Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The President's Cabinet PowerPoint Activity

You have already learned about the different members of the President’s cabinet and their job duties. It is not you turn to find out the names of each of these current cabinet members. Follow the steps below to complete this assignment:

Step 1: Go to the each of the following websites to find out the names of President Obama’s current cabinet members:

Secretary of State: http://www.state.gov/secretary/

Secretary of the Interior: http://www.doi.gov/index.cfm

Secretary of Commerce: http://www.commerce.gov/

Secretary of the Treasury: http://www.treasury.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Secretary of Agriculture:  http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome

Secretary of Transportation: http://www.dot.gov/

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD

Secretary of Veteran Affairs: http://www.va.gov/

Secretary of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/

Secretary of Defense: http://www.defense.gov/

Attorney General: http://www.justice.gov/

Secretary of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/

Secretary of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/

Secretary of Energy: http://energy.gov/

Secretary of Education: http://www.ed.gov/


Step 2: Use the website to fill in the chart on the back of this sheet.

Step 3: Create a folder in your “Pictures” folder on your H drive that is named “Cabinet”.

Step 3: Use Google Images to find pictures of each of the people you wrote in the chart. Save
            these pictures in the “Cabinet” folder. 

Step 4: Use PowerPoint to make a presentation of the current cabinet members. Each slide
               should contain the following information:
                       
                        * The title of the cabinet member
                        * A picture of the cabinet member
                        * The cabinet member’s name


Your PowerPoint must be neat and colorful. You will get points taken off if you only use a plain white background and black letters.

This assignment is worth 50 points.

You will only have two days to complete this assignment, so don’t waste your time. 

Monday, March 11, 2013

WWII Battles Webquest

For this assignment, you will be using the websites provided to you to find information about 10 major battles of WWII. Each section will have it's own website. You will use only the websites listed to answer the questions for each section on your worksheet. 


Section 1: Normandy 

                                              


Section 2: Stalingrad

                                              
                                                         


Section 3: Okinawa 



Section 4: Britain

                               


Section 5: Battle of the Bulge

                             


Section 6: Iwo Jima

                                
                          


Section 7: Battle of Midway

                                   


Section 8: Battle for Berlin 

                                  


Section 9: Coral Sea 

                                  


Section 10: Guadalcanal