DISCUSSION - GOVERNOR'S MANSION
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1.       What is the name of the home the state provides for the governor? (TEXT, VIDEO) Why is such a large home necessary? (TEXT, VIDEO)  2.       Would you like to be the governor’s guest for dinner in the formal dining room? What do you think the governor would serve for dinner? What would you say to the governor?  3.       Some of the furniture upstairs was hand carved by an Illinois farmer more than 100 years ago. Who saw the furniture at the 1892 Chicago World’s Fair and offered to buy it for $1 million? (TEXT, VIDEO) Was the offer accepted? (TEXT, VIDEO) Why do you think the furniture wasn’t sold? Would you have sold it?