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Tiffi reads facts about social media
Tiffi is going to give the googling a bit more time and then she wants to do some of what the students have to do so she can share it with Rip when she sees him tomorrow. Wow, now she’s getting to the good stuff. All the history on social media! ‘July 5, 1994: Amazon.com is Born (Seattle) - With an initial aim of becoming…
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Is Tiffi becoming a student?
Bright and early the next morning Tiffi heads outdoors to meet up with Elsa. “Hi Tiffi, looks like we both got here at the same time,” says Elsa. “Let’s go inside to see if Rip is in his class yet.” On the way inside some of the students that Tiffi met in Rip’s class the other day stop to say hello to her. They start…
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The girls decide to create a PowerPoint pdf
“Rip, here are quite a few facts that I’ve gathered for you,” says Elsa. “If it’s ok with you I’d like to create a PowerPoint with pictures and the information from the article that I found online. It was a super article and gave out so many history events. Since we couldn’t put them all in the story and it would take…
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Tiffi & Elsa learn a lot about world history
One day as Tiffi is walking through Bamboo Forest she hears someone talking out loud. She listens to what he is saying ….. The world was a much different place 1000 years ago. Life expectancy was shorter, Vikings kept stealing people’s things, and Wi-Fi signals were quite poor. Those who believe in reincarnation say we’ve…
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Tiffi does some googling
A short while later Tiffi arrives at her house. She has to check on Google if this guy’s story is real. She searches for his name and comes up with a couple of articles. ‘Set in pre-Revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle lives a life of ease – much to the chagrin of his wife, Dame Van Winkle. Rip's passions include…
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Elsa looks him up on Google
Elsa gets off the phone and decides to do some googling to learn more about this man. She remembers hearing the story of how he fell asleep for a long time but can’t remember all the details. She finds a good article and begins to read it. ‘In a village near the Catskill Mountains in New York lives a man named Rip Van…
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Rip is deep in thought
Bright and early the next morning Tiffi wakes up and gets dressed. As she is eating breakfast she calls Elsa to arrange a time for them to meet at Bamboo Forest. She is hoping that Rip is still there because if he’s really that old then he must have a lot of stories to tell us. She calls Elsa and they arrange a time to…
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Elsa & Tiffi volunteer to help
Wow! He remembers history from the early 1200s. Then he has to be 1000 years old. He shows the girls what he has written so far. The girls are impressed and quite surprised that for an old wise man that he can remember as much as he has. He tells Tiffi to turn the page so she can read more of what he wrote. ‘1610 - Galileo…
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Tiffi does some googling
“Are you going to write a story about him?” ask Tiffi. “How many have you written so far?” Elsa tells her that she has 103 stories so if she does this it will be #104. Tiffi can’t wait to get home to do some googling. She tells Elsa that she will call her later. No sooner does Tiffi walk inside her house she heads on over…
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Elsa does some googling
At the other side of town Elsa is also searching for history. ‘Sept. 1, 1923: Great Kanto Earthquake (Tokyo, Yokohama, Japan) - The Great Kanto earthquake, also known as the Tokyo-Yokohama earthquake, strikes the Japanese mainland at noon on Sept. 1, 1923, with a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale. The death toll is…
