Thursday, November 29, 2012

Handouts for today:   
HeroProjectChecklistR3 for Web.doc

Hero Project PowerPointChart.doc

R7R3 Day 4 Directions.doc

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You may need to know:

• How to use iSeek

               http://education.iseek.com/iseek/home.page
           Use the "Education" option first.  If it doesn't find any links, try the "Web" option.
Important:  On iSeek, click on the GRAY link NOT on the red one. 

Other Search Engines to try:   A Variety of Search Engines

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• How to create a bibliography entry using bibme or easybib         

http://www.bibme.org/     or     http://easybib.com/ 

            Directions:  Using Bibme.org to Create Citations 

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• (Reminder of how to get into Biography Reference Center and Pioneer Library)

Handy Notes: 

To Get Into the Biography Reference Center

1. Go to the school webpage

2. Click on resources (far right tab)

3. Click on Biography Resource Center (third item listed)

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L.I.V.E. Week Life is a Valuable Experience
Wednesday: Laugh “Humor Can Be Good for You!” HA! HA! It Pays to Proofread. .  and Think Before You Write! “Where’s a Hero?” Find Helen Keller Find Mona Lisa Find George Washington No Cavetime today. Assembly during 4th period 1:00 – 1:35 Schedule: 2nd Lunch A1  -- 8:15 – 9:30 A2  -- 9:35-10:55 A3 -- 11:00- 12:15 Lunch 12:15 – 12:45 A4  --12:50- 12:55 1st Assembly 1:00 – 1:35 A4 – 1:40 – 2:45	Thursday:  Care “Empathy and Forgiveness” “Where’s a Hero?” Find Abe Lincoln Find Thomas Edison Regular Schedule with Cavetime for 7th Graders Ways to Show Empathy: listening understanding another's point of view being sincere self-control -- putting another person's needs or wants before your own	Friday:  Achieve “Goal Setting” “Where’s a Hero?” Find  Albert Einstein Regular Schedule with Cavetime Assembly    7th Grade students will report to the Old Auditorium for Presenter Scott Robertson.

 

Here is another suggested hero:  http://www.npr.org/2012/11/25/165413500/the-only-woman-to-receive-the-medal-of-honor     Mary Edwards Walker

Biography Reference Center: 

http://web.ebscohost.com/brc/detail?sid=60280b22-2937-4571-b23b-e47a2213b201%40sessionmgr10&vid=4&hid=19&bdata=JnNpdGU9YnJjLWxpdmU%3d#db=b6h&AN=32426193

and another:
Charlotte Parkhurst / Charley Parkhurst
woman who dressed as a man to become a stage coach driver because women couldn't 
http://web.ebscohost.com/sas/detail?sid=17e38b43-186d-428b-857b-ebc3be1878bb%40sessionmgr15&vid=8&hid=128&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPSZzaXRlPXNhcy1saXZl#db=mih&AN=9704161945

We have in the classroom a YA historical novel called Riding Freedom which is a fictionalized version of Charlotte Parkhurst's story.

Another:
Irena Sendler -- rescued infants and small children from the Warsaw ghetto during WWII.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp

Here is the large list you received at the beginning of this rotation:   Suggestions for Heroes