Paul Revere Middle School
Houston, Texas
Students may click here to go straight to the lesson.
- Subject Areas: Computer Literacy, Language Arts, Social Studies/Science
- Grade Levels: 7th-9th grade
- Time Requirements:
- Approximately 2 hours On-line Search Time
- Approximately 2 hours Computer Class Time
- Student Prerequisites:
- Wordprocessing basics
- Netscape Search skills
- Topics:
- Wordprocessing
- Basic report format
- Brief Overview: The students will choose (be assigned) a person
to research on the Internet. They will then write a report in the "5
paragraph" format using a wordprocessor.
- Materials Required For This Lesson:
- Computer with Wordprocessing Software
- Internet connection
- Procedure:
- Choose a person based on criteria supplied by your teacher.
- Use search engines to find information about that person.
- Using a wordprocessor write a biography of this person following the outline supplied by your teacher (sample) .
- SAVE and PRINT the composition.
- Extensions:
- Why you choose to research this person.
- Born
- Culture or ethinic background
- Education
- Profession
- Contribution to society
- Biographic information (1 -2 sentences)
- Why you choose this person
- What
- When
- Where
- Why
- How
Change the topic to invention or historical event or whatever topic fits your subjec area.
Your essay should be in a recongizable 3 part form (Introduction, Body, Conclusion). The focus of your essay may vary from your classmates. Below are examples of two focus options that may be used.
Introduction
Body (Organize by dates or topics below)
Conclusion
Introduction
Body (Answer questions about this person's contribution)
Conclusion
(Last Update: November 16, 1997 )
This page was developed through GirlTECH '97, a teacher training and student technology council program sponsored by the Center for Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC), a National Science Foundation-funded Science and Technology Center.
© July 1997 Karen Shaw
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/kmasshaw/