Discussion: Famous People

(5-8 minutes, easy setup)
Provide a dry erase board and markers. Write the following names across the top of the marker board leaving room below each name: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Babe Ruth, and Margaret Thatcher. Additional information may be found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page about each individual.

Call out the first name and ask: What do you know about Abraham Lincoln? Write the responses under Lincoln’s name. Continue with each name listed on the marker board. Use the following information to supplement learners’ responses:

Abraham Lincoln

• 16^th President of the US
• Born February 12, 1809
• Born in Kentucky
• In office March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
• Mary Todd – spouse
• Assassinated April 1865

George Washington

• 1^st President of the US
• Born February 22, 1732
• Known as the “Father of this Country”
• Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
• Martha Dandridge Custis – spouse
• Episcopal

Babe Ruth

• George Herman Ruth, Jr. given name
• Born February 6, 1895
• Outfielder/Pitcher
• Left-handed
• Batting average .342
• 714 Home Runs
• Played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Boston Braves
• Catholic
• Died August 16, 1948

Margaret Thatcher

• Born October 13, 1925
• London, England
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2/11/75 – 11/28/90
• Brought up Wesleyan Methodist
• Known as the Iron Lady
• Britain’s first Woman Prime Minister

After going through the list ask: How well did you know these individuals? Before this exercise did you think you knew about each individual very well? Why or why not? Share that today we are going to discover the One who knows everything about us intimately.