Indiana Social Studies IS.5.4
The Standard
Explain how Indiana traditions and customs have changed over time (1816 to present).
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace how Indiana celebrations and pastimes changed from early statehood to today. They use dated sources to explain what changed, what stayed the same, and why.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can compare an early State Fair notice with a current fair schedule and name one change and one tradition that continued. They support each point with details from the sources.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the State Fair began when Indiana became a state in 1816. They may also assume every Indiana community shared the same customs, or that new fair events replaced older ones.
How to Assess It
- Give students an early State Fair notice and a current schedule. Ask: What is one change and one thing that stayed the same? Point to a detail in each source.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Sort printed cards for the 1852 State Fair, the 1911 boys basketball tournament, and the 1976 girls basketball tournament into a timeline.
Ask students to write: What changed about the State Fair, and what stayed the same? Use an old notice and a current schedule.
Play a matching game with dated Indiana fair and basketball source cards; students pair each card with a claim it supports.
Check this year's Indiana State Fair schedule for an event also shown in a historical fair photo, then discuss why people still attend.
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