Webquest

This webquest can best utilized at idealjob-gabby.blogspot.com or classwiki45.wikispaces.comWebquest : Colonial America...


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• Introduction

• Task

• Process

• Evaluation

• Teachers:

A WebQuest for 4th Grade Designed by {Gabriella Robinson}Email address: grobinson@greenville.k12.sc.us



Original webquest template design by Dan Schellenberg using valid XHTML and CSS.

Please leave this credit line in your webquest so that others can find the original template. Thanks!





Introduction

This webquest will allow you to take a virtual journey to the time of Colonial America. You will explore Jamestown, Virginia and Colonial South Carolina during this activity. Please read all of the directions carefully and work independently. You may consult with the other students in your group. But do not seek help from your teacher or students who are not working in your group. Your teacher will monitor your group and assist and evaluate your while you work on this activity. Good Luck!



Essential Questions to Answer During This Activity:

Compare your family to a family in Colonial America. How is your family the same? How is your family different ?













Original webquest template design by Dan Schellenberg using valid XHTML and CS







Colonial America





Task

Visit the website below and identify contemporary ideas about the New World and leadership.

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/



1. Identify origins, compositions and goals of the Virginia Company.

Visit the website

http://www.knowitall.org/index.cfm



Click on the link Colonial Dorchester Webquest.

Visit this link while you are at the site.

http://www.teachingushistory.org/lessons/pdfs_and_docs/documents/LessonPlanSoutheasternNativeAmericansLifestyles.html



Follow the directions at this link.





















Process



Grouping Time:

The teacher will assign you to groups.

Assignment Time

In your new groups each member will have a topic to explore on the internet. The topics are

Family Life

School

Clothing

Games



Computer Time

Once you have your job –visit the two websites above to learn more about your topic.

Presentation Time

Your group will present the information from your research to the class.





























Evaluation

The students will be evaluated using the rubric below

Name: _____________________ Teacher:



Date: ______________________ Title of Work: ______________



Skills Criteria Points



1 2 3 4

Helping

The teacher observed the students offering assistance to each other. None of the Time Some of the Time Most of the Time All of the Time ____

Listening

The teacher observed students working from each other's ideas. None of the Time Some of the Time Most of the Time All of the Time ____

Participating:

The teacher observed each student contributing to the project. None of the Time Some of the Time Most of the Time All of the Time ____

Persuading:

The teacher observed the students exchanging, defending, and rethinking ideas. None of the Time Some of the Time Most of the Time All of the Time ____

Questioning:

The teacher observed the students interacting, discussing, and posing questions to all members of the team. None of the Time Some of the Time Most of the Time All of the Time ____

Respecting:

The teacher observed the students encouraging and supporting the ideas and efforts of others. None of the Time Some of the Time Most of the Time All of the Time ____

Sharing:

The teacher observed the students offering ideas and reporting their findings to each other. None of the Time Some of the Time Most of the Time All of the Time ____









 

Teachers:

The following standards were used during this lesson:

National History Standards: Standards in Historical Thinking

• Standard 2 : Historical Comprehension

• Standard 3 : Historical Analysis and Interpretation



SC Standards

4-2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of North America by Native Americans, Europeans, and African Americans and the interactions among these peoples.

Indicator

4-2.2 Compare the everyday life, physical environment, and culture of the major Native American cultural groupings, including Eastern Woodlands, Southeastern, Plains, Southwestern, and Pacific Northwestern.

Resources:

http://www.teachingushistory.org/index.html

http://www.knowitall.org/index.cfm

http://teacherweb.com/TX/OakHillElementary/ColonialAmericaWebquest/hf0.aspx

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/

http://webquest.org/index.php



Materials Needed

Internet Connection

Computers

SMART Board