Introduction
Introduction
Thank you for your interest in the “Explorer Hall of Fame”! We are currently accepting submissions from historians all over the world. Please review the contest rules and guidelines to submit your application.
The“Explorer Hall of Fame”selection committee will review all applications and honor the winner at a special ceremony.
Applications have two parts. The first part is a detailed summary of your explorers accomplishments and travels. The second part will be a video of your explorer and their crew convincing the committee why your group should be selected as the winner.
Task
Attention historians!
In order to participate in the “Explorer Hall of Fame” contest, you must demonstrate your knowledge of the successful explorations your explorer has completed. To be accepted as a competitor in the contest, you will print out the Explorer of the Year Application and complete it with your group. It will require you to demonstrate knowledge of the life and explorations of your explorer to prove they are a successful explorer and that they deserves to be in the contest. Your group will use the websites provided in order to complete the application. Once your application is approved, you will be ready to begin your autobiographical video to submit to the committee.
The purpose of the video is to get the committee to select you to win a spot in the “Explorer Hall of Fame”. You must persuade the committee to choose your explorer by presenting who he/she was and the exploration successes in a creative manner. Using the Autobiographical Video Organizer, you and your group will write interesting facts and details in a well organized format for your presentation. Once your presentation is written, you will create a plan for the design of your video such as costumes, props, and backdrops. Then, you and your group will record your presentation and present it to the committee. The committee looks forward to reading your application and viewing the video submission.
Process
Process
Step 1: We will discuss the idea of a web quest in class and how to complete it. We will also talk about this specific assignment and the various parts.
Step 2: You will be assigned into a group of 4 and will use the "European Explorer List" to select an explorer to research.
Step 3: You will work with your group to collect information about your chosen explorer. You will use the websites on Google Classroom ONLY to find information to complete the "Explorer Hall of Fame Application".
Step 4: When the contest application is complete, your group will turn it in for review. Once it has been approved your group will move on to the next step, the video submission.
Step 5: Using the information you've already found you will complete the "Autobiographical Video Organizer". This will be part of your script and plan for the video submission. You should incorporate information about your explorer in a persuasive presentation that says why your explorer is the most successful. Your video should be about 3 minutes in length.
Step 6: You will perform and record your video. The application and video will be submitted to the Explorer Hall of Fame contest for review. Contest winners will be announced once all entries are submitted.
Step 7: As a class, we will watch all of the videos and decide which explorer deserves to be Explorer of the Year!
Evaluation
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Quality of Information |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples |
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Roles |
roles are hard to believe |
roles are clear and realistic |
roles are well thought out and believable |
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Teamwork |
members do not work well together, and did not accomplish the tasks |
most team members contribute to the tasks and collaborate freely |
Students collaborate on all areas of the task |
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Presentation |
presentation is attempted, but lacks organization |
presentation includes all required content |
presentation is organized, creative and well throughout. |
Conclusion
Thank you for submitting your video and application for “Explorer Hall of Fame”. You have learned a lot about your group's explorer. Please think back to what you have learned and give me you opinion of who the best explorer really was after seeing all of the presentations. Reflect back on this process; was it engaging, informative and collaborative? Please write a short paragraph explaining why.
Credits
Credits
I would like to start by giving credit to Mr. George Smith for the opportunity to take his class Webquests through Fresno Pacific University. I would also like to give credit and thank Carissa Christensen and Katie Heywood's web quest "Explorer of the Year" for their design and ideas.Thank you as well to Rubistar for the language used in the rubric.
Teacher Page
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This webquest has students choose an early European explorer to research and fill out a contest application using information about the explorer. Students then film a video contest submission using the information they found during research.
Teacher Introduction
This Webquest is aimed at getting 5th graders to learn about the various types of Explorers throughout history. It has the potential for a high amount of creativity from your students through the making of their video submissions. It's a fun, unique way for them to demonstrate their learning. It also requires them to analyze & evaluate not only the information they find but they information they get from watching others' videos to decide which explorer was the most successful. This web quest concentrates on many standards including:
5.2 Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas.
The ISTE standards
- there are also many ELA standards covered.
Author Biography
Sarah Perry
I am a 5th grade teacher in Porterville California. I teach at Summit Charter Academy Lombarid which is an IB school.
Permissions
We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is granted for others to use and modify this WebQuest for educational, non-commercial purposes as long as the original authorship is credited. The modified WebQuest may be shared only under the same conditions. See the Creative Commons Attribution • Non-Commercial• Share-Alike license for details.