Famous Person -- Who am I?
Submitted by:Steve Silcox
School or Affiliation: Fowler Junior High School, Tigard, OR
Endorsed by: These lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who have
attended the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshop. CEC is a consortium of teacher
from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural,
western, United States, and particularly the quality of math and science Education. CEC
uses Big Sky Telegraph as the hub of their telecommunications network that allows the
participating teachers to stay in contact with their trainers and peers that they have met
at the Workshops.
Date: May 1994
Description: This is a review activity to be used at the
end of a unit or any quarter, semester or at the end of the year.
Grade Level: Appropriate for grades 4-9.
Goal: The purpose of this activity is to review various
historical personalities studied.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
- Identify the important contributions of each individual.
- Formulate questions of a very specific nature.
Materials:
3"x 5" note cards tape
Procedure:
Each student will have a 3"x 5" note card taped to their back with the name of
an historical personality the class has studied written on it. The student will not know
the name of this person. Their goal is to try to identify "who they are" by
asking questions that can be answered with a "yes" or "no" answer.
Some simple rules to follow are: no more than two questions at a time can be asked of any
one person, the student must figure out who he/she is within 20 questions. Everyone who
does this is a winner but the person who figures out who he/she is in the least number of
questions is the grand winner. It might help if each student started with a paper numbered
from 1 to 20. After each question, a number is erased (or checked) off. To prevent wild
guesses, a penalty of three numbers should be given. When everyone has completed the
activity a sheet with all of the personalities on it can be assigned for each student to
make a general statement about.
Tying it All Together:
This has proved to be a very enjoyable way the review a unit. It is different and the
students love it. It will probably take about 20 minutes to complete.
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