Birthdays Are Special

Birthdays Are Special

Birthdays Are Special - TG

Overview

In this activity students are going to find what famous people were born on their birth date or the birth date of someone in their family.

The students will be asked to compare their personality traits, special abilities and interests, to find similarities or differences between their famous birthday partners and themselves.

Students can access all the Internet sites for the Interactive Activities by going to the ECB On-line homepage, clicking on Students' Centre and again on Interactive Activities links. The links to the Internet sites are listed under the names of the activities.

Level

Foundation and Intermediate (Grades 6-10)

Time

One or two 45-minute lessons

Group Size

Individual or pairs

Students' Prior Knowledge

The students can ...

... follow links on the Internet.

... identify famous people who were born on the same day as them.

... compare personality traits.

Objectives

The students will be able to ...

... find famous world figures who share the same birthday as the students.

... follow simple directions.

... navigate an Internet site to find specific information.

... express feelings, likes and dislikes.

... use information tools, such as a dictionary.

Procedure

After a discussion of birthdays, months and years, ask the students if they know anyone famous, dead or alive, who was born on the same day as they were.

If anyone does, talk about who these people were, what they were like and if people born on the same day have similar characteristics.

The following activity will direct the students to an Internet site where they can find people who were born on the same day (not year) as they were. The activityis divided into two parts: fact finding and reading deeper for further information.

The students can use one of the following sites:

  • Celebrity Birthdays (
  • The History Channel(
  • Famous Birthdays at

Birthdays are Special Activity

Presentation

Divide the students into groups according to the month they were born.

Ask them to make a timeline for the birth dates of the famous people born in their month and another timeline of their birth dates.

Display these timelines in class.

Variations on a Theme

Discuss the different famous birthday partners in relation to:

  • what they are/were famous for.
  • personality traits.
  • special abilities or interests.

You may ask each student to do an oral, written, or multimedia report on one of their famous birthday partners.

Student's Worksheet

To find the Internet site you need to complete this activity

  • Go to: ECB Online:
  • Click on Student's Area
  • Click on Interactive Activity Links or look for your course book.
  • Find the activity: Birthdays are Special
  • Use these sites to answer the questions below.

1. What month and day were you born?

______

Month Day

2. Do you know anyone famous born on the same month and day you were born? Maybe an actor, singer, basketball player, king or queen? Let's find out.

Go to the Internet site Famous Birthdays complete the following:

  • Click on the month you were born.
  • Click on the date you were born.

Who was born on my birthday? / What year were they born?

3. Find more information about your Birthday Partner. Go to the Internet site Infoplease.

  • My famous birthday partner is:
  • He / She was born in the year ______.
  • He / She lived / lives in ______.
  • Three things he / she was / is famous for:
  • Do you think this person is anything like you? Yes / No
  • Why? ______

If your teacher says you can, save and print a picture of your famous same day birthday person.