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Multimedia-Computer Lab
(Internet--Finding Information on the Internet II)
Computer Assisted Language Learning
This exercise helps you to learn how to find information on the Internet. Please print out the page, then follow the instructions step by step:
Exercise I. Use Internet to find the information about presidents of the United States.
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Go to Yahoo.com or msn.com.
- Search for information about "US presidents".
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Please find the following information:
How many presidents the US has had ____________________
The name of the second president _______________________
The name of the sixth president _________________________
The president after Theodore Roosevelt ________________________
The president from 1953-1961 _________________________
Exercise II. Choose one president with your partner and find out the following information:
When did he serve as president? _______________________
Where was he born? ________________________________
About his family ____________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
About his life before becoming president _________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Important things he did as president _____________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Is he alive today? If yes, where is he now/what is he doing now?_____________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Following up Exercise
Please write a paragraph about the above president using the information you have found.