Part I: ID Puzzle

ID Puzzle

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Instructions

Materials: Pen, ID Puzzle Handout

Read all of the directions first!

Visit 4 of the 6 "puzzle" links

Puzzle 1
Puzzle 2
Puzzle 3
Puzzle 4
Puzzle 5
Puzzle 6

1. Read/observe

the information.

2. List

at least 7 items you observe about the person's identity on your group paper.

The items can be any important information you notice in the photo or text.

Where possible

label

events with the character traits that are shown by the action.

Discuss:

What categories and trends do you notice?

4. List

all of the categories that your group discusses.

View the examples before you get started.

Written Example
Photo Example

**Written Example**
Step 1: Read c. 1820 -- 1913 Abolitionist. Born Harriet Ross, in Bucktown, Maryland. Reared in slavery, she married a free black, John Tubman, in 1844. He opposed her plans to flee north, so she escaped alone via the Underground Railroad (1849); over the next decade she led nearly 300 Maryland slaves to safety, including several siblings and her elderly parents. Known as "the Moses of her people,' she was devoutly religious and a believer in decisive action. She helped John Brown organize his 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry, Va, but was prevented by illness from accompanying him. During the Civil War she repeatedly went behind enemy lines to spy for the Union and recruit slaves to fight in the army. In her later years, living in Auburn, NY, she helped support relatives and other former slaves and raised money for freedmen's schools and a home for elderly blacks. http://www.biography.com/features/millennium/
Step 2: List all that you observe about the person's identity. note: if a word is in red, then it represents a character trait. See step 3 for the possible labels. On your paper, you may label next to the information in step 2. 1. Harriet Tubman 2. from Maryland 3. grew up as a slave 4. married 5. ran away 6. ill sometimes 7. spy in Civil War 8. moved to New York 9. raised $ for schools and home for elderly 10. led 300 slaves to freedom Step 3: Label actions with character traits. IF you need to see a list of character traits, click here.** 4. married--shows that she was loving. 6. sickly, weak 7. sly, sneaky, clever, brave 9. compassionate, devoted 10. loved freedom, courageous, caring, self-sacrificing

Step 4: Categories marital status
health
occupations
beliefs
homes
birth place
when lived

Photo Example
Step 1: Observe
Step 2/3: List everything you can observe about this person's identity including character traits.	1. basketball player 2. Woman 3. African American 4. athletic 5. focused 6. confident 7. plays on the "Mystics" team 8. Must live in Maryland 9. talented
Step 4: Categories	job gender race what a person is "good at" home how a person acts

PUZZLE 1

Harvey

Harvey doesn't like to laugh about how I stay short while everybody grows.
Harvey remembers I like jellybeans--except black.
Harvey lends me shirts I don't have to give back.
I'm scared of ghosts and only Harvey knows.

Harvey thinks I will when I say someday I will marry Margie Rose.
Harvey shares his lemondade--sip for sip.
He whispers "zip" when I forget to zip.
He swears I don't have funny-looking toes.

Harvey calls me up when I'm in bed witha sore throat and runny nose.
Harvey says I'm nice--but not too nice.
And if there is a train to Paradise,
I won't get on it unless Harvey goes.
Viorst, Judith. If I were in charge of the universe

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Puzzle 2

Click here to view the photo.
Make sure you clearly describe which person you choose.

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Puzzle 3

Bagpipes will blare and 41-gun salutes will boom out at noon Friday to mark the first 100th birthday ever celebrated in the long history of Britain's royal family. The Queen Mother??an alert and chipper centenarian who still reads the daily racing form each morning??will parade down the Mall to Buckingham Palace in a four-horse landau, offering her trademark pink-fingernailed wave to an adoring crowd.
(excerpt from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30662-2000Aug3.html)

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Puzzle 4

Click here to view a photo of Maria Gonzalez and soldaderas courtesy of UT Austin
Describe Maria (the lady holding the flag)

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Puzzle 5

Villa, Pancho
c.1877-1923, Mexican revolutionary; b. Doroteo Arango. A bandit in N Mexico, he joined (1910) the rebels and fought vigorously for Pres. MADERO and later against Gen. HUERTA and Pres. CARRANZA. He and ZAPATA occupied (1914-15) Mexico City, but he was decisively defeated (1915) by Gen. OBREGóN. After Villa's forces killed (1916) some American citizens at Columbus, N.Mex., a U.S. army expedition pursued Villa in Mexico for 11 months without success. At times a rebel against injustice, but always an undirected, destructive force, Villa became a national hero.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

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Puzzle 6

Manuel

The only time I recall Manuel saying anything bad
about anybody was when Sister Ann told him
his pachuco hairstyle looked like a bird's nest.
We would steal Cokes from the delivery truck, sip them
like gentlemen of leisure on his porch after school
as he strummed his twelve-string guitar, sang corridos.
One night he and some others broke into a grocery store,
and Manuel, who was always so polite, was the last one out.
The only name the cops got out of him was his own.
Twelve years later, when I saw him for the first time since,
he told me how hard finding jobs had been.
The cost of groceries getting higher and higher.
Quintana, Leroy V. The History of Home