Name ________________________________
Date __________ Hour _____ Dr. Seuss Research 1. ​
www.elgin6.weebly.com 2. Websites/Apps 3. EBSCO a. ID: elgin b. PW: owls 4. Searchasaurus 5. Be sure to have iPad turned so it is portrait 6. Find: Dr. Seuss (be sure to spell SEUSS correctly) a. How many results did you find? ___________________ 7. Click on ​
Books & Encyclopedias​
. a. How many results did you find? ___________________ 8. Click on ​
Biographies​
. a. How many results did you find? ___________________ 9. Click on ​
2. Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat 10. This is from a Scholastic News Magazine. Unfortunately, the PDF does not load correctly on our iPads. Skip the first 6 lines of text. a. How did Dr. Seuss come to use the name Dr. Seuss? _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ b. When was Dr. Seuss born? ____________________________________ c. How old would he be today if he were still alive? ___________________ d. Why did Dr. Seuss write ​
The Cat in the Hat​
? _______________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________ e. How many books did Dr. Seuss write throughout his life? _____________ 11. Click the orange ​
GO BACK​
button at the top (middle) of the page. 12. Click on ​
4. Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss​
. 13. When was this article published? ​
(hint: look at Source in the top box) _____________________ 14. In what city and state was Dr. Seuss born? ________________________________________________________________ 15. What is one reason that Dr. Seuss may have so many strange animals in his books? _____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ 16. Click the orange ​
GO BACK​
button at the top (middle) of the page. 17. Click on ​
Magazines​
. 18. Click on ​
9. 5 Things You MIght Not Know About Dr. Seuss. 19. When was this article published? ​
(hint: look at Source in the top box) ___________________________ 20. Who is the author of this magazine article? ​
(hint: look at Source in the top box) _______________________________________________ 21. Why did Dr. Seuss leave his high school art class? _____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ 22. Click the orange ​
GO BACK​
button at the top (middle) of the page. 23. Click on 10. ​
Get to Know SEUSS. 24. Write down the ​
5 Things to Know About Dr. Seuss. ​
You may copy the sentence directly if you put quotation marks around the sentence. a. ___________________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________________ c. ___________________________________________________________ d. ___________________________________________________________ e. ___________________________________________________________ 25. What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book? Why? __________________________________________________________________________
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