Introduction

People collect many different types of trading cards.  Collecting trading cards can be a fun and relaxing hobby.  Baseball cards may have first become collectable trading cards sometime in the late 1800's.  Since that time many companies have produced trading cards of all kinds.  Trading cards have been produced for almost every sport.  Some trading cards show characters from popular movies.  Others can even be played as a part of a game.  Yu-Gi-Oh is one type of popular trading card today.

The Task

For this project, you will be assigned to a Research and Development Group for Trading Cards International,  a major trading card company.  Trading Cards International is developing a new set of trading cards.  These cards will feature famous people from the great state of Indiana.  The trading card set, called "Top 10 Famous Hoosiers",  will be marketed to fourth grade classrooms around Indiana.  The company expects your group to submit ideas for a one of the trading cards.  Your group has must research famous Hoosiers and decided on which Hoosier to create a card.  You will then create a prototype of the card and present it to the company's Executive Board.

By the end of this task you will be able to:

1. Identify and recall important information about Famous Hoosiers.
2. Compare several Famous Hoosiers and select one that you feel should be included in the "Top 10 Famous Hoosier" card set. 
3. Convince the Executive Board of Trading Cards International that your card should be included in the set of Famous Hoosier trading cards.

The Process

Day 1-2:

1.  Each group member should copy the following chart.

2.  Examine the websites below for the Hoosiers that you have been assigned to research.  Use the chart to record important facts about each famous Hoosier.  You'll need to examine each site fairly quickly. Don't spend more than 4-5 minutes on any one site. Your teacher will keep time using this clock:

Time spent so far:

Below are the sites you'll be analyzing.  You will research the names under the Group Number you have been assigned.  Click on the links next to name of a people you are researching.  You will be directed to a website about that person.

Group 1  Larry Bird- http://www.psci.net/tonjame/tim/Larry_Bird_Collage.html Major Taylor- http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/biography.htm Jane Pauley  http://www.msnbc.com/onair/bios/j_pauley.asp Group 2 Cole Porter- http://www.coleporter.org/   James Dean- http://www.jamesdean.com/about/bio/bio2.html   Virgil Grissom- http://www.amfcse.org/honor/grissom.htm   Group 3    JOHN ANDRETTI  http://www.pettyracing.com/current_season/43_wc_driver.shtml   Little Turtle  http://users.anderson.edu/~roebuck/Little_Turtle.html   Red Skelton http://www.redskelton.com/   Group 4    Madam C.J. Walker http://www.madamcjwalker.com/   Wright Bothers http://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/WrBr/Wrights.html   Evan Bayh  http://www.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/bayh_evan/bayh.html   Group 5    David Letterman  http://www.intac.com/~fredman/letterman/bio.html   James Whitcomb Riley  http://www.underthesun.cc/Classics/Riley   Benjamin Harrison  http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bh23.html   Group 6    Carol Lombard  http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001479/bio   David Wolf   http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wolf.html   Eugene V. Debs  http://www.eugenevdebs.com/pages/histry.html   Group 7    Florence Henderson   http://www.flohome.com/flobio_fs.html   Jessamyn West   http://www.jessamyn.com/jessamyn/jess.html   John Chapman  http://www.in.net/~mcdonajp/lostindiana/html/crown_hill__johnny_appleseed.html   Group 8     Oscar Robertson  http://www.thebigo.com/News/NewsIndex.html   William Greer  http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/2792/bio1.htm   Ann Baxter  http://www.geocities.com:0080/Hollywood/Hills/2440/baxter.html

3.  When your group has gathered information on the three Hoosiers you've been assigned to research, it's time to get together and discuss what you've found. You must pick one Hoosier to create a trading card about.  One way to proceed would be to go around and poll each team member for who the believe would be the best choice and the worst choice. Pay attention to each of the other perspectives, even if at first you think you might disagree with them.

There will probably not be complete agreement, so the next step is to talk together and come to a compromise about your group's choice.  You must pick one of the three Hoosiers you have researched.

Day 3-4:

1.  Now it is time to create a card for the Hoosier you chose.  Click here to view an example of a trading card.

2.  First you will need to do a little more research on the person you have selected.  Look at the items below that you will need for the back of the card.  Make sure you have all of this information before you begin designing your card.

On the back of the card you must list the following information:

• Full Name of the Hoosier.
• Where and When the person was born.
• One paragraph that describes the person's contribution to Hoosier history and describes why they are famous.

3.  You will need to draw a picture on the front of the card of the famous Hoosier you have selected.  You might want to place that Hoosier in a scene that helps identify why they are famous.  Make sure you include the name of the person and the words FAMOUS HOOSIER on the front of the card.

4.  Now you need to prepare your presentation for the Executive Board of Trading Cards International.  

• When you are making a speech, it's a good idea to practice it so that you know exactly what you want to say, and you can speak to your audience instead of reading to them.  To prepare what you want to say, create an outline of your speech.  You can refer to it, if necessary, while giving your speech.
• Use the following chart to outline your speech.  You should include information on all three Hoosiers you researched.  You should then give reasons why you chose the person for whom you made a card.  Finally, share the card and all information included on it.

Day 5:

1.  Now it is time to give your presentation that will convince the Executive Board of Trading Cards International that your card should be included in the set of Famous Hoosier trading cards.

Conclusion and Evaluation:

Your group will be graded on four things:

1. How well you worked together: 20 points

2. The completion of the Famous Hoosier chart showing research on all three person you where assigned: 15 points

3. The completion of a speech outline: 15 points

4. The card you design includes all information needed and it neat and well thought out: 25 points

5. Everyone your group participates and is prepared to share in the final presentation of your trading card: 25 points