From: vdetect@norfolk.vak12ed.edu (Detective Agency)
Subject: Where in Virginia's Past are America's Presidents?
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Norfolk)
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 00:44:55 GMT

Project Name: Where in Virginia's Past are America's Presidents?

Date:         School year 1992-1993

              This project will be conducted two different times:

              February 1993 and May 1993

Purpose:      Learn important historical facts about Virginia and
              learn facts about Virginia's eight presidents.

Subjects:     Social studies, history, reading, math.

Grade level:  Fourth grade; open to all grade levels

Summary:      The object of this game is to use the clues provided 
              by the VA-PEN Detective Agency to identify and
              locate a missing President of the  United States.
              Your class will receive clues via VA-PEN about
              different events in Virginia history and about the
              eight presidents born in Virginia. Your class will
              receive these clues and respond back to the VA-PEN
              Detective Agency.

              The agency will provide your class with the next 
              clue(s) dependent on what response(s) you send back. 
              Follow-up clues will be provided as soon as the     
              agency receives your response. This can be done
              daily or as your class determines  a response.
              Enough clues will be available to allow your class
              to participate over a two to three week period. 
              You have solved the case when you have successfully
              determined the identity and location of the missing
              president, and your class will be given 
              an appropriate detective ranking.

              At the conclusion of each case, the agency will
              post the correct answers and the appropriate
              rankings.


Number of participants: Each project date will be open to the first
              twenty schools or classes to register. Virginia     
              schools and fourth grade classes will be given first 
              priority,  although other grades and states are     
              invited to register.

Project
Coordinator:   "Detective Agency"
               Greenbrier Intermediate School
               1701 River Birch Run N.
               Chesapeake, VA 23320
               voice phone: 494-7550
               email: vdetect@norfolk.vak12ed.edu

How to Register:  Complete the following registration form and    
                  email it  back to the address indicated.



REGISTRATION
============
   To register, please complete the following information by
 January 22

                and e-mail to:

                    vdetect@norfolk.vak12ed.edu


Register for which date:


   February 1993__________        May 1993__________

    Your full name:
Your email address:
       Your school:
    SCHOOL address:
              City:                    State:            Zip Code:
SCHOOL voice phone: (   )
  HOME voice phone: (   )
  Grade(s) participating:

WHERE IN VIRGINIA'S PAST Time Line
==================================
This project will be conducted at two different times:
         February and May 1993

This time line is a summary for the February 1993 project.
January 22: Deadline for registration
January 22: Begin researching information about the eight Virginia
            presidents (see details below). This information will
            be important when determining which president is      
            missing. Keep this information available when you start
            receiving the clues.
February 1: You will receive the first clues to help you locate 
            the missing president. Other clues will be sent to you as 
            we receive your responses. Responses are due by 4 P.M. 
            each day in order to get a response to you for the next 
            day.
February 26: Last day to send in responses and solutions for the  
             February case.
March 5 : Rankings and final solution will be posted to your      
           address.

GENERAL PROCEDURE/ PLAYING THE GAME
====================================

1. Fill out the registration form and email it to
       vdetect@norfolk.vak12ed.edu by the deadline.

2. Suggested activity:

   Before the first clue(s) arrive(s), complete the following     
   activity. Divide your class into eight groups of three to four 
   students and give each group a president to research. Have them 
   use the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH to do the research in the library. 
   Have a student in each group act as the "secretary" to write   
   down the answers. Have the other students look up the          
   information.

3. Have the "secretary" of the group report the group's findings to
   the class. Post these BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES in your class so   
   that the students will be able to use them when solving the    
   case.


4. On February 1st, the VA-PEN Detective Agency will email the
   first clue(s) to you.


5. As each clue is posted, print them out for your class to see.  
   Let them decide as a class or as groups which response(s) to   
   send back. Provide your students with the opportunity to go back
   to the library to use the encyclopedias to look up some of the
   clues. You may want to direct them to look under the president's
   name or under the heading "Presidents of the United States."
   Many of the clues will be taken from these places. Also,       
   encourage your students to use the history book as a resource.
   When you have decided which response is the BEST,   
   email it in the appropriate  format that will be given with the 
   clue(s). If you respond by 4 P.M., you should receive the next 
   clue(s) for the next school day.

   By the end of the project, you should be able to determine which
   president is missing and where you finally locate him.


6. It is probable that you will solve the February case before the 
   2/26/93 deadline. It all depends on how many clues you need and
   which  route or route(s) that you take to find and identify the 
   missing president. Be careful that you choose your response(s) 
   carefully. Incorrect choices will cost you time and determine  
   your final detective ranking.



Suggested information to collect. Other worksheets on Presidents
can be used in place of this.



VIRGINIA'S PRESIDENTS
=====================
(This is the list of Virginia's presidents. The missing president
 will come from this list.)
George Washington         William Henry Harrison
Thomas Jefferson          John Tyler
James Madison             Zachary Taylor
James Monroe              Woodrow Wilson



                          BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
                          ===================

President's Name:__________________________________

He was born on____________________in ______________________________

He was married to____________________________________________

He had _______ children whose names were___________________________ 
___________________________________________________________________ 
___________________________________________________________________

He went to college at ________________________________________.

Before becoming president, he was a ______________________________ 

__________________________________.

He was President of the United States from _______ until _______.

He was the _____ person to be president.

Three important events during this president's life were__________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________.

When not President or at the White House, he lived at ___________

_____________________________________________________________.

After he was no longer president, he ____________________________

_______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________.

He died on ____________________ at ________________________.