HOOSIERS  CONNECTING  WITH HOOSIERS! A WebQuest for 4th Graders by Pamela J. Herman

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INTRODUCTION

If you are a Hoosier*, it is good to know who else of significance or importance is or was a Hoosier. It is also the job of every 4th grader in the state of Indiana to become very familiar with Indiana history!!!

*Hoosier="a native or inhabitant of Indiana"

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TASK

You have an opportunity to let your voice be heard and take part in a very important project. The Indiana State Historical Society is planning a new exhibit at their museum to feature the 10 Greatest Hoosiers of the 20th Century. But who WERE the 10 greatest Hoosiers of the 20th Century???  Your job is to find out all about one of the Hoosiers listed below and convince the State Historical Society that YOUR candidate should be included in the exhibit.  You will make your presentation to the Board (your classmates) using a PowerPoint presentation, a brochure, a poster, a dramatization, or a poem/song.

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PROCESS

· Choose a Hoosier (dead or alive) from the list of "Great Hoosiers of the 20th Century" provided below.

· Print out the "Great Hoosiers of the 20th Century Worksheet" and write down necessary notes about your chosen Hoosier.

· Decide how you will make your presentation to the Board. You have 5 possibilities to choose from below. Use the information from your worksheet to create one of them. 

          PowerPoint program

brochure (created in Publisher)

poster (on standard size poster board)

dramatization (preferably in appropriate costume)

poem/song (printed Word document)

· Create your presentation and practice giving it.

· Be ready to present to the Board (your class) on (date - TBA).

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Great Hoosiers of the 20th Century

Andretti, John                 Halston                      Pyle, Ernie

Anspaugh, David               Haynes, Elwood            Quayle, Dan

Ayres, Frederic M.           Henderson, Florence       Redenbacher, Orville

Babyface Hesburgh, Theodore       Riley, James W.

Ball Brothers                   Hinkle, Tony                Robertson, Oscar

Barker, Sarah Evans          Hubbard, Kin                Rockne, Knute

Bayh, Birch                     Hulman, Tony               Sewall, May Wright

Bayh, Evan                      Indiana, Robert            Shaw, Wilbur

Bell, Joshua                    Jackson, Michael           Skeleton, Red

Bird, Larry                      Kinsey, Alfred              Steele, T.C.

Blass, Bill                        Knight, Bobby              Stratton-Porter, Gene

Carmichael, Hoagy             Letterman, David           Studebacher, Clement

Carter, Pamela                  Lilly, Eli                      Tarkington, Booth

Davis, Jim                       Lombard, Carole            Taylor, Marshall (Major)

Dean, James                     Lugar, Richard             Vonnegut, Kurt

Debs, Eugene V.                 Malden, Karl               Walker, Madame C.J.

DeFrantz, Anita                  Mattingly, Don             Wallace, Lew

Dreiser, Theodore               Mellencamp, John          Wells, Herman B.

Erskine, Carl                      Miller, J. Irwin            White, Ryan

Fisher, Carl                       Miller, Reggie              Wise, Robert

Forsyth, William                  Patty, Sandi                Wolf, David

Gordon, Jeff                      Pauley, Jane                Wooden, John

Graves, Michael                   Pizzo, Angelo

Grissom, Virgil (Gus)              Porter, Cole

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RESOURCES

Books:

        1) Indiana Biographical Dictionary: People of All Times and All Places     Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State - Somerset Publishers, Inc., c. 1993.

        2) Indiana Legends: Famous Hoosiers from Johnny Appleseed to David Letterman - Nelson Price, Guild Press of Indiana, c. 1997.

        3) World Book Encyclopedia or other encyclopedia

        4) Webster's Biographical Dictionary

        5) individual biographies (found according to famous person's last name)

Internet:

http://www.ipfw.edu/ipfwhist/indihist.htm

http://www.indianahistory.org/

http://www.freeality.com/biograph.htm

http://www.ilibrary.org/ -Biography Resource Center database

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/History/Biographies.html

http://amillionlives.com/

http://ask.elibrary.com/

http://s9.com/biography/ - biographical dictionary

http://www.biography.com/

http://brittanica.com/

http://www.infoplease.com/

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EVALUATION

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CONCLUSION

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In the opinion of the Board (your class), which 10 Hoosiers were the greatest??

Given a list of all the great Hoosiers presented, each Board member (student) should rank his/her top 10 in order of importance. Votes can then be tallied to determine which 10 Hoosiers were the greatest! 

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