Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

For links to doing this project yourself, visit my class homepage made by the teacher or visit the project page . If you cannot find something , ask Jeeves .

 

THIS PAGE IS BEST VIEWED IN 640 * 480 PIXELS .

PLEASE USE THE back to top LINK FOR CONVIENIENCE .

 

Down to Start Point

The Day I Was Born - Online Project

Outline

  • Personal Statistics
  • Shared Birthdays
  •     Literary Figure
        Historical Figure (1) From New York Times
        Historical Figure (2) From The History Channel
        Recording Artist
  • Events Occuring On My Birthday
  •     Historical Event (1) From Any Newspaper
        Historical Event (2) From The History Channel
        Entertainment » Music (1) From This Week In Music History
        Entertainment » Music (2) From The History Channel
        Entertainment » Television » Top Shows
        Entertainment » Television » Saturday Mornings
        Entertainment » Movies
  • Nostalgia
  • Summary/ Evaluation
  • Personal Statistics

    Name : Koay Zi Hao

    Standard : Standard Six

    Meaning Of My Name : My son is my pride ( in Chinese )

    My Birthday (dd/mm-yyyy) : 29/12-1988

    Age In ... : Years : 11 +

                      Days  : 4284

    Moon Phase On The Day I Was Born : Waning Gibbous

    Moon Drawing On The Day I Was Born : moonshape.gif (26720 bytes)

    My Name In Viking Letters : sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)  sgr_O.gif (1005 bytes)

    Shared Birthdays

        Literary Figure

            Name : Robert Ruark

            Year Born : 1915

            Occupation : Author

            Accomplishment(s) : He is a U.S. author . Most of his story settings are out of doors .

    Back To Top

        Historical Figure (1) From New York Times

            Name : Mary Tyler Moore      zhmary.jpg (13937 bytes)

            Year Born : 1936

            Occupation : Actress

            Accomplishment(s) : Being nominated for Oscars and is the comedy goddess in                                          those times .

        Historical Figure (2) From The History Channel

            Name : Andrew Johnson

            Year Born : 1808

            Occupation : 17th U.S President [ 1865 - 1869 ]

            Accomplishment(s) : Became president upon death of Abraham Lincoln.

        Recording Artist From This Week In Music History

            Name : Marianne Faithfull

            Year Born : 1946

            Occupation : Singer

            Accomplishment(s) : Songs like AS TEARS GO BY , COME AND STAY WITH ME and SUMMER                                         NIGHTS and being introduced into the ROLLING STONES circle .

    Events Occuring On My Birthday

        Historical Event From Any Newspaper

            Year : 1940

            Place The Event Happened : London

            Description : Germany began to drop incendiary bombs on London.

        Historical Event (2) From The History Channel

            Year : 1170

            Place The Event Happened :  Canterbury Cathedral , England

            Description : Four knights of King Henry II of England brutally murdered Archbishop Thomas                              Becket under the orders of the king .

        Entertainment » Music (1) From This Week in Music History

            Name Of Group Or Single Artiste : The Beatlesbeatles magical mystery.gif (7044 bytes)

            Accomplishment(s) : Their MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR movie was shown on TV on                                         Boxing Day , 1967 . It contained some of thier best tracks .

        Entertainment » Music (2) From The History Channel

            Name Of Group Or Single Artiste : Quarterflash

            Accomplishment(s) : Hitting the song , HARDEN MY HEART on the chart .

        Entertainment » Television » Top Shows

            Name Of The Show : Unsolved Mysteries

            Plot : (Information Not Given)

            Setting : (Information Not Given)

            Characters : (Information Not Given)

            Years On TV : (Information Not Given)

        Entertainment » Television » Saturday Mornings

            Name Of Show : The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh

            Plot : (Information Not Given)

            Setting : Hundred Acre Woods

            Characters : Winnie The Pooh , Tigger , Eeyore , Rabbit , Piglet , Gopher and Robin

        Entertainment » Movies

            Name Of Movie : Rain Manrainman.jpg (5377 bytes)

            Plot : (Information Not Given)

            Setting : (Information Not Given)

            Actors / Actresses : Dustin Hoffman , Tom Cruise

    Back To Top

    Nostalgia

       The Cost Of A Price Stamp : Then : 15 ¢

                                                  Now   : 30 ¢

        Prime Minister : Then : Dato' Sri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

                                Now   : Dato' Sri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

        Deputy Prime Minister : Then : Dato' Sri Anuar Ibrahim

                                           Now   : Dato' Sri Abdullah Badawi

        Popular Toys : Name For Toy (a) : Choose Your Own Adventure Books

                              Description For Toy (a) : It is a type of gamebook like the Lone Wolf Adventure                                                                 Series . Every step you move , you must make a choice for                                                                 example either to go north or south .

                              Name For Toy (b) : Inhumanoids

                              Description For Toy (b) : It is a group of toys which resembles something like                                                                 monsters . They come in 14" size .

                              Name For Toy (c) : Operation

                              Description For Toy (c) : On the gameboard , there is a man . Try to take its organs                                                                 without touching the sides .

    Summary / Evaluation

        Do I enjoy working on this project ? Why ? Why not ?
        Yes , because it's great fu to learn about the day I was born . ( I mean in history , that is )
        What is the most intresting thing learned by doing this project ?
        It is that there are a lot of people sharing their birthdays with another , but then the year is different .
        How hard do I think the project was ?
        Quite hard .
        What are my suggestion  to improve the project ?
        Let there be more activities . The activities must be more challenging , such as getting a crossword puzzle from New York Times which is the month of the birthday and filling it up . The acivities should be at the same level of hardness . Do not make it so confusing .
                 
        What are your comments ?
        It is quite a challenging task , but then there are some parts which are quite easy .