Famous Ohioans

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Famous Ohioans

• By Kasie Young
• ED 417-02

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Social Studies

• Third Grade Class
• Ohio History
• Famous People born and/or raised in Ohio

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Objectives

• Students will research famous Ohioans
• Students will learn about inventions Ohioans made
• Students will present information that they
  collected about their chosen famous person
• Students will replicate a famous Ohio invention

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Helpful Websites

• www.50states.com/bio/ohio.htm
• new.oplin.org/famousohioans
• www.ohiokids.org/games/midfam.shtml
• http//inventors.about.com/library/bl_by_state_inv
  entors.htm
• http//www.potamusplace.net

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Materials Needed

• Computers
• Encyclopedias
• Poster Boards
• Markers
• Popsicle Sticks
• Fabric
• Aluminum Foil
• Famous Ohioans worksheet

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Student Activities

• Students will get into pairs.
• Students will be sign up to research famous
  people from Ohio.
• Students will be given time to research their
  person via internet or encyclopedia
• Students will make a poster and present on their
  person
• Students will find literature written by or
  about their person
• Students will make a replica of the Wright Flyer
  out of popsicle sticks and fabric

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Why are these people famous?

• Warren Harding
• Clark Gable
• Wilbur and Orville Wright
• Neil Armstrong

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Match the famous person to what theyre known
for! (click on name if youre unsure)

• Charles Kettering
• Neil Armstrong
• Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison
• Doris Day
• James Garfield
• Dean Martin

• Astronaut
• President
• Actress/ Singer
• Invented the first motor
• Actor
• Invented the electricity
• Made the first airplane

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Orville and Wilbur Wright

• Lived in Dayton, Ohio
• Crafted the first flying machine
• Orville built and ran his own print shop with his
  brothers help
• They also opened a bicycle repair shop
• Powered and sustained first flight in 1903
• Invented air controls to navigate flying machine
• Their machine was called the Wright Flyer

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Charles F. Kettering

• Born in Loudonville, Ohio
• Degree in electrical engineering from OSU
• Invented all electric starting ignition for cars
• Invented lighting system for cars
• Also patented an incubator for infants

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Clark Gable

• Born in Cadiz, Ohio
• Won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1934
• Starred in over 15 films in 12 years.
• Most famous films were It Happened One Night and
  Gone With the Wind

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Thomas Edison

• Born in Milan, Ohio
• Invented phonograph and the light bulb
• Created the
• first research
• laboratory

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James Garfield

• Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
• Served in House of Representatives
• Twentieth President of the United States
  (Republican)
• Was shot after serving only 4 months as President

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Neil Armstrong

• Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio
• American astronaut
• Test pilot
• First person to set foot on the moon
• Mission commander of Apollo 11

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Put the famous people weve looked at in
chronological order!

• First
• Second
• Third
• Forth
• Fifth
• Sixth

• Dean Martin
• James Garfield
• Doris Day
• Neil Armstrong
• Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison

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Things to find out while researching

• What part of Ohio are they from?
• When were they born?
• Why are they famous?
• Were they married?
• Did they have children?
• Education?
• If they were inventors, how do their inventions
  help us today?

Remember to put this information on your
poster!!
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Literature Ideas

• Biography or Autobiography
• Articles
• Books
• Magazines

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Lets make a Wright Flyer!!!

• See if you can construct a Wright Flyer out of
  your popsicle sticks and fabric.
• Will it fly?

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Name 5 other famous people from Ohio and why they
are famous

• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.

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Pick one famous person other than the one you
chose and answer the following questions.

• Why are they famous?
• How have they effected us/ Ohio?
• One thing you remember about them(other than why
  they are famous)