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. 

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

Student Blogs

Nature Topics: Create 10 posts about nature in Indiana.  For example, post a photo of a natural item and write about what it is and where you found it. Or, find a news story about nature in Indiana and make a link to it and write about why this is important.

Josee  http://indianastudies.blogspot.com/
Thomas  http://tlinindiana.blogspot.com
Lucas http://monsterkiddzblogg.blogspot.com/
Erik ecobb595.blogspot.com
Jamie http://falloutman19.blogspot.com/
Haley


Business History Topics:  Create 1 post summarizing your connection to the early history of Evansville from what you read in How a City Founded to Make Money Made It. 

Da'Shambe  http://daatkins.blogspot.com/
Ferdinand
Cody
Gabe
Evan  http://666rawr666.blogspot.com/
Isaiah

Name this skull and bones found in my yard.

eCybermission

Your task will be to collect and or photograph natural items the live in our city and display them on a poster or blog. Use this as your model.

Name this Indiana wildflower

History Club: History of Evansville

HOW A CITY FOUNDED TO MAKE MONEY MADE IT
The Economic and Business History of Evansville, lndiana
by Ed Klingler
Published by the University of Evansville

Your first reading assignment is to read pages 1-21.  Here are discussion questions that we will go over together.  Be ready to answer.  You will be called on.  You do not have to write the answers down to turn them in. You will be graded on whether or not you can answer when you are called on. 

Who are the famous people in Ch 1 and what makes them so special?
Why is the Cumberland Gap important to the migration of pioneers?

How was the site for Evansville was picked?
What was Hugh McGary like?  Would you have like him?

How close was Evansville to being the capital of Indiana?
Explain the counties around Evansville -- Which ones was Evansville a part of before Vanderburgh?
What were the first businesses in Evansville?  Why would these businesses be needed before others?