Friday, April 3, 2009

Opinions of the AIMS


What did you think of the AIMS? How easy or hard was it compared to previous years? Did you feel prepared? What things were you clueless about? What things couldn't you remember? What would you suggest spending more time on next year? Were you nervous?

Leave your comments about the AIMS by clicking on the comment button below. Can't wait to hear your thoughts!

1900's Pictures

1. Choose one of the pictures below to find out more information about.

2. Use Google, Yahoo, Ask or whatever search engine you choose to find out more information about these topics. Find out the 5 W's + H: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How.

3. Find a different image of each person/situation.

4. Open an Inspiration document and put that picture as the center of a mind map.

5. Make 6 bubbles coming from the center picture. The bubbles should be Who, What, When, Where, Why and How, with the appropriate details. (See example below.)
6. Make a separate bubble with your name in it.

7. Print your mind map and turn it in.

Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman.

East Berliners climb onto the Berlin Wall to celebrate the effective end of the city's partition, 31st December 1989.

Charles Lindbergh Jr., son of the aviator, on his first birthday in 1931. A few months later, he was kidnapped from his East Amwell, N.J., home and murdered. The case prompted legislators to make kidnapping a federal crime.


15th May 1965: Jacqueline Kennedy (1929 - 1994) attends the inauguration of a memorial to her husband John F. Kennedy in Runnymede, Surrey, nearly eighteen months after his assassination. Holding her hand is her young son, John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960 - 1999).

LAKE PLACID, NY - FEBRUARY 22: Mike Ramsey #5 of the United States stands over Valeri Kharlamov #17 of the Soviet Union during the Winter Olympic Games on February 22, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York. The United States won 4-3.