Activity 21 - Alpha, Numeric, and Symbol Keys
As students become more advanced, create lesson files that include the alpha, numeric, and symbol keys. Refer to almanacs for sports statistics, great events, science and technology facts, etc.
This type of lesson works best in the Classroom environment. Since it is often laborious, it is important students enjoy the material they are typing. Baseball statistics are often much more appealing to a student ballplayer than the gross national product of a foreign country. Let each student choose and create his or her own materials—then watch them soar! One example of this activity follows:
Memorable Manned Space Flights
Vostok 1 (USSR) April 12, 1961
MR III Freedom 7 (US) May 5, 1961
Vostok 2 (USSR) August 6-7, 1961
MA VI Friendship 7 (US) February 20, 1962
MA IX Faith 7 (US) May 15-16, 1963
Vostok 6 (USSR) June 16-19, 1963
Voskhod 1 (USSR) October 12, 1964
Voskhod 2 (USSR) March 18, 1965
GT III (US) March 23, 1965
GT IV (US) June 3-7, 1965
GT VIII (US) March 16-17, 1966
Apollo 7 (US) October 11-22, 1968
Soyuz 3 (USSR) October 26-30, 1968
Apollo 8 (US) December 21-27, 1968
Apollo 9 (US) March 3-13, 1969
Apollo 10 (US) May 18-26, 1969
Apollo 11 (US) July 16-24, 1969