7th+The+Day+I+was+Born

**The Day I Was Born**
=__ Introduction __ = Everyone knows how old they are in years, but do you know how old you are in days? Do you know what was happening in the world on the day you were born? Who was the president of the United States? What type of music was popular and who was singing it? What movies was everyone waiting in line to see? How much did it cost to mail a letter?

This lesson will take you on a journey through the Internet to find the answers to these and many other questions. You are unique and so was the world on the day you were born. This is your unique story. It is your job to gather the facts as they pertain to the day you were born and share the information with your classmates.

=__ Student Objectives __ = = Student will be able to create a PowerPoint Presentation using information that they researched about themselves. =  ·Create an original project using a variety of media to present information to an audience Use a variety of resources to locate information Provide accurate citations when referencing information sources.

=__ Task __ = You will be creating a 10 slide Power Point Presentation all about you! It is important to read all the instructions for each step and use the links provided to find your information. As you gather your data, type it on your Power Point slides and save them (and save them often)! Be sure to copy and paste some pictures that go along with the data you collect. The final part to this project will be to //Fancy Up// your Power Point presentation and include all of your pictures and data.


 * IMPORTANT NOTE: You will need to properly document your sources for pictures and information that you gather for this slideshow. You will document your sources on your last slide, called "Bibliography." As you gather your information and pictures, copy the website address (URL) and paste it on the slide. This way you will keep a running list of sources and will not have to go back when you are finished to search for the source information.

** Process & Resources **

 **__ Before You Start: __**

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> You will create a Time Capsule page from the website listed below. This page will be used in many of the following steps. CLICK HERE -> Time Capsule (Be sure to click on //Quick Page). You can take a screen shot of the page to view later (command+shift+4)//

<span style="color: #ff6600; display: block; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> **__Slide 1: "Title Slide"__**
<span style="display: block; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> The first slide will be your title slide.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">a title
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">your first and last name
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">your present age
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">your birthday (month, day, and year) in Word Art
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">insert a baby picture & current picture of yourself. (To do this, you will need to save a picture of yourself to your flash drive or email it to yourself from home . Last option, find an image of a baby or kid to use online.

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Slide 2 How old am I?:
<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> In this step, you will find out how old you are in days. <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">Click the link below and follow the directions on the screen. You // DO NOT // need to know the hours and minutes. START date is when you were born - END DATE is today's date. <span style="display: block; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Click Here ->   Days Old

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Slide 3 The Moon:

 * <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> ~ The moon is always changing. It has many phases. Use this site to find out what phase the moon was in the day you were born. Copy and paste your moon's image onto your moon slide. Click Here -> Mr. Moon
 * <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> ~If you didn't find the name of the phase you know what the moon looked like when you were born, visit this next site to find out the name of the phase. Click Here -> Moon’s Phase Names

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">**__ Slide 4: “Hey! What’s on TV?” __**
<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Since the invention of the Television many shows have aired for a long time; yet others have aired only one or two episodes. Using your Time Capsule page and also Google, tell us a little about a popular TV show that aired in the year you were born. Make sure you use //YOUR OWN WORDS!// Also add a picture of your show - use the internet to find one!

__**<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Slide 5: Here's some News **__ On the day you were born, lots of things were happening, and things were somewhat different than they are today. Use your Time Capsule page to tell us the following information. <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> ~the top news headlines for that day <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> ~a top book (find a picture of the cover of your book online) <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> ~the price of a postage stamp <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> ~the price of gas <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> ~the president and vice president (also need a picture of these.)

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Slide 6: Famous Person Who Shares my Birthday__** <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Using the link below, find a person who was born on the same DAY as you <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> (not the same year). After you find a person, find 5 facts about him/her using Google. You will also need a picture of the person. <span style="color: #0f11ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Who Shares My Birthday?

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Slide 7: Music!__**

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Music is so popular these days... people take it everywhere with them! Use the link below to find 3 songs that were popular on the day you were born. Then use Google to find pictures of the musician/artist who sang the songs. <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> BillBoard's #1 Songs ( click on // Hot 100 Era )//

<span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">**__ Slide 8-Your Toys __** <span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Visit this [|__website__] or research Google to find out about three toys that were popular the year you were born. Don't forget to add pictures of these toys too.

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">**__ Slide 9: Ending Slide __** <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Create an ending slide that concludes your show. Add Credits. Thank your audience for watching!

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">**__ Slide 10: Bibliography __** <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> On this slide, document where you found your pictures and other information (thr URL's of the sites used)

** Now it's time to //Fancy Things Up :)// **

** Fancy Things Up in Power Point ** Do each step to each slide, then go on to the next step. 1.Background 2. Title 3.WordArt 4.Transition 5. Clip Art/ Pictures <span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> 6. Custom Animation 7. Readability
 * Color all ** backgrounds ** with different fill effect ** gradient **.
 * Make sure the text is still easy to read.
 * Format-> Background-> (rectangle at bottom)-> Fill Effects -> Gradient
 * Change the ** titles ** with a new font, color, and bigger size.
 * Do ** not ** change the text boxes with your lists or sentences.
 * Highlight text-> right-click-> Font
 * Insert **one** different ** WordArt ** somewhere on **every** slide.
 * Do **not** delete titles.
 * Insert-> Picture-> WordArt
 * Set a different ** slide transition ** for each slide.
 * Do **not** time them.
 * View-> Slide Sorter-> right-click on any slide-> Slide Transition-> Click a transition on the right
 * Insert **one** different ** clip art ** on **every** slide.
 * Recolor them, if possible.
 * Do **not** add sound.
 * Insert-> Picture-> Clip Art
 * **Custom Animate** 1 group of words and/or pictures on each slide.
 * Starting with slide 1- Click on the words and/or pictures that you would like to animate.
 * Click on Slide Show -> Custom Animation (Custom Animation will show up on the right side of the screen) ->Click Add Effect
 * Follow the arrows to create each animation.
 * Pay close attention to the speed (Very fast is too fast)
 * Click OK when you have chosen each animation
 * Make all slides ** easy to read ** by changing the text color and size.
 * Do **not** change the font style. Leave it Ariel.



<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tempus Sans ITC; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">**__Grading Rubric__**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> **NAME:**_ **Research**: 4 3 2 1 0 Student accurately researched required information.

**Length:** 4 3 2 1 0 Presentation consists of 10 slides and included all required information.

**Overall Presentation**: 4 3 2 1 0 //Fancy Things Up// is evident in presentation and includes graphics, Word Art, animation, transitions, and backgrounds. Very creative Easy to see and follow Did not include any unnecessary graphics **Content**: 4 3 2 1 0 All required information from the instructions for the presentation was followed and is included in the student's presentation.

**Conventions:** 4 3 2 1 0 Spelling and grammar has been checked for errors

**Bibliography**: 4 3 2 1 0 Bibliography includes all of the URL's where the student found and used information and/or pictures.

**TOTAL** 28-26 A 25-23 B  22-19 C  18-15 D

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