or an image that is significant for the contemporary world.
