Mr. Pace-Birthday Research Project
Mr. Pace
Birthday Research Project
Use the following sites to help you discover what important events occurred on the month and day you were born.
Entire Earth www.entireearth.com/Today-In-History.html
You'll find famous people birthdays, famous people deaths, and historical events that happen by day AND month. Famous names; actors, presidents, and events; earthquakes, fires, battles, and much more.
Use the pull down menu to select your particular month and day.
The History Channel www.historychannel.com/thisday/
A wonderful resource that allows you to view a short movie clip about an event in history.
-Type your birthdate into the "Enter a date" box.
-Click on "GO"
-View the short video clip regarding your particular event (includes audio)
Scope Systems www.scopesys.com/anyday
*Use this site for additional information only after you've verified specificevents at one of the other sites above. May not be an authentic source of information. Any event, famous persons death or birthdate must be verified elsewhere.
-Use the pull down menu to select your specific month and day.
-Scroll down list to view first a list of birthdates, deaths and then events.
When you are finished narrowing down your event or famous person you then need to create a thesis statement and then prove that statement by submitting a 1 to 1 1/2 paged report explaining why this person or event was important in history.
By using this link www.esboces.org/SLS/vrc.cfm
to The Virtual Reference Collection you can select different databases to find more information.
*Use the Encyclopedia Britannica for over 118,000 articles including events and famous people.
*Use the Wilson Biograhphy Index for biographical information of famous or infamous people. Contains 111,000 people.
*Use the Facts.com Reference source which includes the World News Digest, Issuses and Controversies, Today's Science and the World Almanac Reference Database. Gives related topic links as well.