KJH's yearly school festival is coming up soon, and it's been communicated to me that it would be "a very interesting and good idea" (read: requirement) for me to contribute an exhibit of my home state. I've so far opened this blog up to comments from anyone feeling the urge; I'm now actively asking for your contributions. What do you want Kosaka's young 'uns to learn about the fair state of MN? My goal is to put together something that 12-15 year olds will care about, i.e. I don't want it to read like a tourist brochure. Resources I have available to me include:
Any school supplies you can think of...
-colored paper
-pens
-markers
-all other such material
My MacBook, which will almost certainly be used for PowerPoint
Anything I can get from the 'net in a week's time
I'll (possibly) be visiting a large city this weekend that has a fair supply of international goods, so I'm considering some small (cheap) handouts for my exhibit. Any MN companies come to mind? I may end up using the handouts as a prize to go along with some sort of quiz; this'll help to keep me from going bankrupt in the process of getting enough to go around.
So, what else is our state known for, aside from farms, freezing-ass winters, and mosquitoes big enough to carry away cows? Any and all suggestions are appreciated. I'm interested from hearing from people not in MN right now, as well - what impressions do other states have?
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You'll definitely need to mention the Mall of America. That's a no brainer.
You might want to include pictures of your and friends, to sort of show the sort of people that live here.
Maybe talk about Geek Haus a little bit, the city where you grew up...
And the bridge might be something else of interest, since you said that the news had made it over there.
Maybe show them a picture of Lake Superior, or maybe Minnetonka, Milla Lacs, or Vermillion. Show them a bloody huge body of water, and then tell them it's a lake. Might get the 10,000 lake thing across.
I agree with twentyeight regarding the lakes. Perhaps a selection of pictures showing several types of MN landscapes (prairie, hardwood forest, pines, BWCA-type, Superior, etc.) would be in order.
If my non-MN classmates have anything to add, I will pass that information along.
Talk about the Mayo Clinic's vaccine for Japanese Encyphalitis!
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