Do you ever wish that you could travel far back in time to see what life was like for people your age? One fifth grader in our state wishes she could go back to colonial times after reading that most colonial kids her age stayed home with a governess for their school lessons. After reading about pirates off the coast of North Carolina, another fifth grader decided he would travel back in time to sail the high seas. What time period would you choose?
This week you will step into the Time Travel Machine and explore the fascinating world of primary source materials. What are Primary Source Materials? They are materials (documents, photographs, letters, diaries, interviews, sound recordings, movies, etc.) created by people who actually saw or participated in an event and then recorded the event or their reactions to it soon after experiencing it. Secondary sources are materials that were created by someone either not present when the event occurred or by someone describing the event weeks or months after it happened. If this doesn’t make sense to you now, it will very soon.
That’s not all! You will continue having fun with spreadsheets and exploring your favorite research topic.
Primary Source Activity
You are about to enter the TechKnow Time Warp. When you get there, roll the cursor over the yellow beam of light to reveal Secret Time Travel Mission #1, and then click on the yellow light to begin the adventure. Go on to Mission #2 when you're done.
Ready for adventure? Link to TechKnow Time Warp.
Spreadsheet
Activity
Take a minute to review what you learned last week by looking at a spreadsheet
created by another student on Olympic Medals. Compare this student’s
colorful graph to the actual spreadsheet. It won’t be long before you
are creating spreadsheets and graphs like this. When you get there, click
on Student Samples, then select "Olympic Medals" from
the spreadsheet category. Let’s
go!
If it’s possible, pull out the mini-posters you printed last week (with the labeled spreadsheet diagram) and identify all the parts of this Olympic Medal spreadsheet.
Review spreadsheet vocabulary with these fun color mini-posters. Remember, you can print and file all of your color mini-posters in a special computer/technology skills notebook for future reference or post it in your classroom or computer lab.
Last week, Kyle let you open his word processing file. Remember how he turned his list of favorites into keyword searches using all those Boolean operators you’ve been learning? See it again.
Open the word processing file that you have been editing for a few weeks now. Showing underneath the title should be the topic you enjoy MOST of all, along with a list of all the words you feel are related to your special topic.Put on your magician’s hat and turn your list of words into keyword searches. You can type the search statement underneath each item in your list or type it the way Kyle did by putting your cursor at the end of each item and tabbing over to type on the same line. Use your cursor to move around in the list. MUYOM: Make up Your Own Mind and decide which way works best for you.
You’ll need a container to store all the cool things you collect for your research project. Pick your own container or ask a local pizza restaurant to donate clean pizza boxes to all the students in your class. View and print a really FUN cover to tape to the top of the container.
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