Indiana State Daily 29 weekly assignment

MONDAY

Indiana has many universities and colleges.  Indiana University is the largest state school.  It's main campus is in Bloomington.  The Indiana University mascot is the Hossier and the school's colors are red and white.  The University of Notre Dame is a private school that was founded in 1842 by Roman Catholics.  The school mascot is the Fighting Irish!

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What is Indiana's largest state school?

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The Indiana University mascot is the Fighting Irish.

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Do you want to go to college? Why or why not?

TUESDAY

Indiana has many unusual celebrations.  If you like the movie "The Wizard of Oz," you might want to check out the Wizard of Oz festival in Chesterton.  Be ready for witches, flying monkeys, and the Tin Man!  Don't go to the Mushroom festival in Mansfield unless you like morels (wild mushrooms)!  The Indiana State Fair is held each August in Brevard. 

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What Indiana festival is based on a famous movie?

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If you like mushrooms, you should head to a festival in:

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Name something you might see or do at the Indiana State Fair.

WEDNESDAY

Legend says that the town of Santa Claus got its name on Christmas Eve in 1852 when the residents were arguing about what to name their town.  Someone heard a child yell, "It's Santa Claus!"  and the name stuck.  Each year the post offive in Santa Claus gets more than half a million letters addressed to Santa!  The nation's first theme park opened in Santa Claus in 1946.  Today, Holiday Word Theme Park is home to "The Raven," a huge roller coaster!

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Santa Claus is a city in:

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Santa Claus was home to the nation's first:

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Would you want to live in Santa Claus? Why or why not?

THURSDAY

Clement and John Studebaker were brothers from South Bend.  In the mid- 1800s they began a business building horse-drawn carriages and wagons.  By the early 1900s, their company was building automobiles.  Unfortunately, the Studebaker automaking plants shut down in 1936.

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The Studebaker brothers began their business building motorized vehicles.

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Indiana State Daily 29 weekly assignment

What is Indiana's largest state school?

The Indiana University mascot is the Fighting Irish.

Do you want to go to college? Why or why not?

What Indiana festival is based on a famous movie?

If you like mushrooms, you should head to a festival in:

Name something you might see or do at the Indiana State Fair.

Santa Claus is a city in:

Santa Claus was home to the nation's first:

Would you want to live in Santa Claus? Why or why not?

The Studebaker brothers began their business building motorized vehicles.

Using the information from the passage, when do you think the first motorized vehicles were built in the U.S. ?

What is Indiana's largest state school?

The Indiana University mascot is the Fighting Irish.

Do you want to go to college? Why or why not?

What Indiana festival is based on a famous movie?

If you like mushrooms, you should head to a festival in:

Name something you might see or do at the Indiana State Fair.

Santa Claus is a city in:

Santa Claus was home to the nation's first:

Would you want to live in Santa Claus? Why or why not?

The Studebaker brothers began their business building motorized vehicles.

Using the information from the passage, when do you think the first motorized vehicles were built in the U.S. ?