Indianapolis Lesson Plans

1. By:\ Rebecca Williams\
LESSON PLAN: Temperature and Daily Life: Mexico City and Indianapolis By: Rebecca Williams; June 15, 1997, Benjamin Franklin Elementary; Terre Haute, IN 47807 Purpose: In order to better understand a citizen of Mexico, students will compare the effect that temperature has on the daily life of a citizen in Mexico City, Mexico as compared to Indianapolis, Indiana. Grade...

2. Indianapolis 500
INDY 500 Susan Boone sboone@cs.rice.edu Saint Agnes Academy Subjects: 8-12 Mathematics (Algebra 1) Topic: Mean, Median, Interpreting Data, Finding Rates, Times, and Distances updated Jul 14, 1999 Purpose: Students will find the mean and median speed for the Indianapolis 500. Rates per lap will be calculated as well as the length of each lap. Students will need to research information via the Internet. Materials: Internet access and calculator. Prior knowledge: An understanding of mean and median. The formula d = rt. Description: (I suggest this lesson be done in Ma...

3. State Capitol Moves to Indianapolis
State Capitol Moves to Indianapolis Indiana Indiana Magazine of History Image Magazine of History Logo Spacer Home divider Online divider for divider Contact Content Teachers Us Purpose of Lesson: This lesson introduces students to a primary source document describing how the early state government was moved from Corydon to Indianapol...

4. IUPUI/IMA Community Project > Activities > Instructional Units > Art Exposes
...r classmates in the foreign language. 5. Research art through the Internet and write about selected artists. 6. Produce an original picture which depicts the same media, color, style, theme, etc of the artist they are studying and explain their work of art to the class. 7. After a field trip to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, analyze two pictures. Indiana State Proficiencies: Foreign Language 3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its culture. 4.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture throu...

5. GENI-Bigger and Bigger
BIGGER AND BIGGER: (We Live in a family, a neighborhood, a city, and the United States) By: Ramona Hittle Indianapolis Public School 105 Indianapolis, Indiana Grade Level: 1-2 Description: This is an introductory lesson for the entire class. Discuss as a group the various groups to which the students belong, such as, family, neighborhoods, and city. Then, introduce the students to concept of belonging to the United...

6. Unit Opener - Dinosaurs
...lick the Back arrow. Choose another dinosaur. About the site This fun site offers an online encyclopedia of twenty-four different dinosaurs, with illustrations, facts, and printable coloring pages. There's also a page that answers frequently asked questions about dinosaurs. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis produced this Web site. What to do Invite children to choose several dinosaurs and click their names to learn about them. Help children pronounce each name. Read aloud or paraphrase the brief descriptions. If a printer is available, print pictures of the dinosaurs for children to color. Have childre...

7. GENI-Geography of the Olympics
...and place. Objectives: At the conclusion of this lesson, students will have: 1. plotted both Winter and Summer Olympic sites on a world map, 2. analyzed data from a chart that lists where the Olympics have been held, 3. analyzed the pattern created by their maps, and 4. evaluated the possibility of Indianapolis holding the Summer Olympic games in the future. Materials Required: - World map for each student - Handout of The Geography of the Olympics activity for each student - Student atlas for each student or each group of students - Classroom atlases for more detailed analysis (the National Geograhic Atla...

8. Immigration in Indiana: K-12 Lessons
...you will have to carry throughout most of the journey. What would you include? Clothes? CDs? Books? Photo Albums? What would you have to leave behind? Make a list of everything you'd like to bring - and decide what would fit in one medium-sized suitcase. b)The year is 1900. Your family is moving to Indianapolis from another state or country, and you have to plan the entire trip. You are traveling on a limited budget. There are no jets, very few cars and no bus routes. How would get here from -Columbus, Ohio? -New York City? -Hamburg, Germany? . Find maps to help you plan the best route to take, and determi...

9. Evaluation Is Reflection
...e common good throughout history and around the world. Give examples. II. Philanthropy PCS05. MS 1. Identify different and Civil Society Philanthropy and types of communities Government with which an individual might identify. Lesson Developed and Piloted by: Carolyn Lausch n/a St. Richard's School Indianapolis, IN 46205 Kathi Keen n/a St. Richard's School Indianapolis, IN 46205 User Comments: Kathi, Teacher Jackson, MI Comments on "Evaluation Is Reflection" (The positive aspect of using this lesson was) the students really embraced and owned the idea of philanthropy. They gained a deeper understanding of...

10. Name: Hank Matthys, Dan Garwood.
...____________________ Directions: Next to each city listed below describe the reason for the climate in that city according to your studies on climate. Then discuss amoung within your group which city is most likely the city you would want to live in. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. Reykjavik, Iceland.