The Day I Was Born
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Online Project - Discovering YOUR Place in History

D. What else is New/s?

 

There's a lot of information on the website you're about to visit --you need to find the cost of a postage stamp.

Notice that for this website you need to use the format MM/DD/YY--which means if your birthday is February 28, 1989 then you need to enter it as 02/28/89. This is what you'll see after you click on the mouse:

Under the heading 'Prices' find the cost of a postage stamp.

Click on the mouse to find how much it cost on your birthday to mail a letter in the United States.
dMarie Time Capsule
Source: http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/

 

Can't find what you need for this section of the project? Google it! Click inside the box, type in a keyword or words & click on 'Search'. To return to our website, click on the baby you'll see after you search.

 
 





 
 
 

After you record this information in your handout, hit the Back button to return to our website.

Speaking of postage stamps:
 For a long time, snailmail was the only way to communicate with people in distant places. Then the telephone allowed people to talk to others who were not nearby. This audio clip from a 1932 AT&T newsreel (a newsreel was kind of like a commercial that was shown before a movie in a theatre ) introduces people to how to make a telephone call using a rotary dial phone--this was before touch tone had been invented.
Source: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/lnfsound/19990918.lnfsound.09.rmm


Now let's get on with the project:
Click on another link to continue to find
information about The Day You Were Born:

  Find out how old you are in DAYS
  The moon looks different each day of the year.
  What did it look like the day you were born?
  What the heck is a literary giant?
  A literary giant is a writer.
  There's a lot of information on the website you are about to visit.
  You need to find the cost of a postage stamp.
 
  Songs your parents rocked you to when you were born.
  News about your birthdate from one of the world's major newspapers.
 
  You probably didn't realize that The Day YOU Were Born
  is now a part of history!

  The TV Channel
  What was everybody (except your parents) watching on TV
  the day you were born.

  Your Toys
  Take a trip down memory lane.
  You'll have a ball with this site.
 
  At the Movies
  When you were born a star was born,
  but what were the other stars up to that day?
  What does your name mean?
 
  See what your name looks like in Viking runes (the Viking alphabet).
 Google it!
 We invite you to give us your feedback.
 This link allows you to send an email message to the project coordinator.