World War II -
Web Search
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You have looked at some specific web sites for your topic. Now it's your chance to do some searching yourselves...
Task One
TIP: Click on the Internet Explorer icon at the
bottom of your screen to open another Explorer window. Type the
following address (url) into the address bar:
http://kids.yahoo.com/ and press return/enter.
You now have two Explorer windows open - you can work between this activity and the Yahooligans! screen.
Use the following tips to find information about World War II.
1. Yahooligans! doesn't require you to use capital letters.
Type the following in the search box and record the number of sites you found in the boxes below.
| First search: | WAR | |
| Now try these: | War | |
| war |
2. Use phrases rather than single words.
| Type in the words World War Two and click "search." | How many sites did you find? | |
| This search has
found all the sites containing the words World, War and Two
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| Type in the word world and click search. | How many sites did you find? | |
| This search has
found all the sites containing the word world
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| Type in the word war and click search. | How many sites did you find? | |
| This search has
found all the sites containing the word war
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| Type in the word two and click search. | How many sites did you find? | |
| This search has
found all the sites containing the word two
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| Type in the phrase using inverted commas "World War Two" and click search. | How many sites did you find? | |
| This search has found all the sites containingthe phrase World War Two and because it is the most SPECIFIC, is, therefore the most useful search. | ||
Now print this page for your learning diary.
Choose one of the websites from the above search OR do another search for your own personal project. Select the site which you think looks most useful.
Now decide whether or not to recommend the site to a friend by completing the WW2 Web Log.
since 10th August 2007