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Web Wise: How to Do an Online Search

You can use the Internet to read other fables from cultures around the world. One way to do this is by using a Web directory. A Web directory is a tool that helps you find information on the Internet, much like a phone book helps you find phone numbers. Let's suppose you want to read a fable from Africa. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Print out this web page to use as a guide.
2. Go to the Yahooligans! Web guide.
3. Once you get to the Yahooligans! home page, you will see a directory for this Web guide. The directory lists the main categories or topics of the websites that are linked to the guide. Click the category "School Bell."
4. On the School Bell page, you will find a list of more specific categories. Click "Language Arts."
5. On the Language Arts page, click "Folk and Fairy Tales." On the Folk and Fairy Tales page, click "Mythology and Folklore."
6. Read the list of websites on the Mythology and Folklore page. Then click the hotlink "Myths and Fables."
7. Now that you have reached the table of contents for the myths and fables in this website, scroll down until you find the title "Tortoise and Eagle." Click the picture of the tortoise next to the title.
8. Read "Tortoise and Eagle," a fable from Central Africa. As you read, take notes about the main characters, the setting, the problem, the events, and the resolution. Use your notes to fill in the story map below.
   
   
   

1. Think about the lesson Eagle learns. What is the moral of this fable? Write it here.

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