Dear Mom and Dad,

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Sample
Students list at least 3 facts they have
researched
Dear Mom and Dad, Today we went to Stonehenge, in
southern England. It was really cool! I didnt
know that it took over 1400 years to build it! I
can see why it is one of the worlds greatest
mysteries. I cant believe it was built by HAND
without the use of modern machinery. Wish you
were here! Love, Tammy
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Directions

• Choose a blank slide

These directions were created for Windows based
operating systems. If you are using a Macintosh,
some directions may be a little different.
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How to create a box for students to write in and
put their picture in

• Make sure you have your drawing toolbar visible
  go to view toolbars drawing
• At the bottom of your slide look for the
  rectangle icon on the toolbar.

3. Stretch the shape to the size you want your
postcard on the screen 4. Right click on the
shape and click on Format Autoshape
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5. Click on the arrow to the right of color and
choose no fill
6. You may change the width of the border if you
would like to. This is in the same area that you
changed the color to no fill.
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Resources for Clip Art

• Clip Art
• http//schools.clipart.com (This is a password
  protected site. Ask your STS for the password or
  call the Instructional Technology Department )
• Pics 4 Learning http//www.pics4learning.com
• The Amazing Picture Machine http//www.ncrtec.or
  g/picture.htm

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How to copy a Picture into PowerPoint

• Once you have found a picture on the Internet,
  you will right click on the picture and click on
  copy.

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Next

• Go to your PowerPoint slide and go to edit-paste
  (Or right click on the slide and select paste.)
• Move your picture to the left side of the slide.
  You can resize by grabbing a corner of the
  picture.

move
resize
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Add a Text Box

• Now you are ready to add a text box. Click on the
  text icon on the toolbar at the bottom of your
  screen.

Click and drag the text box where you would like
it on the slide. If you dont type something in
it right away, it will disappear.
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Stamp Clip Art

• Feel free to copy an of these stamp pictures and
  use them with your project. Remember to right
  click and copy OR right click and save picture
  as. This will save the picture to your computer
  for future use.

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Research Sites and Sources

• Encarta Most USD 259 computers should have
  Encarta encyclopedia loaded on the machine.
• CIA World Factbook http//www.odci.gov/cia/public
  ations/factbook/index.html
• Countries of the World
• http//www.cantonpl.org/kids/country.html

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More Research Sites

• United Nations CyberSchool Bus
• http//www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
• SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
• http//ars.sirs.com
• This is a password protected site. Ask your STS
  for the password or call the Instructional
  technology Department.

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Questions??

• Please contact Marcia Jeans or your Instructional
  Technology Specialist at
• 973-4455