Pictures for Dinosaur Books

Here are the links for the pictures for our Dinosaur Books. These websites provide copyright free pictures. You cannot simply "Copy" and "Paste" these pictures.

The first thing you need to do is make a new folder in your Terrible Lizard folder called "Dino Pictures." Once you have done this you may begin right clicking on the individual pictures you want and going to "Save As." You will need to put any picture that you want to have in your book into your Dino Pictures folder. If you save pictures onto the desktop or hard drive of the computer they will be erased at the end of the day. You do not need to print every picture you save, but it is better to have more pictures than not enough to choose from.

Below are the links. They are in no particular order. Browse them each one as they all have unique pictures.

http://www.wisegorilla.com/images/dinosaurs/dinosaurs.html

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6459/bwdinoclips.html

http://www.dinosaurden.co.uk/dinosaur_clipart.html

http://www.clipart4kids.com/clipart/Dinosaur_Clipart/

http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Clipart/Dinosaurs

http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/dinosaur.html

Enjoy!

Terrible Lizard Project

Today we will begin the Terrible Lizard project in my class. You will need to bring your composition notebook to class every day until the project is completed. We will be conducting a majority of the research in my class. You will need to work hard to complete all of your work in the required time. We have provided enough class time for you to do all your work in school, but if you are absent or are not keeping on task you will need to stay after school to finish your notes.

Your first assignment will be to complete a webquest. You will visit the following website and answer the questions in your composition notebooks starting on pg. 30. This website describes how life has a history. To find out more,
Click HERE

Public Service Announcement

Our next project will result in the creation of a public service announcement that will be played for the school. Presentations will be created in Windows Movie Maker. Students will judge each project in class and a winning presentation will be selected from each class.

To make our PSA's, students will need to research one of the following topics:

• Corporal Punishment
• School Prayer
• School Violence
• Gender Issues
• School Vouchers
  

To access the Website and for more information, please CLICK HERE

Holocaust Project

To access the project please click HERE

What's in a name?

A favorite Shakespearian quote of mine is "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" from Romeo and Juliet. We use our names on a daily basis, yet many of us do not know the origins of our Surname (last name) or the meaning of our "given name" (first name.)


The use of a Family or Surname is a relatively new phenomenon. The Greeks and Romans attempted to use a family name and even before that there is evidence of Surname use in parts of ancient China. For the most part, however, the use of Surnames did not become popular in Western Europe until the 13th and 14th century.


Your task is to find out the Etymology of your names. Use the following website to learn about the origin and meaning of your name. Not all names will be in the data base (my last name is not.) Try to use variations of the spelling or use your Mother's maiden name (if you know it.)

In your notebooks, create three columns. Put your first name at the top of one, your middle name in the middle and your last name at the top of the other. Find out as much information about your names and write it underneath.

Use the following sites:
Best Site (start here)

This site is just ok

Lots of names, not much detail

Russian History Time Line

The following are major events that have occurred during the History of Russia. Use the list of events to make a time line in your composition notebook. You will need two full pages to complete this time line. Be sure to keep it as neat as possible. You must include all the following events AND THE DATE on your time line.

• Ivan IV
• Church of St. Basil's
• Tsar Ivan IV kills son Ivan
• Micheal Romanov
  
• Two Tsars -> Ivan (V) and Peter the Great (I)
• Peter (I)
• Church of Transfiguration
• Tsar Bell
• Catherine (II)
• Alexander (I)
• Napoleon invades Russia
• Alexander (II)
• Alexander (II) abolishes serfdom
• Alexander (II) murdered
• Nicolas (II) [last Tsar of Russia]
• Nicolas (II) and Family executed

You must also pick 5 events or people and write a brief (3 sentence minimum) description or summary. You can do this by clicking on the events that are YELLOW on the time line.

To access the time line of events, click here: TIMELINE

Art Gallery (Paintings)

The following are examples of paintings from the periods of time that we have studied so far this year. Browse through these paintings and we will discuss them as a class.


Roman Art, 70 A.D.

Roman Painting, from Pompeii, 80 A.D.

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Middle Ages Painting, 700 A.D.

Middle Ages Mosaic, 1100 A.D.

Middle Ages Art, 1300 A,D.

Giotto, Madonna and Child, 1305 A.D.

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Gothic Art, 1300 A.D.

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Renaissance art, Van Eyck, Arnolfini Wedding, 1434 A.D.

Renaissance Art, Botticelli, Primavera, 1478 A.D.

Renaissance Art, Bruegle, Hunters in the Snow, 1500 A.D.

Renaissance Art, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, 1500 A.D.

Renaissance Art, Da Vanci, Mona Lisa, 1502

Renaissance Art, Raphael, The School of Athens, 1520

Vermeer, Girl With the Pearl Earring, 1665

Raphael, Pope Julius II, 1510 A.D.