Monday: The Indiana state song is about:
Monday: Which Indiana city is along the Wabash river? (use map on class website to help)
Monday: Where are you most likely to hear the state song?
Tuesday
Parke County is known as the Covered Bridge Capital of the World. At one time it had more than 50 covered bridges, but many have been destroyed. Today there are 32 covered bridges in the county. Some can still be used. The oldest bridges were built in 1856.
Question:
None of Parke County's covered bridges can still be used.
Tuesday:
Which do you think was most likely to cross a covered bridge in 1856?
Tuesday:
Why do you think bridges were built with covers?
Wednesday
Snow and wind caused a lot of problems in southern and central Indiana in 1996. Wind gusts of 35 miles per hour knocked over trees and knocked out power lines. More than 200,000 Hoosiers were without power for several days. Huge snowdrifts made travel impossible on many roads.
Question: The 1996 blizzard affected every part of Indiana.
Wednesday
Snowdrifts are caused by snow and _____ .
Thursday
Levi and Kate Coffin of Fountain City secretly helped more than 2,000 slaves escape to freedon in the North before the Civil War. people who supported slavery thought the coffins were criminals. The Coffins were part of the Underground Railroad, a group of people who helped escaped slaves. Before he came to Indiana, Levi was a school teacher in North Carolina.
Question: Levi and Kaiti helped slaves escape to the_________ .
Thursday
Levi and Kate couldn't let anyone know they were helping slaves because what they were doing was considered a criminal act by some.
Thursday
Helping slaves escape was not a brave thing to do.