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Title:
| This Day in History |
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Description:
| These sites let you type in a date to find out what major events took place during that time period. Students can use these sites when researching what took place on their birthdays. The topics covered include world news, sports, and entertainment. There are statistics such as the cost of bread, average salary, and world population. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| dMarie Time Capsule
This site lets you type in your birthdate, then select from a list of that year's top headlines, toys, songs, TV shows, and books. You can also see what famous people share your birthdate and the prices for some common products. When you are finished, click on the "Printable Version" link and then print the page. NOTE: The page does have a link that eventually leads to discussion boards.
Fact Monster: This Day in History
Find out what happened on your birthday by typing in the date. You can also type in the particular year you were born to discover what world events took place, plus an overview of what happened that year in the areas of sports, entertainment, science, and economics.
Birthday in History
This is a list of five questions students can reflect on as they research events that happened on their birthday.
Jump Back in Time
Choose your birthdate (month and day only) to read a brief summary of a famous event that took place on that day.
InfoPlease: Year by Year
Choose your birth year, then click on a link at the top that says "View a 19** Calendar." You can then find out what day of the week you were born on.
The Nineties
Click on a decade to learn about the major events that took place.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1, 3, 4, 2, 4, 7
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