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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Technology: Locating Home on the Internet

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use Yahoo to locate their home locations on maps. They discover the diatances from their homes to school to determine who lives the closest. They experience the Internet as a source for information.
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Article
Other

Affiliate Success tips.com: Using Your Web Browser

For Students 9th - 10th
AffiliateSuccessTips.com offers excellent tips for using your web browser, including email, organizing folders, cutting and pasting, and more.
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Website
Other

Silicon valley.com

For Students 9th - 10th
SiliconValley.com is an Internet technology news source providing up-to-the-minute news and opinions about the industry. Content highlights the people and companies shaping the industry, the financial market, technology regions, and more.
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Website
Other

Websites Online: Access Control

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about using user-ids and passwords to control access to various web pages.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Business in America: Jerry Yang

For Students 9th - 10th
From an exhibit of hedcuts from the Wall Street Journal are these two hedcuts by two different artists of Jerry Yang, developer of Yahoo. Included is a brief chronology of his business.
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Website
PBS

Yahoo Browser

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Its a browser from Yahoo. One of the oldest browser. Google Chrome though newer but better than Yahoo browser.
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Article
Other

The 101 Series: Setting Up a Web Based E Mail Account

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the 101 Series gives a step-by-step tutorial on setting up a web-based email account with Lycos, although other providers are listed.
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Handout
Other

America's Most Successful Asian Entrepreneurs: Jerry Yang

For Students 9th - 10th
A short profile of Jerry Yang, and his involvement with Yahoo.