The Day You Were Born
The following project is designed to help you explore the many exciting things that have happened on your birthday. Below you will be taken to many different web sites that will allow you to find out some interesting facts aboutTheDay You Were Born. As you visit these sites you are going to need a way to check to make sure you have all the information. Make sure you have thedata collecting sheet.
All the information you gather will be used in designing a Special Power Point Project about yourself.This is your unique story!
I hope you have an enjoyable time learning more about you, and the many important events that have occurred on your special day. Good luck and happy searching
1.) What Does Your Name Mean?
The day you were born was a very special event in your parents lives. Your parents picked out a very special name for you. Why did your parents pick your name? Was it to name you after someone or something? The answer to those two questions can only be answered by your parents. When you go home tonight ask them why they chose the name they did for you.
Investigate what that special name really means? Click on the link below and it will take you to a website where you can search about your name. (The website should be able to find almost every common name, but remember some names are not common or have different spellings.)
When you find the correct informationWRITE,in your own words, what your name means on yourdata collecting sheet.
Click here to SEARCH
Baby Name Finder
What does my name mean?
BABY NAMES
2.) How Many Days Old Are You?You will find out old you are ...... in days, hours, and minutes. The website below will allow you to enter your date of birth.
You will also find out which day of the week you were born on.
The easiest way is to useONLY the FIRST 3 BOXESon the web site. Please notice that you need to type in theMONTHthen DAY then theYEAR. (The year needs to be in four digits - ex. 1999).
When you find the correct informationWRITEhow many days, hours, minutesold you are and the day of the week you were born, on yourdata collecting sheet.
Click here to SEARCH
How many days old am I? - Count Down
What day was I born on?
3.) What Happened On Your Birthday?
You will find out what important events in history happened on your birthday. There have been many important events in history that have occurred on the day you were born. Find interesting events that happened on on the same date as your birthday(it may not be the same year.)
When you click on the link below, you will be taken toThe History Channel Web Site. When you get to the site, look on the left side on the page. You will find a place to enter your birthday. Enter your birthday and you will be taken to important events that happened on your birthdate.
When you find the correct information,WRITEthe important and interesting events, on yourdata collectingsheet.Use the back of the paperif neededformore information.
What happened in History on your birthday?
Groliers
On This Day in History
4.) The Man in the Moon and You
You will research and compare the moon view on the day you were born.Select the year, day, and month you were born from the drop down menus. Click on the Get Moon button.
You will also learn the name of the moon phase you were born under.
When you find the correct information,RECORDthe phase of the moon and make a simple drawing, on yourdata collecting sheet.
Click here to SEARCH
Moon View
Moon Phases
5.) Some of My Favorite ThingsYou were probably given lots of toys when you were born and during your first year as a baby.
Find a few toys you can remember playing with or may still have at home.
When you find the correct information,WRITEthe names of the toys, on yourdata collecting sheet.
6.) What Else is News?
As great as you are, there were other things going on in the world when you were born.
Let's learn more about the World on the Day you were born.
You are going to a website that allows you to look up some interesting facts about
what was going on in the world the day you were born. In this website you will find
many more interesting facts, some you won't believe.
Find the following information:
1What was the cost of a postage stamp?
2.What was the cost of a loaf of bread?
3. What were some of the Sports Headlines for that year?
4. Who else was born on your birthday?
At the top of the website page, enter your birthday. Notice for this web site you need to use the following format to enter your birthday -MM/DD/YY- which means if your birthday is February 28, 1989, you need to enter it as02/28/89.
When you find the correct information,WRITEthe facts, on yourdata collecting sheet.
Click here to SEARCHWhat Else is News?
(be patient it may take awhile to load the web page)
Historical Events
Day of Birth
dMarie Time Capsule
Any Day in History
Famous Birthdays
TELEVISION NEWS ARCHIVES
(TV news from your exact B'Day!)
Are you having fun finding enjoyable and interesting factsabout the day and year you were born?
7 .) Conclusion: More sites for cool stuff to help is below but after that look for your final instructions on how to turn the information on the day you were born into your final power point project.
On This Day - New York Times -http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/archive.htmlFind and click your birthday. Read through the historical facts that happened on the day you were born. List 3 historical facts that occured on your birthday and the year they happened. At the bottom of this site is a list of famous people tht share your birthday. List 3 famous people that share your birthday and why they are famous (occupation).
The History Channel - Your Day -http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=leadstoryEnter your birthday in the spaces provided. Select a category (WWI, WWII, Wall Street, Vietnam War, Presidential, Old West, Crime, Cold War, American Revolution, Civil War, Automotive, General Interest, Literary, Lead Story, Entertainment, or Disaster). List an event that took place on your birthday.
TV Channel -http://www.inthe90s.com/prime.shtmlSelect the prime time television programs for the first year of your life. For example, if you were born in 1993, you would select 1993-1994. List 10 television programs for the first year of your life.
Major League Baseball -http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws.jsp?feature=club_champsWhat major league baseball team won the World Series the year you were born? (**If you were born in 1994, why is there no World Series champion listed?)
Football History -http://www.nfl.com/ What 2 teams played in the Super Bowl the year you were born? Who won? What was the score?
Hockey History -http://www.nhl.com/won the Stanley Cup the year that you were born?
Birthstones -http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/birthsto.htmLocate the month of your birth and record your birthstone.
What's Your Sign? -http://library.thinkquest.org/J002809/zodiac.htmlLocate your birthday. What is your zodiac sign?
Holidays -http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/Select By Month, and click the month of your birth. List 3 holidays that are celebrated on your birthday. Include where they are celebrate (country). Be able to explain the holiday.
Picture WebsitesGOOGLE IMAGES
http://www.picsearch.com/
http://www.altavista.com/image/default
http://www.ditto.com/
http://gallery.yahoo.com/
http://images.fws.gov/
http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/
http://netvet.wustl.edu/pix.htm
http://www.fotosearch.com/
PowerPoint Directions
Use the information you gathered from the Internet to create a PowerPoint presentation about the day you were born.
COVER SLIDE!
Slide 1 put in the answers from your data sheet to 1
· Your name & birthday & age
· What your name means
· Photo of yourself(optional)
Slide 2 put in the answers from your data sheet to 2
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· How Old Are You in days, hours, minutes
· What day were you born on.
Slide 3
· What two things happen on your birthday
· Optional: photos of people (optional)
Slide 4 put in the answers from your data sheet to 4
· Info from The Man in the Moon & You
· Phase of the moon
· Photo of that same moon phase (optional)
Slide 5 put in the answers from your data sheet to 5
· Name two of your favorite toys
· Photo of a toy (optional)
Slide 6 put in the answers from your data sheet to 6
· -what was the cost of a postage stamp?
· -what was the cost of a loaf of bread?
· -what were some of the sports Headlines for that year
· -who else was born on your birthday? What famous person do you share a birthday with?
Slide 7
· Conclusion slide – be creative – choose an appropriate ending for your presentation
Hints & Ideas:
· Use photos and graphics related to the info on each slide.
· Check your spelling
· Use the same background on all your slides
· Add transitions between the slides
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After you complete this lesson, you will have experienced "surfing" the web. You will be more familiar with how to navigate on the web (go from one site to another and back). You will be more knowledgeable about what the world was like on the day you were born. And, you will have developed research skills, thinking skills and writing skills