The Industrial Revolution: Great Inventors
1)
This is the website where you will read about the great inventors of the Industrial Revolution. On this page scroll down to the heading Inventors of the Industrial Revolution which is in the middle of the page and click on it. That will take you to the page to start the lesson about the inventors. Use the handout to take notes while you go through the lesson on the internet.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor2/index.cfm
2)
At the bottom of this page is a section called Student lessons and ideas. Go to the link highlighted in blue which reads: Try This. This will take you to the Inventor's Game.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor2/lesnideas.cfm
Monday, May 19, 2008
The Career Key
The Career Key website will allow you to find information about possible careers suited to your personality. The descriptors (realistic, artistic, social, etc) at the bottom of the page are the links for a survey of career opportunities that could interest you.
On the survey page, select three no more than four career choices and click done. You will have a summary page of jobs that could fit you. Write these down and then begin reading about the first one on the list.
http://www.careerkey.org/asp/career_options/match_personality.asp
After you have researched the jobs you selected, rank them in order of your preference, 1 being the highest. When you are finished with your career survey and research turn in your job selection and ranking to me.
On the survey page, select three no more than four career choices and click done. You will have a summary page of jobs that could fit you. Write these down and then begin reading about the first one on the list.
http://www.careerkey.org/asp/career_options/match_personality.asp
After you have researched the jobs you selected, rank them in order of your preference, 1 being the highest. When you are finished with your career survey and research turn in your job selection and ranking to me.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Renaissance Personal Journal/Scrapbook
Below is the list of requirements for your Renaissance project as well as some websites to get you started on your research journey
Personal Journal Criteria: The journal entries will be written in first person. You will write the journal as if you were the person you chose from the Renaissance.
The Cover: Your name, Your Renaissance person’s name, Renaissance person’s birth-death dates, block, project due date. Scrapbook needs to be contained in some manner.
State your name (this means your person), create a date from the Renaissance for your journals.
Journal entries: Two entries on separate pages
Explain who you are and why you are important for your time. What makes you take
risk or try new things? What are your dreams or goals and are you able to achieve
them?
Who are your friends, family, rivals? Who has influenced you the most? Has anyone
thwarted you? What do you find challenging about living during this time?
You need a picture of you for your scrapbook. (This means your person!) Find pictures, texts of things that interest you and represents the Renaissance. (Limit textual information to short paragraphs in order to keep the page dynamic.)
Bibliographical information: Cite your sources on a separate Bibliography page. This includes every source on the Internet from which you take your information—text, pictures, clipart, backgrounds, etc.
You will present your personal journal/scrapbook as your person to the class and explain why the “scraps” you chose to include are representational of you and the Renaissance.
Renaissance Websites:
http://hms.ttsd.k12.or.us/curriculum/7/renaissance/people.html
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/launchpad/9983/renaissance.html
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/
http://www.42explore2.com/renaissance2.htm
http://www.midrealm.org/mkyouth/links/peopleren.htm (general information)
http://killeenroos.com/2/PEO1415A.htm (general information)
Personal Journal Criteria: The journal entries will be written in first person. You will write the journal as if you were the person you chose from the Renaissance.
The Cover: Your name, Your Renaissance person’s name, Renaissance person’s birth-death dates, block, project due date. Scrapbook needs to be contained in some manner.
State your name (this means your person), create a date from the Renaissance for your journals.
Journal entries: Two entries on separate pages
Explain who you are and why you are important for your time. What makes you take
risk or try new things? What are your dreams or goals and are you able to achieve
them?
Who are your friends, family, rivals? Who has influenced you the most? Has anyone
thwarted you? What do you find challenging about living during this time?
You need a picture of you for your scrapbook. (This means your person!) Find pictures, texts of things that interest you and represents the Renaissance. (Limit textual information to short paragraphs in order to keep the page dynamic.)
Bibliographical information: Cite your sources on a separate Bibliography page. This includes every source on the Internet from which you take your information—text, pictures, clipart, backgrounds, etc.
You will present your personal journal/scrapbook as your person to the class and explain why the “scraps” you chose to include are representational of you and the Renaissance.
Renaissance Websites:
http://hms.ttsd.k12.or.us/curriculum/7/renaissance/people.html
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/launchpad/9983/renaissance.html
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/
http://www.42explore2.com/renaissance2.htm
http://www.midrealm.org/mkyouth/links/peopleren.htm (general information)
http://killeenroos.com/2/PEO1415A.htm (general information)
Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Scienticfic Revolution
The Scientific Revolution
HYPERLINK http://school.eb.com/workspace2/display
Great Minds
Click below to open a web page with a list of great minds of the Scientific Revolution (and before). Each name in the list can be clicked on to open an encyclopedia article about that person.
The web page includes articles about every person mentioned in the scientific revolution chapter. Read any that grab your attention. However, you are specifically responsible for knowing the following six names and their contributions to the scientific revolution:
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
Bacon
Descartes
HYPERLINK http://school.eb.com/workspace2/display
Great Minds
Click below to open a web page with a list of great minds of the Scientific Revolution (and before). Each name in the list can be clicked on to open an encyclopedia article about that person.
The web page includes articles about every person mentioned in the scientific revolution chapter. Read any that grab your attention. However, you are specifically responsible for knowing the following six names and their contributions to the scientific revolution:
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
Bacon
Descartes
Monday, March 31, 2008
Current Event Peer Comment
Please pick a peer's current event posting to review, and write a thoughtful comment about the topic and/or his/her poem or compare/contrast. You can choose a classmate from either C or H block.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Global Fortune 500
Website For Fortune 500
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2007/full_list/
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2007/full_list/
Saturday, November 24, 2007
British Empire Project
British Empire Webquest
Use the following websites to find information for your oral presentation on the British Empire…
Here is a website to help with your project:
Timeline generator:
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html
A. General Information about the British Empire that might be helpful to all groups
http://www.angelfire.com/mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/europe/empire.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
Great introduction on the British Empire including specific sections on colonies. Very easy to read.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/empirehist/history.htm
Good site that shows the different phases of the growth of the empire.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/br/BritEmp.html
Maps showing the expansion of the British Empire over time.
http://www.ozedweb.com/history/oz_british_empire_growth.htm
Another old map showing what the British Empire as of 1897
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:British_Empire_1897.jpg
A very interesting site explaining the truth behind the idea that the sun never set on the British Empire
http://www.friesian.com/british.htm
The British Empire
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/
timeline
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/timeline.htm
Images of Empire (photographs!)
http://www.imagesofempire.com/bin/empire.dll/go?a=disp&t=gli-loader.html&tpl=gli-index&m=1&s=1&glsection=1000&glsub= 1&si=8A3CBBC0CFC347D387B8BB9CE208E6&se=47
British empire home page; studies the history of the empire in North America, Africa, India and Australia, and uses documents from the National Archives.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire
British colonies - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about British ...
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/British+colonies
British Empire - The Story
The amazing story of the Rise of the British Empire from the time of Elizabeth lst' bucaneering seafarers to the Boer War Fully illustrated history of the ...
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kenanderson/histemp
British Empire, or British Empire and Commonwealth (includes specific countries!)
www.britannica.com/eb/topic-80013/British-Empire
B. Egypt
First British Viceroy’s (after-the-fact) explanation of why Britain took Egypt - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1908cromer.html
Colonization of Egypt ThinkQuest (excellent student created site – all parts are useful)
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01218/index2.html
Map with clickable link to lots of Egypt info. Very dense text.
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/africa.htm
C. South Africa
BBC’s “The Story of Africa”- Start with the introductory page for “Africa and Europe (1800-1914) then look at the “Southern Africa” menu. The most useful links in this menu are: Afrikaners Vs English, Mining, Imperial Racism, Apartheid Origins, and the timeline.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/
Map with clickable link to lots of South Africa info. Very dense text.
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/africa.htm
The next two provide great background and primary source documents
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs2/background.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs2/default.htm
Good information and very readable
http://www.capetown.at/heritage/history/british.htm
E. Canada
The next two are about the British Empire in North America. You will find general information about Canada and how it relates to the colonization of some Caribbean islands and modern day America. This site was created for kids.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs1/background.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs1/default.htm
From the same site as the above two—but more specific to Canada.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g3/cs1/background.htm
General information about the British Empire but good specific information on Canada in the section on North America.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/empirehist/history.htm
Difficult reading but some good information. Make sure you have a general understanding before you tackle this one…
http://www.canadianheritage.org/books/canada4.htm
F. India
The next two are from the National Archives in Enland and gives great, kid friendly information on the British East India Company and more.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs3/background.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs3/default.htm
Fairly readable background info.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/LONeast.htm
Very dense reading but a good history of British Imperialism in India.
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/India.html
Some useful and brief articles about India – another student created site. http://library.thinkquest.org/C006203/indexa.html
G. Australia
Kid friendly and easy to read website providing lots of information on the British settlement of Australia.
http://members.tripod.com/virtaus4/volume8/history/british_settlement.htm
Kid friendly website from the National Archives in England. Includes background info and primary source documents.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g2/cs2/background.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs4/default.htm
Use the following websites to find information for your oral presentation on the British Empire…
Here is a website to help with your project:
Timeline generator:
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html
A. General Information about the British Empire that might be helpful to all groups
http://www.angelfire.com/mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/europe/empire.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
Great introduction on the British Empire including specific sections on colonies. Very easy to read.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/empirehist/history.htm
Good site that shows the different phases of the growth of the empire.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/br/BritEmp.html
Maps showing the expansion of the British Empire over time.
http://www.ozedweb.com/history/oz_british_empire_growth.htm
Another old map showing what the British Empire as of 1897
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:British_Empire_1897.jpg
A very interesting site explaining the truth behind the idea that the sun never set on the British Empire
http://www.friesian.com/british.htm
The British Empire
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/
timeline
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/timeline.htm
Images of Empire (photographs!)
http://www.imagesofempire.com/bin/empire.dll/go?a=disp&t=gli-loader.html&tpl=gli-index&m=1&s=1&glsection=1000&glsub= 1&si=8A3CBBC0CFC347D387B8BB9CE208E6&se=47
British empire home page; studies the history of the empire in North America, Africa, India and Australia, and uses documents from the National Archives.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire
British colonies - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about British ...
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/British+colonies
British Empire - The Story
The amazing story of the Rise of the British Empire from the time of Elizabeth lst' bucaneering seafarers to the Boer War Fully illustrated history of the ...
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kenanderson/histemp
British Empire, or British Empire and Commonwealth (includes specific countries!)
www.britannica.com/eb/topic-80013/British-Empire
B. Egypt
First British Viceroy’s (after-the-fact) explanation of why Britain took Egypt - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1908cromer.html
Colonization of Egypt ThinkQuest (excellent student created site – all parts are useful)
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01218/index2.html
Map with clickable link to lots of Egypt info. Very dense text.
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/africa.htm
C. South Africa
BBC’s “The Story of Africa”- Start with the introductory page for “Africa and Europe (1800-1914) then look at the “Southern Africa” menu. The most useful links in this menu are: Afrikaners Vs English, Mining, Imperial Racism, Apartheid Origins, and the timeline.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/
Map with clickable link to lots of South Africa info. Very dense text.
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/africa.htm
The next two provide great background and primary source documents
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs2/background.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs2/default.htm
Good information and very readable
http://www.capetown.at/heritage/history/british.htm
E. Canada
The next two are about the British Empire in North America. You will find general information about Canada and how it relates to the colonization of some Caribbean islands and modern day America. This site was created for kids.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs1/background.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs1/default.htm
From the same site as the above two—but more specific to Canada.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g3/cs1/background.htm
General information about the British Empire but good specific information on Canada in the section on North America.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/empirehist/history.htm
Difficult reading but some good information. Make sure you have a general understanding before you tackle this one…
http://www.canadianheritage.org/books/canada4.htm
F. India
The next two are from the National Archives in Enland and gives great, kid friendly information on the British East India Company and more.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs3/background.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs3/default.htm
Fairly readable background info.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/LONeast.htm
Very dense reading but a good history of British Imperialism in India.
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/India.html
Some useful and brief articles about India – another student created site. http://library.thinkquest.org/C006203/indexa.html
G. Australia
Kid friendly and easy to read website providing lots of information on the British settlement of Australia.
http://members.tripod.com/virtaus4/volume8/history/british_settlement.htm
Kid friendly website from the National Archives in England. Includes background info and primary source documents.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g2/cs2/background.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs4/default.htm
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