December

1 - Emily Dickinson's Birthday

One of America's greatest poets, Emily Dickinson was born December 10, 1830.

1. Read more about Emily Dickinson at this web site.

Bookmark: EMILY DICKINSON - http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/great/2kim.htm

2. Read funny poetry and choose your favorite at

Bookmark: GRAMPA TUCKER'S RHYMES AND TALES - http://www.night.net/tucker/#table.

Click on Silly Poems to read some funny poetry. After reading, choose your favorite poem. Write the poem title and why you chose it one a sheet of paper.

 

3. Plan a birthday party for Emily. Make a list of who you would invite, decorations, type of food, and what type of present you would buy for her. It might help to find more about Emily by doing a search on Yahooligans to find out more about her life.

2 - Wright Brothers First Powered Flight

On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first documented successful powered and controlled airplane flights.

1. Look at pictures and read articles about of the airplane flown by the Wright Brothers.

http://www.newseum.org/chiptracer/

2. Learn more about flight at this Fantastic site all about airplanes.

Bookmark: PLANEMATH - http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmactivities4.html

Once in the site click on an activity of your choice, then click on LESSON. Write a summary about what you learned.

3 - Many famous people were born in the month of December. Find a site one of the following three people would enjoy. Write down the site address and why you chose the site on a sheet of paper.

Clara Barton, an American nurse during the Civil War, was born on December 25, 1821. She founded the American Red Cross. Learn more about her at these sites.

http://www.pennmanor.net/schools/martel/Classrteachers/ruhlem/slideshow9.htm

 

Alexandre Eiffel, the French engineer and designer of the Eiffel Tower, was born December 15, 1832. There are many magnificent monuments in Pennsylvania, the United States, and the world.

1. Choose a monument and find an Internet site about your monument.

2. Complete a postcard from the monument you choose.

*The front of the postcard should include a picture of the monument and on the back include a caption with two, interesting facts about the monument you learned from the Internet site.

*You might choose the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, the Pyramids of Gila, the Jefferson Memorial, or any other monument that interests you. To get an aerial view of monuments in Washington visit this site.

Bookmark: CAMERA OVER WASHINGTON - http://photo2.si.edu/aerialdc/aerialdc.html

 

Louis Pasteur, the man who discovered the vaccine against rabies was born on December 27, 1822. The pasteurization process is also named for him. Learn more about him at this site.

Bookmark: Louis Pasteur - http://www.invent.org/book/book-text/85.html

4 - Christmas is celebrated in countries all over the world.

Complete Christmas on the Net Part 1.

LANGUAGES - http://www.travlang.com/languages/christmas.html

Find out how Christmas is celebrated in different countries using this site.

WORLDVIEW

 

Learn more about all aspects of Christmas here. Write down three new things you learned on a sheet of paper.

Big Picture - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Yahooligans/xmas

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