If You Still Need to Sign Up for Your Hero

Assignment 3. Signing up for your Hero

o   You are going to learn about and practice doing research by completing a small research project on a famous person – someone you could call one of your heroes.

o   See the pink handout for rules about choosing a hero, and for suggested individuals. 

o   Important Note: The hero you use must be found on

                                                Biography Reference Center.

1.	·      Select  and record on the pink paper two or three people you might like to learn more about. ·      Log onto the computer following the directions in the lab.
2.	Instructions for Opening  Biography Reference Center 1.     Go to our school homepage  at  http://afjh.alpineschools.org/  (You could use the link from our blog.) 2.     Click on RESOURCES at the left. 3.     Click on Biography Reference CenteR.
3.	Log-in to   Biography Reference CenteR with username    afjh password:   caveman
4.	Finding Famous People with  Biography Reference Center Decide who you are most interested in researching. 1.     In the Search bar, type in the name of your person.  Make sure you spell it correctly. 2.     Click on the Search button. 3.     You may see a list of people who have the same name or other possible letter combinations.  Pick the one you mean, and click on the link. 4.     Now you will see a list of sources about that person. 5.     Browse through them by clicking on each link and scrolling down to see how much information is available from each source.  6.     è  Select the source that looks the most useful to you.   ç                 Notice that each source is given a lexile level – a number that indicates reading level. Make sure that article is open. 7.  Copy the URL from the source with the most useful information.   Leave that tab open while you go to Edmodo.    http://www.edmodo.com/    Log into Edmodo:  lastnamefirstname        student number
5.	Signing Up for your Hero/Famous Person When you have decided on the person you hope to do, go to Edmodo and reply to the note labeled “IMPORTANT -- SIGN-UP FOR YOUR HERO.”  1.     Check any previous replies to see whether your hero is already taken. If so, try another of your choices on Biography Reference Center.  When you have one -- 2.     Type your hero’s name into a reply, 3.     Paste the URL from Biography Reference Center, and click to reply.      3.Watch for Ms. Dorsey’s answer to you within the same reply. You choice must be found in Biography Reference Center.