Introduction
It is almost time for the Golden Horseshoe exam! The purpose of this WebQuest is to give you a last minute review before the test next week.
Task
This will be a Golden Horseshoe Scavenger Hunt. Using your iPad you will search for the answers to the questions that your are given. If you do not have your iPad then you may use a laptop in the classroom. Using the websites that you are given on the next page look up the answers to the questions. Then open a word document on your ipad so that you can write the answer to the question. For the first twenty questions you must also provide a picture that you copy paste fromt the website. This will help you sharpen your skills when transferring information from the internet to a document. After the first 20 question you will have collected all the points. The next 20 questions you may answer with words only. For every 4 your answer extra you will get one bonus point. Of course the answers must be correct to get credit.
Process
1. On March 28, 1978, this man was named the men's basketball coach at West Virginia University?
2. This baseball Hall of Famer, who still holds the records for RBIs in a season, is buried in Martinsburg?
3. Following Hurricane Katrina, West Virginia hosted displaced persons at Camp Dawson in this county?
4.The town of Milton was named for this local landowner.
5. On April 29, 1863, the Confederate troops commanded by this officer captured the community of Buckhannon.
6. What Parkersburg Civil War fort was named for West Virginia's first governor?
7. This man, who served as Vice-President under President Benjamin Harrison, was the last owner of Red Sulphur Springs.
8. On New Year's Eve in 1953 this country music legend died while traveling through West Virginia.
9. This distinguised educator adn civil rights leader served as president of West Virginia State College from 1919 through 1953.
10. This former astronaut, who piloted the Challenger when it was launched on October 5, 1984, was a Republican candidate for governor in West Virginia in 1996.
11. A folk song entitlted "The Wreck on the C & O" commemorates teh heroics of this railroad conductor.
12. The institution of higher education is hte oldest permanent West Virginia college which has not changed its name.
13. The first food stamps issued in the United States were distributed in this West Virginia county.
14. The Williamstown glass manufacturer celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005.
15. This Charleston radio station began in 1927 under the call letters WOBU.
16. The Rimer Wildlife Management Area, which encompasses 67,251 acres, is located in this county.
17. On March 24, 1910, a fired destroyed this Fayette County community.
18. The National Mine Health and Safety Academy is located in this Raleigh County Community.
19. Tri-State Airport is located in this county.
20. In 1995, the FBI completed construction of its building complex in this town.
21. On June 11, 1861 delegates to the First adn Second Wheeling Conventions convened in this building.
22. To obtain a marriage license or file a deed, you would go to which county office.
23. This man was West Virginia's first state superintendents of schools.
24. Marco the buffalo is the mascot for this university.
25. This former head football coach at West Virginia State was a three-time Pro-Bowl player for the Minnesota Vikings.
26. What West Virgnian won a gold medal in gymnastics during the 1984 Olympics?
27. The annual Mountain State Forest Festival is held in this Randolph County community.
28. This interstate route runs from Morgantown to Charleston.
29. The 19th-century mansion Henderson Hall is located in thi county.
30. On January 28, 1921, the murder trial of police chief Sid Hatfield for his role in the Matewan Massacre began in this Mingo County community.
31. Foley Falls and and Black Fork Falls are located in this state park.
32. In 1882, this man established The Pioneer Press, West Virginia's first African American newspaper.
33. On May 3, 1960 the Diamond Department Store in this city opened its eating facilities to African Americans.
34. Where was the trial of John Brown held?
35. This band is known as the "Pride of West Virginia"
36. This Fayetteville native was boxer Muhammed Ali's first professional opponent.
37. On November 7, 1944, this Beckley native was elected governor of WV.
38. This Charleston resident was teh first Jewish state official and first Jewish member of the West Virginia Legislature.
39. This West Virginina governor was the nephew of "Devil Anse" Hatfield.
40. The West Virginia native was the first woman to chair a Republican party state convention.
To find these answer use the following websites:
West Virginia Division of Tourism
Evaluation
You will be given one point each for the picture and answer to your first 20 questions. After that each 4 questions you answer with words only will be worth one extra credit point.