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The Day I Was Born CyberHunt
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Part I. Use the Internet to collect data about the events that were happening on the day you were born. Record your data on the Day I Was Born Data Sheet
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| 1. How many days old are you?
Enter your
date of birth. |
| 2. What is the significance of the day of the week on which you were born? |
| 3. What does your name mean? Use any of these links to find out the meaning and origin of your first name. |
| 4. Many great authors were born
on your birthday. Click on the link to
Literary Birthdays.
Click on the month that you were born. |
| 5. What happened in history on
the day you were born? Click on
DMarie Time Capsule.
Type in your birthday and click Quick Page. a. What were the most popular songs? |
| 6. What important event happened on your
birthday? Click This Day in
History. At the top of the page, find "What Happened on your Birthday?" Click on the arrow next to the month and day to choose your birthday. Click Go. List one event that happened on your birthday and the year that it happened.
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| Part II After gathering the data and recording it on the Day I Was Born Data Sheet, you will create a newspaper article or advertisement that could have been appeared in a newspaper on the day you were born. The article could be informational or an advertisement for a product, movie or song. |
| The Day I Was Born Rubric |
