How Can Your School Be Part of the Celebration?

The Bicentennial Is Almost Upon Us -

Becky Skillman, Co-chair, President/CEO, Radius IndianaLee Hamilton, Co-chair, Director, Center on Congress - Indiana UniversityFirst Lady Karen Pence, Bicentennial AmbassadorJudge Sarah Evans Barker, U.S. District Court - Southern District of IndianaCharlie Brown, State Representative, Indiana State House District 3Howard Cohen, Chancellor Emeritus, Purdue University, CalumetSteve Ferguson, Chairman, Cook GroupTony George, Owner, Vision Investments, LLCP.E. MacAllister, Chairman, MacAllister Machinery CompanyJames Madison, Professor Emeritus, Indiana UniversityMickey Maurer, Chairman, National Bank of IndianapolisMary McConnell, Indiana State Director, The Nature ConservancyJim McCormick, Owner, Bestway Express Inc.Senator Jim Merritt, Indiana SenateEllen Rosenthal, President/CEO, Conner Prairie Interactive History ParkChief Justice Randall Shepard, Indiana Supreme Court

Indiana Bicentennial Commission Members

Key Elements of Indiana 2016

• This is a grassroots celebration, driven by 550 communities, 92 counties, hundreds of organizations throughout the state. All 6.5 million Hoosiers can participate.

• Leave a Legacy. Celebrate, make memories, and help prepare Indiana for the next 100 years of progress and change.

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INDIANA BICENTENNIAL THEMES

Celebrate history…Ignite the future

NATURECONSERVATION

YOUTH ANDEDUCATION

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

HISTORICALCELEBRATION

• Historical Celebration•Youth and Education

• Community Involvement • Nature Conservation

Legacy Projects

• Projects or programs MUST be: – Open and accessible to the public – Tied in some way to the bicentennial– Fundable (without Commission support) – Achievable

• Must also meet at least one of the following recommended goals or characteristics: – Culturally inclusive – Creating a legacy for the future – Celebratory – Engaging and inspiring to youth and young adults

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Endorsement Application

• Benefits of Endorsement – Listing on the 2016 Indiana Bicentennial website,

www.indiana2016.org– Permission to use the official 2016 Indiana Bicentennial logo, in

accordance with the established logo guidelines, on Indiana Bicentennial related promotional materials

– Letter of endorsement from the 2016 Indiana Bicentennial Commission

• Download the Application for Endorsement– www.indiana2016.org/programs/application-for-endorsement/

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Let’s talk about how YOU can be involved….

Torch Relay

• True to the 1916 design• Remain lighted for entire journey (6 weeks, 2400 miles)• Illuminated at Corydon, finish at the Statehouse in a

new home, Bicentennial Plaza.• Key feature – convey the torch in ways meaningful and

unique to every county. What would you do?• Requires a very special torch….high-tech, Hoosier

made.

September – October 2016

Connected Colleges

• Indiana University – Treasures in Your Own Backyard DVD, Along the Wabash documentary for WTIU.

• Butler University – Student collaboration on children’s book focused on Indiana history.

• Ball State University – Developed new interactive 4th grade history curriculum, - Interactive, tablet based. Contact Dr. Ron Morris for details

• Manchester University – Bison-tennial project with local K-12 schools, Chamber of Commerce and Civic Groups

Connecting with Kids

• ArtSmart Indiana – Lafayette Museum of Art - interactive history through art. Curriculum is free to all schools. Press conference on October 14.

• Indiana Humanities’ All-IN – celebrates diversity and how we all fit in together to make Indiana

• “Getting from Here to There,” a workshop for teachers focusing on SI transportation over the years

• ISM – Indiana in 200 Objects• Reading Indiana, Pike County – will gift books by/about

Indiana to students in the schools.

Connecting with Kids

• In Pursuit of Pride – a 4th Grade Field Trip to Remember Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site 2014 – 16

• Statehood Day Essay Contest – Indiana State Library – for 4th graders, 2015 “Hoosier Bicentennial Treasures”, 2016 is “How will you be a Hoosier Hero?”

• Indiana Statehood Day – 4th graders celebrate the state’s birthday.

• Bicentennial Revolutionary War Exhibit – Indiana War Memorial – includes new feature on 3 Indiana Forts.

• Indiana Chant for Children – April Pulley Sayre and ISL

Connecting with Kids

• This Day In Indiana History: ISL – homepage section during 2016 featuring an event that happened in Indiana on each day.

• Ranger Lore – DNR. Celebrate the State Park Centennial and our Bicentennial through stories

• Indiana Bicentennial train – coming to 16 central and southern towns. ISHS

• Indiana at 200 – a series of articles on the 100 most significant events in Indiana History – not elementary, but can be adapted.

Connecting with Kids

• Visit Indiana 4th Grade SS Curriculum – IOTD – interactive, six-week course for 4th graders. – In use already by 100 teachers.

• The Indiana Album – bringing photos out of the attic. 24 scan-a-thons across Indiana.

• Indiana African-America Heritage Trail. A conference, signage, interpretation is planned.

• State of Indiana Timeline with focus on Warren County• Living History Day – Benton County

Connecting with Kids

• Madison STEAM Power – training for teachers, professional half-day visit to local historic S.T.E.A.M. sites to integrate local history in classroom activities

• Indiana Bicentennial Children’s Park – This is SOOO cool and free!

WHEW! Lots on the plate – have we inspired any ideas?

Other Ways to Get Involved

Hoosier Insights

• 75 words to describe what makes you proud of Indiana, your county, city or town.

• Where do you encourage visitors to stop when they pass through?

• What is a favorite Hoosier memory?• Where is the least known, best made food?• What inspires you in Indiana?

Explore Indiana

• Every county has a page on the bicentennial web site (what was that URL again? Oh yes: www.indiana2016.org)

• Submit a fact, a photo, a face, for potential publication - info@indiana2016.in.gov

Events & Programs

• Add your events to the calendar• Submit a legacy project for endorsement• Tie your local 2016 festivities to the

bicentennial ( 4th of July parade, car show, persimmon festival, county fair)

• Take a turn moving the torch – in a creative way - and get everyone you can to cheer it on!

Volunteer

• County coordinators are volunteers, who are committed to making the bicentennial memorable in their county.

• Contact them and offer to help. Your Bicentennial County Coordinators is on your county’s webpage at ( wait for it…) our website www.indiana2016.org

Become a Partner

• Legacy Projects• Classroom Activities• Community & Service Learning Projects• Turn out for the Torch Relay in 2016• Make Sure We Know About Your Activities

So We Can Share the Word.

Grow a Partner

• Have a local company help with the bicentennial through an in-kind gift of services – publishing, marketing, making shirts, stamping medallions, helping with a legacy project.

Contact Us

• phammock@indiana2016.in.gov• www.indiana2016.org• 317.306.8899