Posted by Jerry Jerome on Jul 02, 2014; 9:47pm
URL: https://nabble.aealearningonline.org/POST-3-Share-a-resource-tp360p525.html

Since I teach in a nontraditional setting, I am going to implement one of the databases provided by AEA with my basketball team.  I am very excited to use culturegrams with my recruited student athletes!  I plan to mail each incoming player a letter containing the link to the culturegrams (www.onlineculturegrams.com/states/index.php), accompanied by a series of questions about their soon to be new home:  Iowa!  (I have players coming from all over the country!)  The following inquisitions can all be answered by scavenging the information on the site:
1.  What town in Iowa is home to the largest coffee pot in the world, and how many gallons does it hold?
2.  What is the population of Iowa?
3.  What farm animal raised in Iowa outnumbers humans 5 to 1?
4.  In what year did corn first appear in Native American gardens?
5.  Which side was Iowa on during the Civil War?
6.  In what year was the Iowa territory established?
7.  In 1918 what company began manufacturing tractors in Iowa?
8.  What Iowa native was elected president of the United States in 1928?
9.  What Iowa artist painted the American Gothic?
10.  What river forms Iowa's eastern border?

Upon completing the questions about Iowa, I will then ask my players to formulate inquiries about their own states.  I will have the kids develop 10 questions to share with the rest of the team upon arrival in the fall.  Meeting in a computer lab, each player will present their questions for the rest of the team to answer, using culturegrams.  I think this will be a wonderful, stress-free way for students to introduce their backgrounds and become familiar with one another!