Christmas Research

Dear Students:

Today while I am away you are going to do a little research and then write me an email/letter about what you learned and e-mail it to me. You will get a reading and writing mark for this assignment so make sure you do it, e-mail it to me before the end of class and do it using your full effort. You will need a pencil to take notes so make sure you have one.

Sincerely
Ms. Griffin

My email address is pontiac7g@hotmail.com


Step1: Go to http://pontiac7g.blogspot.com/ where you will find these instructions.

Step 2: Pick a topic - You may research only one of these topics.

Topic 1: How Real Christmas Trees are Grown

Topic 2: The Christmas Truce in World War I

Topic 3: The History of Santa

Step 3: After you have picked your topic read go to the websites linked below for your topic and write down some point on the back of this sheet. You will have to read and look through these sites to find more info.

How Real Christmas Trees are Grown
http://www.christmastrees.on.ca/education/virtual-tree-farm.html

The Christmas Truce in World War I
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197627.stm
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_fussell_04_xmas.html
http://www.christmastruce.co.uk/article.html

The History of Santa
http://www.santalady.com/history.html
http://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/santahistory.htm
http://www.the-north-pole.com/history/

Step 4:
Go to hotmail.com and login into your email.
In the To: box type pontiac7g@hotmail.com
In the Subject box type "Your Name" and the topic you picked - for example --Christmas Trees

Step 5:
Write a letter to me about what you learned just like a reading log. Remember to start it Dear Ms.Griffin and end with a Sincerely Your Name

Don't forget to hit the send button. Remember this is for marks so even if you have very little to tell me you must write me a letter.