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Famous People Birthdays

Instructions

  1. Go to the Famous Birthdays website. Review all the dates of the month and the names.
  2. Select a famous person and inform Ms. Boyd.
  3. If approved then proceed to the next step, otherwise select another name.
  4. Go to the web links for the person on the Famous Birthdays website.
  5. Make notes and record the website for references.
  6. Go to the websites below for addition information on the person you selected.
  7. Make additional notes and record the websites for references. Organize your notes, you may code them by ID
  8. Write up your project using a Word Processor and save the file with the name of the person and month
    sample 1: Grandma Moses Sept 7 1870
    sample 2: Prince Harry Sept 15 1984
    Save In your own folder on the school network "Transit J-Drive"
  9. The Famous Birthday Report includes information on the following:
Names of Famous Person Selected Code ID
Birthplace - City, Country, BP
Vital Stats
DOB (Date of birth), 
current age this month of the report,
if dead - place, date and cause of death		 VS
Family background, 
Mother, Father, 
Culture, Languages		 FB
Education level, schools and Universities attended ED
Career - awards, achievements, personal records, recognition events CA
Trivia and interesting special stuff that makes this person famous TRV
Why you chose this person? Why
What important or new things did you learn? What

   Check List   

First Class: Select a famous person for the month.  Check that there is enough information to do a full page report using the above guide.  Get teacher approval and begin note taking from these Web Based resources.

Second Class: Complete note taking, organize the notes using a code, start a first draft in a Word Processor.

Third Class: Complete the first draft (double space), print out and do a "5 step edit" using the check list.

Last Class: Make changes and complete the final copy today and print out (single space).

   Websites  for  extra  information   

Famous Birthdays

Birthday Links

Biography / Search Database of over 25,000 entries

Celebhoo / Celebrity Birthdays

Calendar Home

Calendar Zone / Bringing Order to Calendrical Chaos!

Calendar Zone / Daily Calendars

Celebrity Birthdays - fun4birthdays

Classical Composers' Information Archive / click on button to open archieve

Cyndi's List / Canada Index

Cyndi's List / Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Daily Almanacs / look up the day you were born

Encyclopędia Britannica Online: Britannica's Lives site lists only *important* historical figures

Famous Birthdays on this Day in History / select month and birthday

History Channel / This Day in History

IMDb / In This Year search from 1891 to 2005

IMDb / The Internet Movie History Database

Kids Domain - Famous Birthdays Links

On This Day The New York Times on the Web

Seeing Stars / the Ultimate Guide to Hollywood & Celebrities

The Celebrity Birthday's site, celebrity birthdays

The History Net / Today in History / Search

Today's Celebrity Birthdays

Today in History / Inventors / About

9Online / Today in History

9Online / Today in History Archives / Jan to June

9Online / Today in History Archives / July to Dec


Prepared for C. Boyd by R. Lambert, November 19, 2001