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Previous Sites-of-the-Week District Home Page Schools Services Who to Contact Information Center Other Links Weather Bulletin Email Us	September 24, 2001 The Flag of the United States http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/FlagPage2001.htm Following the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Americans have gone through an unprecedented period of patriotism. The American flag has been displayed in every possible way. Do you know how to properly display the flag (for example, can you hang the flag horizontally)? Do you know how to raise and lower the flag (for example, do you raise it slowly or rapidly)? Do you know how to properly wear the flag? The links on this page include the U.S. laws about the flag, sites where you can get pictures of the flag, and much more. Check out this page before you hang the flag on your house or put it on your car. September 17, 2001 John Lawson: “New Voyage to Carolina” http://www.lawsontrek.com In 1700-1701, John Lawson led an expedition through the swamps and rivers near Charleston, hiked the Trading Path used by Indians, visited in the what-was-to-become-Charlotte area, and followed the Yadkin River to a friend’s plantation near the N.C. coast. He traveled by canoe and on foot to explore the vast Carolina wilderness, living off the land and the hospitality of Indians. He kept a detailed journal that paints a portrait of a raw Carolina that has largely disappeared. His journal, “A New Voyage to Carolina,” describes a bountiful landscape and the congenial Indians he found during 59 days in the wilderness. You can download his entire journal from the link given below. The following links provide additional information about his initial “voyage” and about other trips he made into the heart of the Carolinas. He was killed during this last trip. Article from The State: http://web.thestate.com/content/columbia/2001/09/02 /impact/lewclark2.htm Download the journal: http://promo.net/cgi-promo/pg/t9.cgi The Trading Path of Carolina Indians: http://www.tradingpath.org September 10, 2001 Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.net Since 1971, Project Gutenberg has put online thousands of complete books and papers from the public domain. Included are the complete works of Shakespeare, Alice in Wonderland, books about Francis Marion (written during or shortly after his lifetime), Homer, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Payne, and thousands more. All content areas are included. All books are in basic text format, which means those are readable on 99% of all computers. The texts are divided into three categories: light literature, heavy literature, and references. Project Gutenberg is a library for “primary” sources – each work is in its original form. It’s interesting to compare the way things were said hundreds of years ago to the way we say those things now. You can search by author (click for a list), title (click for a list), or subject. All books and papers are downloadable so you can print or read those at your convenience. September 3, 2001 Communication Skills Writing Program http://www.engl.niu.edu/comskills/ This website was started to assist students and tutors at Northern Illinois University; however, it has many excellent resources that can be used in high school classes, by students who are learning the mechanics of writing, and by parents who are working with their children on writing projects and assignments. Student resources include editor’s grammar and mechanics, the use of quotations, citing sources, plagiarism, and more. Teacher resources include a lesson exchange, computer lab ideas and suggestions, and links to writing resources. There are student self-quizzes and a section entitled “You Make the Call” – where students make a judgment about the extent to which a passage is plagiarized in other passages. This site can be used in several ways in English composition classes – and there’s poetry to start every page.
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