Indiana Alphabet Book

We read together the book H is for Hoosier. Now it is your turn to make your own Indiana
alphabet book! This book will be entirely about Indiana. This book will be part of your Social
Studies grade. We will do some of the work at school; however, you will also need to do some
work at home to complete the book. The completed book is due on Friday, March 3rd (NO
EXCEPTIONS). Late projects will lose 5 points for every day they are late.
In order for your book to be interesting, you must use a variety of information. Make sure
when you are making your final decisions, that you consider using things from these
categories.

Wildlife: Animals that are wild and native to Indiana. Pets are NOT wildlife.
Famous People: People born in or important to our state.
Places: Cities that make Indiana a great state.
Landmarks/Points of Interest: These are places that recognize something about our
states history.
Tourist Attractions: What would visitors like to do? What fun things do you and your
family like to do in Indiana?
Colleges in Indiana
Each page of the book will include a letter of the alphabet, a picture, and a 3-5 sentence
paragraph describing what the letter stands for. A GREAT resource to help you find
information is your Indiana Studies Weekly. As you find the information, please complete the
reference page. This will save you time when completing your book.
I hope you will find this project fun and informational. We will work on this for several days in
class, but you also need to be working on this at home. I suggest keeping everything together
in one folder so it is easy to bring the information back and forth between school and home. If
you have any questions as you work at home, please jot them down in your work folder.

PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN (this sheet will be returned to you)

__________________________ (Students name) has shown me this project assignment sheet.

Parent Signature ___________________________________

Date ___________________

Indiana Alphabet book

Project Requirements:
Page Design:
o Cover page-must be an original design (either on the computer or drawn)
o All pages numbered and in order
o Handwritten or typed (do NOT do both)
o Your book MUST be bound by staples, in a binder, hole-punched, etc.
Individual page Content:
o A title for the page including the letter and the word
o At least 3 sentences about the word you chose with correct spelling, punctuation,
grammar, etc.
o At least ONE picture or map that relates to the topic on the page (can be drawn,
printed, or cut out)
Word choice-26 pages
o One page for each letter of the alphabet A-Z
o Each page will only have one item representing it!
o Letters X, Q, and Z need to have that letter in the word, it does not have to start
with those letters
o The word you choose can be a person, place, or event
DO NOT PLAGIARIZE!
o Anyone who plagiarizes (copies information from H is for Hoosier or copies
information from the Internet) will get a ZERO on this assignment!
o Write the sentences in your own words, not someone elses!

Words used in H is for Hoosier that are NOT allowed in your book:
Amish, Basketball, Cardinal, Indiana Dunes, Explorer, Flag, Grissom Air Museum, Hoosier, Indianapolis,
Jonathan Jennings, Kokomo, Abraham Lincoln, Motor Speedway, Natives, Ohio River, Peony, Dan
Quayle, James Whitcomb Riley, School, Tulip tree, Underground Railroad, Vincennes, Wyandotte Cave,
X Crossroads of America, Yellow fields, Zionsville

Indiana Alphabet Book Rubric

Requirements

Points
Possible

Cover Page
-An original design with a title (computergenerated or drawn)
-Alphabet book is bound
-stapled, in a binder, hole-punched etc.

10

Individual Page Content

-Every page has a title including the letter and
word about Indiana.
-At least three sentences about the word you
chose.
-Each page has a picture or map related to the
content of the page.
Reference Sheet
Students turned in reference sheet

78

Total Points
Teacher Comments:

10

(3 pts. for
each page)

100

Points
Received

Reference Sheet
(this sheet is due with your project!)
Letter

Title/Address of resource
OR which SS weekly did you use?
(example: week 12)

Example: A is for Angel Mounds State

Historic Site

www.angelmounds.org

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M

Reference Sheet
(this sheet is due with your project!)
Letter

Title/Address of resource
OR which SS weekly did you use?
(example: week 12)

Example: A is for Angel Mounds State

Historic Site

www.angelmounds.org

N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z