Maryland Pursuit
Making Up Questions

Your team can research and make up new questions about Maryland. Mail your questions (with evidence attached) to Maryland Pursuit. Especially good questions will be awarded 20 points toward the Grand Prize - a sail aboard Pride of Baltimore II in spring 2002! Some of your questions may be posted on the Internet for other students to answer. Here are some guidelines for researching and making up good questions.

• Work as a team. The same teams that answer questions can work together to write new ones. Each team needs an adult sponsor.
• Research and write up your question. The question should be about Maryland's history, geography, culture, or ecology. It should be about something interesting and important -- something that other kids would like to know about. Use the Maryland Pursuit Writing Questions Worksheet to help organize your information. Use a separate Worksheet for each question.
• Give a Clue: Offer your follow students a hint as to where they can find the answer to your question. The clue might refer students to a book or a web site or a historical marker, or some other source of information. Be creative with different kinds of clues!
• Write out the correct answer to your question. This will help in scoring other students' responses to your question.
• Attach your evidence! You need to prove that your answer to your question is correct. The proof must be in writing. If the proof is in a book, photocopy the title page as well as the page(s) in the book where the answer is contained. Highlight the answer. If the answer is on a web page, print out the page with the answer. Highlight the URL and the answer. If the proof is a statement from an expert, write out the statement and give the name, address, and phone number of the expert. In short, PROVE THAT YOUR ANSWER IS CORRECT. Staple your evidence to the back of the Worksheet.
• MAIL your questions and evidence to:

• Maryland Pursuit Writing Questions Worksheet (web)
• Maryland Pursuit Writing Questions Worksheet (pdf)