Portland Report

Visual Display Criteria

Your visual display may represent either a Portland Landmark or a Willamette River Bridge (i.e. Portlandia, St. John’s Bridge).

Your visual display should be:

• Desk sized or smaller (desks measure 17.5” by 23.5”)
• Student-created (no ready-made kits or models)
• Labeled with the title of the display and student name
• Brought to school on Thursday May 15^th

Written Report Criteria

The Final Handwritten Portland Report will include:

1. Report Cover (typed in Computer class at school)
2. Introductory paragraph (3-5 sentences)
3. Portland History/Facts (3 paragraphs of 5-7 sentences each)
• Portland’s beginning and where it is located
• How Portland got its name
• Interesting facts about Portland
4. Information about a Landmark located in Downtown Portland (3 paragraphs)
• A statue (i.e. Portlandia)
• A fountain (i.e. Skidmore Fountain)
• A building (i.e. Pittock Mansion)

Students will choose one landmark to study (a statue, a fountain, or a building).

5. Information about a Bridge over the Willamette River (3 paragraphs)

St. John’s

Steel

Hawthorne

Sellwood

Marquam

Freemont

Broadway

Burnside

Ross Island

Morrison

6. Bibliography Page (typed in computer class at school)