Your job for "Investigating Indiana" is to independently research given
topics in Indian's history and collect a photo from each important point in
history. Then, as a group you will create a poster depicting the topics in
order of rank from the most important to the least important. You will be
ranking the following events or topics:
Studebaker car is in production.
Indiana railroads are "booming."
Harriet Tubman is a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
The Underground Railroad is used in Indiana.
Mississippian People arrive in Indiana.
Miami People arrive in Indiana.
The Battle of Corydon.
The Battle of Tippecanoe.
Investigating is a job for a fourth grade student, and you are going to be
awesome. There are four of you in the group that are going to work
independently and cooperatively.
Indiana Standards Covered:
Social Studies:
4.1.2 Identify and describe historic Indian groups that lived in the region
that became Indiana at the time of early European exploration and settlement
in the seventeenth century.
4.1.3 Explain the importance of the Revolutionary War and other key events
and people that influenced Indiana's development.
4.1.5 Describe the removal of Indian groups from Indiana in the 1830's.
4.1.7 Explain the roles of various individuals, groups, and movements in
the social conflicts leading to the Civil War.
4.1.8 Summarize the participation of Indiana citizens in the Civil War.
4.1.13 Organize and interpret timelines that show relationships among
people, events, and movements in the history of Indiana.
4.1.15 Using primary source and secondary source materials, generate a
question, seek answers, and write brief comments about an event in Indiana
history.
Language Arts Standards:
4.7.1 Ask thoughtful and respond orally to relevant questions with
appropriate elaboration.
4.7.2 Summarize major ideas and supporting evidence presented in spoken
presentations.
4.7.5 Present effective introductions and conclusions that guide and inform
the listener's understanding of important ideas and details.
4.7.7 Emphasize points in ways that help the listener or viewer to follow
important ideas and concepts.
4.7.12 Make informational presentation that:
*focus on one main topic.
*include facts and detail that help listeners to focus.
4.7.13 Deliver oral summaries of articles and books that contain the main
ideas of the event or article and the most significant details.
