This activity meets the following Indiana state standards for fourth grade:
English/Language Arts
4.4.2 Select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view
based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements for a piece of
writing.
4.4.7 Use multiple reference materials and online information (the
Internet) as aids to writing.
4.5.6 Write for different purposes (information, persuasion) and to a
specific audience or person.
Example: Write a persuasive report for your class about your hobby or
interest. Use charts or pictures, when appropriate, to help motivate your
audience to take up your hobby or interest.
4.7.12 Make informational presentations that:
� focus on one main topic.
� include facts and details that help listeners focus.
� incorporate more than one source of information (including speakers,
books, newspapers, television broadcasts, radio reports, or Web sites).
Social Studies:
4.5.4 Describe the role of Indiana artists in American visual arts,
literature, music, dance, and theatre.
Example: James Whitcomb Riley, Gene Stratton-Porter, T.C. Steele, Janet
Scudder, and the Hoosier Group
