THANKSGIVING

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TYPING LESSONS

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Critical Evaluation of a Web Site

You must pick ONE website to evaluate on the worksheet "Critical Evaluation of a Web Site".  After you have finished the ONE website from my list, you must pick another website, of YOUR CHOICE to write a "pretend" research paper on "Technology in the Classroom"

• Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies
• Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide
• Boilerplate: Mechanical Marvel of the 19th Century
• Burmese Mountain Dog
• Buy an Ancestor Online
• California's Velcro Crop Under Challenge
• Case Analysis of a Historic Killer Tornado
• Cybertan
• Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
• Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
• Google Job Opportunities
• Google Technology
• Jacopo di Poggibonsi
• Mankato (MN) Home Page
• MoonBeam Enterprises and Lunar Travel Agency
• History of the Fisher-Price Airplane
• OvaPrima Foundation
• Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
• Taxonomy of Barney
• Visit Exciting Fredericton

Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

Open a WORD Doc.  Use proper Word Formatting to set up page.  Answer the questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES

Using the internet sites listed below, answer the following questions about Thanksgiving.

1. Website #1: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/thanks.html

• a. Which president first proclaimed a Thanksgiving Day?
• b. What is the cornucopia a symbol of?
• c. When is Thanksgiving held every year?

2. Website #2: http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/story.htm

• a. Who was the Ancient Greek goddess of corn?
• b. When is the Canadian Thanksgiving?

3. Website #3: http://members.aol.com/calebj/clothing.html

• a.What did young boy pilgrims typically wear?
• b.What are breeches?
• c. Did most pilgrims wear black clothes with big buckles as depicted in most pictures?

4. Website #4: http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/cj/hlinks.html

• a.  Which of the following foods did the Pilgrims possibly have on the first Thanksgiving?
  • Ham?
  • Corn on the cob?
  • Turkey?
  • Indian corn?
  • Sweet potatoes?
• b. When was the national Thanksgiving holiday approved by Congress?

5.  Website #5: http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/out_field/

• a.What kind of businesses are likely to give their employees paid time off for Thanksgiving and the day after?
• b.What kind of businesses are likely NOT to give their employees a day off around Thanksgiving?

6. Website #6: http://www.geocities.com/~perkinshome/thanksgiving.html

• a. What tribe of Indians inhabited the area where the Pilgrims landed in 1620?
• b. What was the Pilgrim custom for women regarding mealtimes?
• c. Out of the original 102 Pilgrims, how many died the first winter?
• d. Who was the oldest Pilgrim on the Mayflower?
• e. How many times was William Bradford reelected governor?
• f. Were most of the Pilgrims Separatists or Puritans?
• g. Why aren't leaves green in the fall?

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Want to have some more fun? Send a Thanksgiving greeting card to your teacher thanking her for something. Visit this website-- http://www.e-cards.com/group/thanksgiving/


Have a great Thanksgiving break!