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Name<br />

The Internet offers many online resources for research. Search<br />

engines are tools that enable you to search the Internet for<br />

information about a subject. You can use key words in a search<br />

engine to find information.<br />

Use the Internet entries below to answer the questions.<br />

<strong>Practice</strong><br />

Study Skill:<br />

Using the Internet<br />

1. Castle Clinton National Monument (National Park Service)<br />

Write to 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005.<br />

www.nps.gov/cacl/<br />

2. The Immigration Experience<br />

Castle Garden, also known as Castle Clinton, was New York’s fi rst offi cial immigration<br />

center. www.nyc.gov/html/nyc100/html/imm_stories/museum/<br />

3. Clinton Castle—NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center<br />

Castle Clinton was one of more than a dozen forts built to defend New York Harbor.<br />

www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsA_D/clintonCastle.htm<br />

1. What would be key words to use in a search engine to fi nd information<br />

about this place?<br />

2. Which Web site could you visit to learn about the military history of Castle<br />

Clinton?<br />

3. Which Web site could you visit to learn about immigrants who went through<br />

Castle Clinton?<br />

4. Which Web site could you visit to learn when Castle Clinton became a<br />

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national monument?<br />

Maya Lin • Grade 5/Unit 2<br />

At Home: Together with a family member or helper, use<br />

key words in a search engine to fi nd a Web site about a<br />

monument and write a short paragraph about it.<br />

© <strong>Macmillan</strong>/<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong>

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