Monday, October 22, 2012

Haunted Indiana Project

Spooky Stuff is all over Indiana...ghosts, unsolved murders, poltergeists, vengeance. 
You will identify a tale, research the evidence, and provide a creepy school-wide display. 
Your story must be approved by teacher and be sensitve to any living survivors.
You may work in teams of 2 or by yourself.
Use your evsc blogger site to post your research and receive teacher comments.
Compile your pictures, notes, diary entries into an Open Office Writer document.
You should prepare to fill up 6 pages with sections of information.
You must cover: Who is the suspect?  Who is the victim? What is the story?  what is the setting?  What is the location?  What was the motive?  What is the evidence?
Who were the witnesses?  What was the public sentiment or opinion?
You will display these documents evidence-style in a school locker on Oct 30. 

Only one team to a creepy story -
Suggestions:

NEW http://103gbfrocks.com/totally-creepy-and-allegedly-real-haunted-houses-and-places-in-evansville-and-owensboro/

Friday, October 12, 2012

Guess Who in Indiana?

Rules of the Game: http://www.ehow.com/how_2054106_play-guess-who.html
Players have a rack of 24 pictures of people.  Each player picks a secret person.  Each player asks "yes" or "no" questions to guess the other's secret person.

We are going to create a version of the game using famous people from Indiana.  Our version will include facts about the Hoosiers that players can also use to ask questions.

Each student will develop game elements for 4 Hoosiers.  Each Hoosier should represent a different category:  Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Business, Military, and Science. 

Students may not duplicate each others' choices.  Students will claim Hoosiers by posting name of Hoosier on Board.  

1.  Rough draft due Tuesday, 10-16.  For each of the 3 Hoosiers: provide a photo, sized to fit the game rack; provide a "cheat" sheet of 10 important facts about each Hoosier.  This can not be copy/pasted from another source.  Text must be written in students' own words.  (10 points each Hoosier)
2. Final version due Thursday, 10-18.  Make revisions on rough draft as suggested.  Format another photo and the 10 facts to fit into a "baseball" card version    (10 points per Hoosier)
3.  Play Day: Monday, 10-22.  Teams will play against each other during one half of the period, if at least 24 Hoosiers have been turned in. 

Monday, October 1, 2012

A Taste of the World

Where does Indiana get its food?

In Class: From your list of foods you enjoy, on a world map
  1. plot what country the food originated from
  2. and where it is imported from today
Why don't we grow that food here?  What is specialization?  Why doesn't the US "just keep all the foreigners" out?

Homework: Use the sample interview form to ask an older person about foods from decades past.


Lesson from http://indianaintheworld.indiana.edu/ch1-1.pdf