Introduction
In this webquest you will build a presentation about the setting for Willa Cather's novel My Antonia. The setting that you will be researching is late 19th century Nebraska. This will build your idea about the setting of the novel before you begin to read the story.
Roles: In your groups, there will be four members, while you should all do research on your topic, two of the gorup memebers can be elected as presenters. Their role will be to take the information, put it into a presentation, and present it to the class. While veryone can help with this, two people can be dedicated speakers.
Big Question: What did life look like in Late 19th Century Nebraska? What are the struggles we are going to characters face in our Novel?
Task
TOPIC: Late 19th century Nebraska
In your groups of 4 you will be given 1 of 5 topics to research about:
1- New Settlers, Who were they?
2- The Land, The seasons, what was it like?
3- The infrastructre, towns, railroads?
4- The roles of men and women, what were the jobs?
5- The Native American people and thier struggles?
After you have completed your research, compile it into a presentation tool (powerpoint, nearpod, etc.) and prepare a 5 minute presentation. At the end of the lesson you will present your research to the class.
Process
Once you have been assigned which topic number your group is, its time to identify roles.
Discuss amongst yourselves who will fill the presenter roles.
Next, Use the resources we have acess to to find information to present information for the class.
Here are some links to get you started:
proquest.com
https://www.britannica.com/place/Nebraska-state/History
https://nebraskastudies.org/en/1850-1874/
https://nebraskastudies.org/en/1875-1899/
https://www-jstor-org.authenticate.library.duq.edu/stable/23534471?seq=… (Specific articles like this can help with quality peer reveiwed research)
(Note: Not all sources have to be academic sources, google and other search engines amy help with specific topics, images, or videos)
(Note: For spceifics like jobs, food, entertainment etc, it may be useful to include those as keywords to get you started)
Evaluation
Conclusion
Great Job Guys, I cant wait to see your presentaiton!
Credits
Rubric made at QuickRubric.com