Chains Mini-Research
Directions: You will use the internet to conduct your mini-research this hour and write a PEEC paragraph about your topic using the
answers to the questions below. When you answer the questions, be sure you’re paraphrasing what you are reading from the
source, not copying. That is plagiarism. Your teacher wants to hear your voice, not a website’s. If you want to cite textual evidence
from the internet about your topic, make sure you use parenthetical citation within your paragraph. You will need to copy down that
information this hour. We will not be returning to the computers today.
Name: _______________________________________________________________
Hour: ______________
Tea-Water Pump
STEP #1: Go to the search engine Google. Type “tea water pump” in the search bar. Click on the first link to
TOWN PUMPS: How our Grandfathers got their supply of drinking water, and then answer the following
questions:
1. How was New York first supplied with water?
2. What year were water pumps introduced in the city? How were they funded?
3. What was the “Tea-Water Pump”? How did it get its name?
4. How would people get water from the pump to their homes?
5. Find ONE picture of the Tea-Water Pump. Copy and paste it into the bottom of this document.
STEP #2: Once you have completely answered the questions above, begin organizing a PEEC paragraph on
the back of this sheet, using the information from the questions. You MUST turn this paper in before you
leave today.
How to write a citation for a webpage: Write your source below using the format as a guide.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Webpage Title. Publication Date. Today’s date. <web address>.
Chains Mini-Research
Directions: You will use the internet to conduct your mini-research this hour and write a PEEC paragraph about your topic using the
answers to the questions below. When you answer the questions, be sure you’re paraphrasing what you are reading from the
source, not copying. That is plagiarism. Your teacher wants to hear your voice, not a website’s. If you want to cite textual evidence
from the internet about your topic, make sure you use parenthetical citation within your paragraph. You will need to copy down that
information this hour. We will not be returning to the computers today.
Name: _______________________________________________________________
Hour: ______________
Battle of Trenton
STEP #1: Go to the search engine Yahoo. Type the word “Hessians” into the search bar. Find the link to
pbs.org entitled “LIBERTY! The Hessians”. Answer the following questions:
1. Who were the Hessians?
2. For whom did they fight?
STEP #2: Go to the search engine Google. Type the following words in the search box: “battle of Trenton”.
Find the link to u-s history.com. Read and then answer the following questions:
1. Where did Washington take his army at the end of 1776?
2. How did Washington receive information that the British did not plan to follow his army?
3. What piece of information did John Honeyman take back to the British?
4. List one of the reasons Washington decided to take Trenton.
5. What date did the battle take place?
6. Describe the outcome of the battle?
STEP #3: Once you have completely answered the questions above, begin organizing a PEEC paragraph on
the back of this sheet, using the information from the questions. You MUST turn this paper into your
teacher before you leave today.
How to write a citation for a webpage: Write your source below using the format as a guide.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Webpage Title. Publication Date. Today’s date. <web address>.
Chains Mini-Research
Directions: You will use the internet to conduct your mini-research this hour and write a PEEC paragraph about your topic using the
answers to the questions below. When you answer the questions, be sure you’re paraphrasing what you are reading from the
source, not copying. That is plagiarism. Your teacher wants to hear your voice, not a website’s. If you want to cite textual evidence
from the internet about your topic, make sure you use parenthetical citation within your paragraph. You will need to copy down that
information this hour. We will not be returning to the computers today.
Name: _______________________________________________________________
Hour: ______________
Loyalist VS Patriot
STEP #1: Go to the search engine yahoo. Type “loyalist vs patriot” in the search bar. Click on the third link
to slideshare.net; use the power point presentation to answer the questions below.
1. Define “Loyalist”.
2. Define “Patriot”.
3. List three arguments of Loyalists.
4. List three arguments of Patriots.
5. Find ONE picture of a Loyalist or a Patriot. Copy and paste it into the bottom of this document.
STEP #2: Once you have completely answered the questions above begin organizing a PEEC paragraph on
the back of this sheet, using the information from the questions. You MUST turn this paper into your
teacher before you leave today.
How to write a citation for a webpage: Write your source below using the format as a guide.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Webpage Title. Publication Date. Today’s date. <web address>.
Chains Mini-Research
Directions: You will use the internet to conduct your mini-research this hour and write a PEEC paragraph about your topic using the
answers to the questions below. When you answer the questions, be sure you’re paraphrasing what you are reading from the
source, not copying. That is plagiarism. Your teacher wants to hear your voice, not a website’s. If you want to cite textual evidence
from the internet about your topic, make sure you use parenthetical citation within your paragraph. You will need to copy down that
information this hour. We will not be returning to the computers today.
Name: _______________________________________________________________
Hour: ______________
Phillis Wheatley
STEP #1: Go to the search engine Google. Type the following words in the search box: “Phillis Wheatley”.
Find the link to earlyamerica.com. Read and then answer the following questions:
1. What title is Phillis Wheatley given?
2. Where was Phillis Wheatley born?
3. How old was Phillis when she came to American?
4. How did she get here?
5. How was Phillis treated by the Wheatley’s?
6. Name some the things they did for her.
7. How did Phillis first receive attention for her writing?
8. Find ONE picture of a Phillis Wheatley. Copy and paste it into the bottom of this document.
STEP #2: Once you have completely answered the questions above begin organizing a PEEC paragraph on
the back of this sheet, using the information from the questions. You MUST turn this paper into your
teacher before you leave today.
How to write a citation for a webpage: Write your source below using the format as a guide.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Webpage Title. Publication Date. Today’s date. <web address>.
Chains Mini-Research
Directions: You will use the internet to conduct your mini-research this hour and write a PEEC paragraph about your topic using the
answers to the questions below. When you answer the questions, be sure you’re paraphrasing what you are reading from the
source, not copying. That is plagiarism. Your teacher wants to hear your voice, not a website’s. If you want to cite textual evidence
from the internet about your topic, make sure you use parenthetical citation within your paragraph. You will need to copy down that
information this hour. We will not be returning to the computers today.
Name: _______________________________________________________________
Hour: ______________
Jordan River
STEP #1: Go to the search engine Google. Type “Jordan River” in the search bar and then find the 4th link to
jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Answer the following Questions:
1. Where is the Jordan River located?
2. The river forms a boundary between what places?
3. What countries are supplied water by the Jordan River?
4. List three important historical/religious facts about the Jordan River.
5. Find ONE picture of the Jordan River. Copy and paste it into the bottom of this document.
STEP #2: Once you have completely answered the questions above begin organizing a PEEC paragraph on
the back of this sheet, using the information from the questions. You MUST turn this paper into your
teacher before you leave today.
How to write a citation for a webpage: Write your source below using the format as a guide.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Webpage Title. Publication Date. Today’s date. <web address>.
Chains Mini-Research
Directions: You will use the internet to conduct your mini-research this hour and write a PEEC paragraph about your topic using the
answers to the questions below. When you answer the questions, be sure you’re paraphrasing what you are reading from the
source, not copying. That is plagiarism. Your teacher wants to hear your voice, not a website’s. If you want to cite textual evidence
from the internet about your topic, make sure you use parenthetical citation within your paragraph. You will need to copy down that
information this hour. We will not be returning to the computers today.
Name: _______________________________________________________________
Hour: ______________
How to write a citation for a webpage: Write your source below using the format as a guide.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Webpage Title. Publication Date. Today’s date. <web address>.