Famous Ohioans

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Famous Ohioans

• Resource Unit
• Jamie Bergfeld, Adam Puthoff,
• Katrina Snyder

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Concepts
• Objectives
• Activities
• Day 1 through Day 10
• Evaluation
• Instructional Resources
• Teacher Resources
• Student Resources
• Audio/Visual Resources

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Introduction

• Ohio has been the birth place of some of
  histories greatest minds, athletes, and
  celebrities. In correlation with Ohios Fourth
  Grade Social Studies Academic Content Standards,
  this unit will focus on famous Ohioans from the
  beginning to the present.
• This unit will stretch the duration of ten
  days. During this unit students will be studying
  both within and outside of the classroom.
  Teaching methods will involve group, individual,
  and whole class instruction.

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Concepts

• Contributions
• Perseverance
• Astronauts
• Inventions
• Inventors
• Olympics
• Famous
• Ohioan
• Paul L. Dunbar
• Jesse Owens
• Adolf Hitler
• President
• William Henry Harrison
• Ulysses Grant
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• James A. Garfield
• Benjamin Harrison
• William McKinley

• Warren G. Harding
• William Howard Taft
• Neil Armstrong
• John Glenn
• Tecumseh
• Blue Jacket
• Little Turtle
• Fallen Timbers
• Wright Brothers
• Charles Kettering
• Garrett Morgan
• Granville Woods
• Thomas Edison
• Annie Oakley
• Erma Bombeck
• Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
• Frances Dana Gage
• Aviation
• Accomplishments

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Objectives

• Students will be able to
• Create a list of famous Ohioans
• Construct a Famous Ohioan Book (FOB)
• Identify and describe famous Ohioan astronauts.
• Construct a timeline of important invents dealing
  with Native Americans in Ohio.
• Identify the difficulties and accomplishments of
  famous Native Americans in Ohio history.
• Lead mini-lessons on famous Ohioan inventors.
• Identify and describe famous Ohioan Native
  Americans.
• Identify and describe famous Ohioan Inventors.
• Identify and describe famous Ohioan Presidents.

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Objectives cont

• Identify and describe famous Ohioan Women.
• Identify and describe famous Ohioan African
  Americans.
• Identify and describe famous Ohioan athletes,
  actors, and artists.
• Have hands on exploration of Carillon Park.
• Create a data chart of the Ohioan presidents.
• Explain why Ohio is the mother of U.S. presidents
• Find information using computers, handouts, and
  other resources.
• Write a poem relating to the hardships African
  Americans had to face.
• Identify current famous Ohioans.

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Day 1 Opening

• Introduction
• Students will be introduced to the unit. They
  will be asked a series of questions about what
  they currently know about any famous Ohioans.
  Create a list of famous Ohioans at this time.
• Outcome
• Students will be introduced to the unit and begin
  to grasp a broader knowledge of Famous Ohioans.
• Students will begin to construct their Famous
  Ohioan Book (FOB).
• Development
• Teacher will deliver a pre-assessment in the form
  of a class discussion on what they know about
  Famous Ohioans. After the discussion the
  students will participate in the Who Im I Game.
  The students will be given either a name or
  description of a famous Ohioan. Students then
  will be given time to find their match.

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Day 2 Astronauts

• Introduction
• Students will be introduced to the important
  contributions made by Ohio astronauts.
• Outcome
• Students will be familiarize themselves with
  famous astronauts from Ohio.
• Development
• Teacher will open with a movie clip of Neil
  Armstrong walking on the moon.
• Students will pick three astronauts from the list
  and descriptions provided on an overhead. They
  will then explain why they were important to
  history in their FOB.

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Day 3 Native Americans

• Introduction
• Students will focus on Tecumseh, Blue Jacket, and
  Little Turtle and each of their contributions and
  struggles.
• Outcome
• Students will learn of the difficulties and
  accomplishments of famous Native Americans in
  Ohio history.
• Development
• As a class using a SmartBoard to play the Ohio
  Indians Interactive game on www.oplin.org to
  familiarize students with Ohio Natives.
• Students will use online resources to construct a
  timeline of important events that Famous Ohio
  Native Americans were involved in. They will
  then copy the timeline into their FOB.

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Day 4 Inventors

• Introduction
• Through the form of student-led mini lesson,
  students will become familiarized with one
  inventor and then share theirs with the class.
• Outcome
• Students will learn about the contributions of
  famous Ohioan inventors.
• Development
• The teacher will break the students into five
  groups. After assigning each group to an
  inventor students will then become that inventor
  and after researching groups will demonstrate the
  invention to the class.
• The follow inventors will be covered in the
  groups due to the standards
• Wright Brothers
• Charles Kettering
• Garrett Morgan
• Granville Woods
• Thomas Edison

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Day 5 Inventors cont

• Introduction
• Students will have hands on exploration of
  Carillon Park to further their understanding of
  Ohio and its inventors.
• Outcome
• Students will learn about the contributions of
  famous Ohioan inventors.
• Development
• During the Field Trip students will focus on the
  Wright Brothers (1905 Wright Flyer III Bicycle
  Shop) and Charles Kettering (NCR) while taking a
  glimpse at Dayton history. This tour, Inventions
  Dimensions, will take 60 minutes.
• INVENTIONS DIMENSIONS
• What does it take to become an inventor? How do
  inventors develop ideas for new products?
  Daytonians Charles Kettering, Edward Deeds, and
  the Wright brothers discovered the answers to
  these questions. This program introduces the
  history and process of invention through
  collaborative creative thinking and hands-on
  activities. Students will create their own
  inventions following development from
  brainstorming to prototype design.
  (http//www.carillonpark.org/fieldtrippage.html)
• After the field trip students will write a
  journal entry in the FOB about their experience
  with Ohio inventors and Carillon Park.

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Day 6 Presidents

• Introduction
• Outcome
• Students will gain knowledge about why Ohio is
  considered the mother of Presidents.
• Development
• The teacher will ask Out of the 43 presidents
  that the United States has had, how many came
  from Ohio? Students will then help the teacher
  name each of the eight presidents.
• In their FOB, students will make the data chart
  to the left using their Ohio Presidents handout
  and/or textbook.
• On a Desk Map students will locate the
  birthplaces of all Ohio presidents.

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Day 7 Women

• Introduction
• Through research and gaming students will learn
  a brief overview of famous women from Ohio.
• Outcome
• Students will realize the accomplishments that
  women from Ohio made in several areas.
• Development
• Students will receive a handout from the teacher
  with a list of women that they should research.
  Students will copy information into their FOB for
  a game. Examples from list Annie Oakley, Erma
  Bombeck, Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, Frances Dana
  Gage
• Students will use the information in their FOB to
  play a jeopardy style game about Ohio women

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Day 8 African Americans

• Introduction
• Through short stories and poetry students will
  learn about the perseverance of famous Ohio
  African Americans.
• Outcome
• The accomplishments and talents of Ohios famous
  African Americans will become more evident to
  students.
• Development
• Teacher will read a poem by Paul L. Dunbar and
  discuss the live of Paul L. Dunbar.
• Students will read a short story about Jesse
  Owens and the 1936 Olympics.
• Students will then have a discussion about
  perseverance and how these famous Ohioans
  overcame their obstacles. In their FOB students
  will write a poem about their feelings of
  perseverance.

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Day 9 Other Famous Ohioans

• Introduction
• This is a chance for student to learn about other
  famous people that have come out of Ohio. This
  includes actors, athletes, authors, and artists.
• Outcome
• Students will learn about other famous Ohioans
  and how they contributed to their field of work.
• Development
• Teacher will break the students into partners.
  Students will be an expert on a famous Ohioan not
  already covered. The information will be
  provided by the teacher. Students will then
  share their information in a jigsaw manner.
• Students will write a letter to a famous Ohioan
  to put in their FOB.
• Students will then watch clips of recent famous
  Ohioans. These could include Doris Day, Jack
  Nicklaus, Pete Rose, Michael Douglas, Charlie
  Sheen, Katie Holmes, Allison Janney, Rob Lowe,
  etc.

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Day 10 Evaluation

• Evaluation
• Students will be assessed in two forms.
• The Famous Ohioan Book (FOB), will be turned in
  and graded for completeness and creativity.
• A unit assessment test will be given over the
  units material. (see next slide)
• Students will finish the unit by playing the game
  Ohio JINGO which is a Ohio version on Bingo.

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Evaluation Unit Test

• Multiple Choice
• 1. Who was the first astronaut to walk on the
  moon?
• a. James Lovell b. John Glenn
• c. Neil Armstrong d. Jesse Owens
• 2. Which Native American was NOT a major
  influence on the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
• a. Pontiac b. Tecumseh
• c. Little Turtle d. Blue Jacket
• 3. Who invented the light bulb?
• a. Orville Wright b. Thomas Edison c. Erma
  Bombeck d. Mr. Puthoff
• 4. Which president is from Marion, OH?
• a. Garfield b. Taft
• c. Harding d. Harrison
• 5. Who would not recognize Jesse Owens in the
  1936 Olympics?
• a. Hitler b. President Taft
• c. Paul Dunbar d. Annie Oakley

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Evaluation Unit Test

• True or False
• 1. Erma Bombeck was a painter from Toledo, OH.
• True False why?___________
• 2. Ohio is the mother of presidents because
  every presidents mom is from Ohio.
• True False why?___________

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Evaluation Unit Test

• Short Essay
• 1. Explain why Ohio is called the birthplace of
  aviation. Give three reasons why.
• 2. Explain the accomplishments of The Wright
  Brothers, Charles Kettering or Thomas Edison.

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Teacher Resources

• http//www.ohiohistory.org/
• This website contains multiple links, ideas, and
  information, for teachers to use when focusing on
  Ohio and its people.
• http//www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/
• The site provides lessons, field trips, and other
  activities pertaining to famous Ohioans.
• http//www.middletownlibrary.org/htm/Biblios/Famou
  s20Ohioans.pdf
• This PDF list a multitude of famous Ohioans
  broken down into many subgroups do to their field
  of fame. This will be the handout the teacher
  will supply the students on the first day of the
  unit.
• http//www.solonschools.org/portal/FIS/websites/di
  splay_website.asp?KPlesec
• This site gives a list of famous Ohioan projects
  that kids could complete and present. It gives
  many links to other Ohio information, for example
  the Ohio Historical Road Trips.

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Student Resources

• http//www.oplin.org/famousohioans/
• This site provides interactive games, and a
  plethora of information concerning Astronauts,
  Inventors, Native Americans, Presidents, and
  Women from Ohio.
• http//ohiokids.org/
• This site has many links for interactive games,
  homework help, and online exhibits directly
  dealing with Ohio History and its people.
• http//ohiobio.org/armstrong.htm
• This site consists of a list of fast facts
  dealing with famous Ohioans. Students can click
  on any name and are given a quick biography of
  that person.
• http//www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/article
  _549.shtml
• Great site for web-quest because it has links to
  famous presidents, women, inventors, and
  writers/poets. Provides a lot of information
  that will be useful for students.
• http//www.discoverohio.com/kids/homework.asp
• Site contains information about Mother of
  Presidents and gives information on each Ohioan
  president. It also contains information on each
  group we talk about in our unit.
• http//www.city-data.com/states/Ohio-Famous-ohioan
  s.html
• Gives good information about Ohio presidents,
  inventors, entertainers, writers, and astronauts.
  Would be a good resource for students during the
  unit.

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Student Resources

• http//www.lkwdpl.org/schools/elempath/famousohio/
  
• Gives list of biographies of multiple famous
  Ohioans in various fields.
• http//www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3774/ohio
  women.html
• The sites main focus is on Ohio Women. It
  consists of famous women and their contributions.
  
• http//www.gcpl.lib.oh.us/historical_facts.asp
• Fun historical facts dealing with Ohio Native
  Americans, presidents, and Did You Know facts
  about Ohio History and its people. Also
  contains links to books and other resources
  dealing with famous Ohioans.
• http//www.50states.com/bio/ohio.htm
• This site provides the birthplace/hometown of
  famous Ohioans. This will help the students put
  into perspective how close these famous Ohioans
  were to their hometown.

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Audio/Visual Resources

• Dunbar House Field Trip (Dayton, OH)
• This is the home of Paul L. Dunbar. It is full
  of interesting facts and information about his
  life. Students will walk through the home and
  see exactly where Dunbar lived and died.
• Annie Oakley Center at Garst Museum (Greenville,
  OH)
• Students will take a trip with Annie Oakley. The
  museum is an exhibition of her life and history.
  Students will be surprised to discover the true
  famous American Women, Annie Oakley.
• Video of Neil Armstrong Walking on the Moon
• This video is from www.historychannel.com and is
  a sort glimpse (5 min.) of the ground breaking
  walk on the moon.
• Armstrong Air Space Museum (Wapakoneta, OH)
• Students will see F5D Sky Lancer, the Gemini VIII
  spacecraft, Apollo 11 artifacts and a moon rock.
  There will also be an Astro-theater, multimedia
  presentation.
• The Piqua Historical Area State Memorial (Piqua,
  OH)
• This beautiful frontier will give students a
  hands on look at prehistoric Indian sites.
  Students will see that even their own backyard is
  rich with history that formed many famous
  Ohioans.
• The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
  (Fremont, OH)
• This exhibit shows in detail the home and changes
  in the home of famous Ohioan president Rutherford
  B. Hayes. Students will be able to examine
  blueprints of the home, artifacts, and personal
  sketches from President Hayes.
• NOVA Wright Brothers Flying Machine Video
• This video is a reenactment of the struggles the
  Wright Brothers went through while creating a
  flying machine. The video will show the process
  the Wright brothers took that made them famous
  Ohioans.
• Tecumseh The Last Warrior Video
• This is a biography of Tecumsehs life. It
  discusses in detail his efforts to unite the
  Native Americans to keep their land and freedoms.
  The video will portray reasons for why Tecumseh
  is a famous Ohioan Native American.
• Ulysses S. Grant - Warrior President DVD
• Much of the documentary focuses on Grant's
  Presidency. Due to the length of the DVD there
  will only be excerpts used to briefly show Grants
  presidency to the class.

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Audio/Visual Resources

• The Jesse Owens Story DVD
• This DVD takes you through the life of Jesse
  Owens. It shows viewers the struggles and
  discrimination he endured in his life. Students
  will receive a clear description of the type of
  man Jesse Owens was.
• American Experience - Annie Oakley Video
• This PBS home video describes the adventurous
  tail of Annie Oakley. It shows viewers how she
  thrilled audiences in her wild shooting feats in
  Buffalo Bills Wild West Show. This famous Ohioan
  woman became an American legend. This video also
  shows the true dramatic experience of her life.
• The History Channel Presents The Presidents DVD
• This DVD provides a glimpse of all U.S.
  presidents. For purposes of this unit only
  excerpts from the Ohioan presidents will be
  shown.
• Optimum for Ohio History CD Software
• Optimum for Ohio History is an interactive
  overview of the history of Ohio. The content is
  aligned with the Ohio Department of Education
  Standards for Fourth Grade Social Studies, which
  include Ohio History.
• ITSCO's Ohio Bicentennial CD-ROM
• This software takes students through six eras of
  Ohio History. Throughout the software many
  famous Ohioans will be recognized.
• Ohio in the Civil War Through Primary Sources
  compact disk
• This compact disk gives students a chance to
  witness actual documents (letters, music, diary
  entries) from famous Ohioans during the Civil
  War.
• Grant In His Own Words compact disk
• This CD is full of interactive activities. One
  of the activities deals with an audio interview
  with Grant himself. This interactive multimedia
  will be useful in explaining why president Grant
  is a famous Ohioan.
• A Visit to President Warren G. Harding's Home
  compact disk
• This interactive guide book leads students
  through the home of Warren G. Harding. It also
  includes different audio speeches from president
  Harding including his Inaugural Address.
• Thomas Edison on the development of electricity
  Audio Clip from The History Channel
• This audio clip is a short biography of Thomas
  Edisons influence on electricity.
• Kitty Hawk The Wright Brothers' Journey of
  Invention DVD