Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to find the best websites to help you be the best chess player possible. Please leave the link in the comment section of this website. I have found a “vonderful” website with great tutorials that can be easily followed called How to Play Chess.
I look forward to your comments.
Image Citation
Carey, Chris. chess100.jpg. July 2002. Pics4Learning. 25 May 2010 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>
Sure, we get a day off from school on Memorial Day and it certainly lets me know that summer vacation is right around the corner, but what is Memorial Day really all about? This week’s writing assignment is to do a bit of research on this American Holiday. Don’t forget to use our online encyclopedias as well as other online resources.
If you “google” Memorial Day here is what you’ll find ~ 37,000,000 that’s thirty seven million links that may or may not be very helpful. One way to narrow down this is to use Google’s “advanced” search and in the “search within a domain” type in .edu or .gov Do you remember what these stand for?
.edu will give you only educational websites about Memorial Day
.gov will give you only government websites about Memorial Day
You could also search at places like History.com or Time for Kids and use their built in search features at their website. I found a fantastic article at Time for Kids called The Meaning Behind Memorial Day
This is a well written article that quickly summarizes the history behind Memorial Day and ends with some nice suggestions on how we can celebrate on this day.
As you are reading online remember to read with a critical eye. Just because it’s online doesn’t mean that there are no errors. You may stumble across articles that give you slightly different information so be on the look out.
Happy Reading.
1. The United States Bill of Rights is a written statement that explains the basic freedoms and rights of citizens.
2. The members of the Continental Congress would not sign the Constitution until the Bill of Rights were added
3. The Bill of Rights outlines the first 10 Amendments that were added to the Constitution.
4. According to Dictionary.com amendment is defined as: a change made by correction, addition, or deletion
5. The First Amendment includes the Freedom of Speech, the Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, and my favorite, the right for people to assemble peacefully.
6. The Second Amendment is the right to bear arms. This means that people can own weapons.
7. You have the right to remain silent ~ Fifth Amendment
8. Amendment Six is the right to a speedy trial
9. Bill of Rights Day is December 15
10. When the Constitution was written the Bill of Rights was not originally included because the authors took these rights for granted.
As fast as you can answer these three questions.
What is going on in the pictures below?
What may explain it?
Is something out of place?
Click here to watch the video explaining what is happening in the pictures.
Images from: Sharp Brains
See how many differences you can find and name them in your comment. On your mark, get set go!
Source of Image: Wikipedia