Today is ____________________. It is our third E-learning Day!
HISTORY
Next Monday is Presidents' Day. But how did we get Presidents' Day? Or is it President's Day? Or Washington's Birthday? Or Washington and Lincoln's Birthday? What is the official name? Well, watch this video and learn about a great American holiday, how we got it, and some other cool facts that we sometimes don't know. Then answer the following questions.
Answer the following questions on Mr. Whirrett's Google Classroom Page. You can get to it by using the code 9l2dfdi. You should do the E-learning TODAY and submit it. All students who do so will be given extra credit! The latest you can turn it in is next Friday. (But don't plan to wait until then! Do the work NOW! Work ahead! Don't procrastinate!)
As you watch the video, PAUSE it to answer the questions... or watch the whole thing once, then go back through it a second time to get the answers.
1. What year was this National Holiday started?
2. Who was President at that time?
3. What did he want? (Hint.... he always wanted it to be on whose birthday?)
4. What date was that?
5. What did they call the holiday when it first began?
6. What happened in 1968?
7. What are the disagreements over Presidents' Day?
8. What four "options" do people call this National Holiday? List all four... and make sure you SPELL THEM CORRECTLY!
9. How do stores traditionally celebrate the day?
10. Find one store in Fort Wayne and give me a specific example how they are celebrating. You can listen to a radio ad, watch a tv ad, look in the newspaper, look online, or go to a store and look at a sign they have posted. (HINT - you might want to check out furniture stores, appliance stores, and car stores.) List specifically what deal they have for customers connected to next Monday.
11. How do many schools and all post offices celebrate this day?
12. List your top three favorite Presidents and WHY you admire these leaders.
By doing this e-learning assignment TODAY, you are making it so that next Monday, on Presidents' Day, you can enjoy the day off, on a day when you remember our Presidents. Who will you remember? Just President Washington? Or Washington and Lincoln? Or some of your favorites? Or ALL our Presidents! Maybe one day it will be YOU we are thankful for as our President of the United States.
As you watch the video, PAUSE it to answer the questions... or watch the whole thing once, then go back through it a second time to get the answers.
1. What year was this National Holiday started?
2. Who was President at that time?
3. What did he want? (Hint.... he always wanted it to be on whose birthday?)
4. What date was that?
5. What did they call the holiday when it first began?
6. What happened in 1968?
7. What are the disagreements over Presidents' Day?
8. What four "options" do people call this National Holiday? List all four... and make sure you SPELL THEM CORRECTLY!
9. How do stores traditionally celebrate the day?
10. Find one store in Fort Wayne and give me a specific example how they are celebrating. You can listen to a radio ad, watch a tv ad, look in the newspaper, look online, or go to a store and look at a sign they have posted. (HINT - you might want to check out furniture stores, appliance stores, and car stores.) List specifically what deal they have for customers connected to next Monday.
11. How do many schools and all post offices celebrate this day?
12. List your top three favorite Presidents and WHY you admire these leaders.
By doing this e-learning assignment TODAY, you are making it so that next Monday, on Presidents' Day, you can enjoy the day off, on a day when you remember our Presidents. Who will you remember? Just President Washington? Or Washington and Lincoln? Or some of your favorites? Or ALL our Presidents! Maybe one day it will be YOU we are thankful for as our President of the United States.