|
Aim: 1. What is
the Internet?
2. What is a browser?
3. What is a search engine?
4. How can we use a search engine to find information on the
world wide web?
5. How have people of diverse cultures shaped the past and
impacted us in the present and our future?
6. How have ordinary people become superheroes as a result
of their actions and contributions to society?
Materials: Internet Coach CD, Apple Education Series, Apple Computer Corporation, Cupertino Ca , 1997)
Standards Addressed:
1.
The student gathers and uses information for research purposes.
2.
The student uses electronic media to gather information.
3.
The students appreciates the significance in our lives of people who have
made contributions to society.
4.
To develop concept of how people of diverse cultures have shaped the past
and have impacted us in the present and our future.
5.
To appreciate the fact that ordinary people can be superheroes as a result
of their actions and contributions to society.
Motivation:
1.
Students read the information in the section entitled "Internet Overview"
on the Internet Coach CD and answer these focus questions:
Tip: To narrow the search field, enter the name of the person and the work biography (for example, steven spielberg biography) in the search box. When looking for a photograph, enter the name of the person and the work photo (for example,, steven spielberg photo).
Evaluation: Students will be evaluated on their ability to make use of search engines as well as find and bookmark web sites that will be useful in doing research about a heroic person.
Related Web Sites:
1) http://myhero.com/New_Directory/directory_table.asp
This site provides photos and short biographical sketches
about real life heroes.
2) http://thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=4034&cid=2&url=4034/home.asp
"Explorers of the Millennium," provides students with
a wealth of information about the most important explorers of the past
thousand years in a simple, easy-to-use format.
3) http://distinguishedwomen.com/
This site has biographies of women who contributed
to our culture
4) http://biography.com
provides biographical information about real people
in many different career categories
5) http://time.com/time
This is the Time Magazine Web Site. From here students
can click links to find magazine articles about famous people.
6) http://people.com
From the People Magazine web site, students can access
links to magazine articles about the people they are researching.
7) http://sportsillustrated.com
This is the site for Sports Illustrated Magazine.
Students can click on links to find out about sports figures.
Follow up: In Lesson
4, the writing phase, students will set up a word processing document
and write a report using the information found during their research.