Internet Hunt for Fun Facts About Me, My Birthday & the Year I Was Born

Internet Hunt for Fun Facts about Me, My Birthday & the Year I Was Born

In this activity, you will be gathering information from Internet sources to create a“Fun Facts about Me, My Birthday & the Year I Was Born” poster. You will then complete the project by entering your information into the middle of each colored box in your poster document.

Instructions / Information
(record your data below)
1. Find one historical event that happened on your birthday.
Go to the link below. Under “Search Today in History” enter the day, month and year you were born, and choose “Events” in the type category.
/ 1919 - Woodrow Wilson's dream of a League of Nations becomes a reality after the League Covenant is adopted at the Paris Peace Conference
1939 - Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
2. Find one of the top song hits and the artist during
the year you were born.
Go to the link below. Scroll down to the year you were born and choose one song and the artist.
/ Man In the Mirror-- Michael Jackson
3. Find who was President the year you were born. Record the years he was in office as well.
Go to the link below. Scroll down and click on a 20th or 21st century President to find the correct one.
/ Ronald Reagan
4. Find out how many days old you are today.
Enter your birth date info at this site:
/ 9,839 days old
5. Find what day of the week you were born on.
Record the day of the week you were born and the sentence in the nursery rhyme for that day. Ex. “Tuesday’s child is full of grace.”
Enter your birth date at this site:
/ Friday
Friday's child is loving and giving
6. Name a famous person who shares your birthday (can be a different birth year).
Record name of famous person and birth date including year.
/ Sarah Jessica Parker - 1965
Elton John - 1947

* In the first orange box (located at the top of the page on your poster document) you will type your name and your birth date underneath your name.

Fun Facts about Me, My Birthday & the Year I Was Born…
Nicole Jones
March 25, 1988
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One historical event that happened
on the day I was born was.. / On the list of top songs was…
1919 - Woodrow Wilson's dream of a League of Nations becomes a reality after the League Covenant is adopted at the Paris Peace Conference
1939 - Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart / Man In the Mirror-- Michael Jackson
The President was…
Ronald Reagan
Today’s date is… / And, I am this many days old… / This famous person shares my birthday…
March 3, 2015 / 9,839 days old
Sarah Jessica Parker
Elton John
I was born on this day of the week… / Their actual birthday is…
Friday
Friday's child is loving and giving / Sarah Jessica Parker - 1965
Elton John - 1947