Keywords , Tags Word Clouds – review overdrive
Vocabulary: Reference, Research, Database, Keyword, Presentation
Big Idea:
I can see how key words can help me summarize information.
I can use an online reference sources called databases to find information.
Story Tell A Gift for the King
What do you think the this story will be about?
Alexander the Great: Alexander the Great’s empire. Map/Still. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 30 Nov. 2014. <http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/353616?assemblyId=87049>. |
This retelling of a 2,000-year-old Persian folk tale has the straightforward clarity of one of Aesop’s fables.
When incredibly wealthy King Artaxerxes takes a walk into the desert, his subjects strew his way with luxuries.
But the only gift that gives him pleasure is a cool drink of water when he is thirsty.
King of Persia – Artaxerxes ruled from 464 BC -424 BC from Greece to India
Alexander the Great captured Persia in 330 BC – it took 3000 camels and hundreds of mules to carry away the treasure.
With print sources – next with online sources using the database Encyclopedia Britannica.
To locate Middle East- you can use a _.
To find information on Alexander the Great – enough for a one page report use a _.
To define the word precious use a __.