Junior Webquest

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United States History
I hope your are ready for the most exciting thing you have ever done in History. As exciting as seeing a butterfly for the first time, ooooooooo. Get Ready... Here is your task. Each of you will be creating a your own website. Do not worry if you think you know nothing about computers. You will be able to do this. Lets get started!

1. First click on the following link and read the page from top to bottom. There could be a quiz! http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm

2. Good Work. Now each group needs to select a webquest style. First read through the following page which outlines the different styles of webquests.
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designsteps/index.html Once you have selected a style i.e. Alternative History, Analyizing for Bias ect... Pick a topic.

3. Here is a short list of some sample topics: Gettysburg Address, Election of 1876, The Middle Passage etc. You can chose any event from 19th century United States History. Have fun with this. Pick a topic that is intersting to you!

4. Check out the following sample. http://www.powayschools.com/projects/mt&r/ConflictYellowstoneWolf.htm This will give you an idea of what your project should look like.

Be creative!!!!! Your grade will be heavily based on your creativity. The culminating project should be something original. A poem, song, journal ect... Remember to have fun!

Tools and Resources
Check out the rubric to see how you will be graded.

Look at the sample template to see what is going on.

Need topic ideas? http://webquest.org

Respect copyright laws! Here is how to do it http://www.guhsd.net/ethics/ethics.html

http://www.google.com

http://www.free-clip-art.com/

http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp

Thank You!
Thank you Dan Mcdowell, Jim Epler, Mike Johnson, and Ken Quisenberry.

Thanks to www.webquest.org

Thanks to www.freewebs.org

Thanks to William Wallace and John Neil (see him below) for your inspiration