All about me: Scavenger Hunt

On the day you were born: "History around Me"

Encyclopedias:

• Groliers online -
  • type in the month and the day you were born - like "October 27"
  • put it in quotation marks - click GO
  • choose one article, scroll down to find the date in RED
  • write down a sentence that includes the date and something about the subject of the article

Magazines and Newspapers

• New York Times - On this Day - scroll down to find your birth date
  • click on it and write down one event
• Time Magazine - scoll down to Birthday covers and select your birth date
  • write down the name of the person who is on the cover

Web sites -

• Famous Birthdays - choose your month, and scroll down to find your date
  • Who was born on your birthday?
  • Write down the name of one famous person
• choose one
  • Any day in history - choose your birth date
    • List one event
  • History Channel: This day in History - type in your birth date - choose category
    • List one event
  • Earth Calendar - choose your birth date
    • List one holiday

   

Internet search: Google

• choose one of the people, events, topics and do a search
  • use quotation marks
• write down the title of the web page and it's URL