Lesson 5.3 Activity, Actividad. Francisco Javier Cervigon Ruckauer

Lesson 5.3 Activity, Actividad

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Search Tips: Search appropriate sources that offer authoritative information for the type of information you are trying to find.

Charles Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species, introduced the idea of evolution. Open a new tab and go to the full-text version of the book.
1. On what page does the word evolution appear?

 

Sí, la respuesta es correcta.

Correct! Using Google Books' special 'find' box in the left panel, typing in evolution and clicking on the 'Go' button, you can see there is only one place the word evolution apprears in the text of the book.

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2. Did Darwin, himself, use the word evolution in this book?

 Yes

 No

Sí, la respuesta es correcta.

• Correct! The word evolution appears in the editor’s note, which was not written by Charles Darwin.

3. Lewis Carroll’s book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, has many memorable characters, among them the Mad Hatter. We have discovered that the phrase “Mad Hatter” does not actually appear in the book, however. Can you think of another example of a book with a frequently-attributed phrase in which the phrase does not actually appear in the text of the book? Try it out before proceeding to the next lesson

Francisco Javier Cervigon Ruckauer