What Is In Your Neighborhood

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What Is In Your Neighborhood?

• Searching the Internet

By Katey Roberts 2nd Grade
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Getting Started

• Click the left mouse button on the Internet
  Explorer icon on the desktop. It looks like this
  
• Type http//sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ksearc
  h2.html in the address box. It looks like this

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Searching

• After you see the page, there will be many places
  to search. Choose Yahooligans. It looks like
  this
• When searching, if you want to find websites that
  are about both words you can use the word and
  between the words.
• Example President and Government
• When searching, if you type the word or between
  two words it will find websites that have one or
  both of those words.
• Example President or Government

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Searching

• Now you have to choose what key words you want
  to use.
• When choosing key words, you should type in the
  topic you are searching for.
• For example, if you wanted to search different
  types of dogs you could type the word dogs
• If you wanted to find pictures of dogs, you might
  want to type in the words dog pictures
• For our search, we are going to be more clear and
  type in several words so that our website will
  come up.

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Searching

• Type Guide to US Government for Kids into the
  search box under Yahooligans
• Click Search.
• It will look like this

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You Are Almost There

• Click once with the left button on the first
  website called
• Bens Guide to US Government for Kids.
• It looks like this

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Your Neighborhood

• Find the kite at the top of the page.
• Click on the red triangle that says
• K-2. This is the kite
• On the chalkboard, click on the title
• Your Neighborhood.

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Learning About Your Neighborhood

• Great Job!
• Click on all 6 places to learn more and read the
  questions they ask you.
• Once you have read about one place, click on the
  fire hydrant to go back and choose another place.
  
• The hydrant looks like this

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What Did You Learn

• What were your answers to their questions?
• Do you know your address?
• Do you know what to do if there is a fire in your
  house?
• What is your favorite subject at school?
• What happens at each of the places that you read
  about?
• Why is each place important to us?
• Think about these questions, then answer them on
  paper.

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Using The Information

• If you use this information, you have to cite it!
  
• Cite means to write down the information about
  the webpage like the author and the date!
• Follow the steps on the next page to learn how to
  cite your information.

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Citing Your Information...

• Write the name of the website at the top of the
  webpage.
• Write the website address.

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You Are Almost Done

• Write todays date
• Here is an example of what your citation should
  look like
• Bens Guide (K-2) Your Neighborhood
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/index.h
  tml
• 10-9-2006
• Excellent Job!

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Resources Used

• Bens Guide to U.S. Government for Kids.
  Superintendent of Documents. 8 March 2004. U.S.
  Government Printing Office. 4 October 2006.
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/
• Yahoo!. Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids.
  Yahoo! Inc. 4 October 2006.http//yahooligans.yaho
  o.com
• 4 October 2006. http//sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsCl
  ick!/ksearch2.html