Indiana has so many wonderful places to visit, and postcards are a fun way to let others know about where you’ve been! In this activity, students will create a postcard from Indiana. The written part must include at least one fact about the landmark, and the picture must accurately depict the location.
Some popular tourist attractions in Indiana include Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, Snite Museum of Art at Notre Dame, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Objective: Create a postcard from a landmark in Indiana.
Student Instructions
Engage students by organizing a virtual field trip to a famous Indiana landmark. Use online videos, interactive maps, or virtual tours to give students a realistic experience of the site before they create their postcards.
Encourage students to search for interesting facts about their chosen landmark. Provide links to kid-friendly sites or books to help them find unique and accurate information for their postcard message.
Show students how to craft a short, personal note for their postcard. Emphasize including at least one fact and using a friendly greeting and closing to make the message feel authentic.
Teach students simple drawing or collage methods to illustrate their landmark. Allow them to use colored pencils, digital tools, or printed images to make their postcards colorful and eye-catching.
Celebrate student work by creating a display or having a sharing session. Invite students to present their postcards and share the facts they learned, helping to build confidence and reinforce knowledge about Indiana landmarks.
A fun classroom activity is to have students create postcards featuring Indiana landmarks. They draw the landmark, include the state name, and write a note with at least one interesting fact about the location.
Students can design a two-cell storyboard: one side with a colorful illustration of the Indiana landmark and the other with a note describing a fact about the landmark. Adding a made-up address and a fun stamp makes it extra engaging.
Popular Indiana landmarks for classroom projects include the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, Snite Museum of Art, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Postcard activities engage students creatively while reinforcing geography skills, encouraging research, writing, and visual expression about specific locations like Indiana landmarks.
A student’s postcard should have a drawing of the landmark, the state name, a note with at least one fact about the landmark, a creative address, and a fun stamp.