How To U se T he Internet Safely

1. How To Use The Internet Safely Ms. Hopkins’ Second Grade Class Social Studies Project

2. Objective • I need to know when to use the internet. • I need to know how to search the internet. • I need to know how to use the facts and pictures from the internet. • I need to know the rules I must follow when using the internet.

3. When Do I Use The Internet? • When Ms. Hopkins gives you report assignments to: • Write about a person (ex: Martin Luther King) • Write about a place (ex: Egypt) • Write about a group of people (ex: Powhatan Indians) • When Ms. Hopkins wants you to find pictures of things we are learning about: • Examples: Pyramids, Longhouses, Lanterns, etc.

4. How Do I Search The Internet? • Many websites are great to find information about a topic: • Type your topic in the search box (ex: Powhatan Indians) • Read through the information. • Highlight important facts or pictures that teach you something.

5. How Do I Use The Facts? • Put facts into your own words: • Internet says: “The Powhatan Indians once lived in what is now Virginia.” • You write: Virginia was once the home of the Powhatan Indians.

6. How Do I Use The Facts? • Write the facts word for word and include the resource website: • Internet says: “The Powhatan Indians once lived in what is now Virginia.” • You write: “The Powhatan Indians once lived in what is now Virginia” (www.powhatanindians.com).

7. How Do I Use The Pictures? • When I like a picture, I include it in my paper by: • Right click on the picture • Copy it and paste it into your paper • Copy and paste the internet web address below the picture in your paper

8. How Do I Use The Pictures? • Example: The Powhatan Indians lived in a wigwam or longhouse, made out of wood and bark. http://niahd.wm.edu/attachments/997.jpg

9. What Are the Internet Rules? • I can use the Internet to: • Help me find information. • Look for pictures. • Include information in my paper if I put in my own words or cite the resource. • I cannot use the Internet to: • Copy the article and say it is my paper • Read the information and say I knew it all • Use the pictures and not say where they came from.

10. Where Do I Write My Sources? • At the end of your paper, include a Resource Page that has: • Website address • Date you found the information • Author of website (if available)

11. Conclusion • I learned: • When to use the internet • How to search the internet • How to use the facts and pictures in my papers • The internet rules • Where to write the resources