Internet Hunt for Fun Facts About Me, My Birthday & the Year I Was Born

Internet Hunt for Fun Facts about Me, My Birthday & the Year I Was Born In this activity, you will be gathering information from Internet sources to create a “Fun Facts about Me, My Birthday & the Year I Was Born” poster. You will then complete the project by entering your information into the middle of each colored box in your poster document.

Information Instructions (record your data below) 1. Find one historical event that happened on your birthday.  Go to the link below. Under “Search Today in History” enter the day, month and year you were born,

and choose “Events” in the type category. http://www.historyorb.com/today/

2. Find one of the top song hits and the artist during the year you were born.  Go to the link below. Scroll down to the year you were born and choose one song and the artist. http://www.discjockey.org/top-songs-by-year/ 3. Find who was President the year you were born. Record the years he was in office as well. th  Go to the link below. Scroll down and click on a 20 or 21st century President to find the correct one. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents 4. Find out how many days old you are today.  Enter your birth date info at this site: http://howmanydaysoldami.com/ 5. Find what day of the week you were born on.  Record the day of the week you were born and the sentence in the nursery rhyme for that day. Ex. “Tuesday’s child is full of grace.”  Enter your birth date at this site: http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/dayofweek.html 6. Name a famous person who shares your birthday (can be a different birth year).  Record name of famous person and birth date including year. http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/birthdays/ * In the first orange box (located at the top of the page on your poster document) you will type your name and your birth date underneath your name.

Fun Facts about Me, My Birthday & the Year I Was Born…

The President was…

And, I am this many Today’s date is… days old… This famous person shares my birthday…

I was born on this day of the week… Their actual birthday is…