13 original colonies

The original colonies...find out HERE

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:  At the beginning of the class
period announce that the class is going to play a game.
1.   Starting with a person in any row, ask that person to
     repeat and imagine the structure you are going to
     build.  Challenge the rest of the class to see if they
     can visualize these things as each student repeats
     them.
2.   Tell the first students to visualize (and repeat) a
     Corningware dish.
3.   Move the second student and have him imagine many
     chopped-up pencils in the Corningware dish.  Tell him
     to repeat the information.
4.   Have the third student visualize a new-born Jersey calf
     standing on the pencils.  The student should recite
     that there are a Corningware dish, chopped-up pencils,
     and a new-born Jersey calf standing on the pencils.
5.   Everyone knows a "George."  Have the next person
     imagine a friend named George riding the new-born
     Jersey calf.  The student should then recite the whole
     list starting from the first (the Corningware dish,
     chopped-up pencils in the dish, a new-born Jersey calf
     standing on them and George riding the calf).
6.   The next student is told to imagine that George is
     holding onto a disconnected radio (the teacher or the
     students may embellish this or any other part of the
     exercise, just as long as they remember the essential
     part of each step).  This student should be able to
     remember all that has been accumulated, namely, the
     Corningware dish filled with chopped-up pencils, the
     Jersey calf standing on the pencils, and George riding
     on the calf and holding a disconnected radio.
7.   The sixth student is told to imagine that on the
     disconnected radio is a mass of tangle wires.  Have him
     repeat from the beginning that there is a Corningware
     dish holding chopped-up pencils supporting a new-born
     Jersey calf being ridden by George who is holding a
     disconnected radio with a tangled mass of wires on top.
8.   The seventh students is told to think of someone they
     know named Mary.  The student must imagine this person
     with her feet all tangled up in the mass of wire and
     that she is looking all around trying to find a place
     to land in case George drops her.  The student must
     again repeat what has accumulated.
9.   The eighth item requires the students to imagine a
     friend named Carol.  Carol is sitting on Mary's
     shoulder and wearing a bikini.  Again, have the student
     recite the list.
10.  The ninth student must imagine that Carol is not too
     clean in her hygiene as she is holding in her hand a
     new, bloody ham that is very slick.  Have the student
     recite the list.
11.  The tenth student must envisage that on the slick ham
     is standing a girl named Ginger (or Virginia) who is
     trying to maintain her balance.  Have the student
     recite the whole list.
12.  The eleventh student must imagine that Ginger (and
     Carol and George) is tough enough to carry the Empire
     State Building.  The student then recites the list.
13.  The twelfth student must imagine that Carol is a
     magician and that this time is sitting on top of the
     Empire State Building.  However, because she is so
     high, this time she is wearing a fur coat.  Once more,
     the student must reiterate the list.
14.  The thirteenth and last student must imagine that, at
     the very top of this structure, a big Rhode Island Red
     rooster is sitting on Carol's head.  The student must
     repeat the entire list.  If any other students would
     like to repeat the list, allow him or her to do so.

  After the game is over, ask if anyone in the class would
be interested in learning the 13 original states and the
order in which they entered the union.  Most will not,
saying it is too hard.  Then tell them that they already
have learned it.  See if any student can figure out the
code.  If none are able, then give them the translation
below:
  1.  Corningware dish - Delaware
  2.  chopped-up pencils - Pennsylvania
  3.  new-born Jersey calf
  4.  George - Georgia
  5.  disconnected radio - Connecticut
  6.  mass of wire - Massachusetts
  7.  tangled Mary - Maryland
  8.  Carol in a bikini - South Carolina (south is hotter)
  9.  new bloody ham - New Hampshire
 10.  Ginger (or Virginia) - Virginia
 11.  Empire State Building - New York
 12.  Carol in a fur coat - North Carolina (north is colder)
 13.  Rhode Island red rooster - Rhode Island