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Archive for October, 2013

No chart :*(
Posted on October 31st, 2013 at 11:09 am by and

I am embarrassed to admit it but, I couldn’t successfully complete the chart exercise. With that being said I am looking forward to class this afternoon to learn. I have a new research question I like better than my original one. It is… Today Marilyn Monroe is often viewed as an iconic beauty queen, either that […]

*Secondary Sources*
Posted on October 24th, 2013 at 4:10 am by and

Secondary Sources Many books have been written about Marilyn Monroe. A selection I have found so far is below: Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe’s Revealing Last Words and Photographs by George Barris (April 1, 2001) My Story by Marilyn Monroe and Ben Hecht (September 29, 2006) Marilyn in Art by Roger […]

*Google Mapping*
Posted on October 17th, 2013 at 1:14 am by and

I have used Google earth before and Google maps always printed out with my driving directions, before I got my GPS. So I found this exercise very interesting with the information I learned about my last Sunday afternoon. However at the end it became very frustrating. The places I selected to locate on the Google […]

Scavenger Hunt Challenge # 1
Posted on October 2nd, 2013 at 9:20 pm by and

Find the records of at least 3 coal companies operating in the early 20th century in Virginia For this assignment I had originally planned on using the Library of Congress or the National Archives. However, the government shut down and that was no longer an option. So, frustrated from there, I did what everyone does […]