Introduction
Research on a computer is a skill that you will need to learn as you get older. Today you will be doing an introduction to doing research on a computer by completing this webquest. You will be looking up information on different websites and then you will answer questions using the information that you learned.
Task
1. Visit http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=5857
2. Read the information on the webpage then answer the following questions. Write your answers on a lined piece of paper. Please number your answers.
1. When was Hough born?
2. How old was Hough when he was killed in battle?
3. In the last paragraph on the page, John Wise wrote, "That little boy was lying there asleep, more fit,
indeed, for the cradle than the grave." What did he mean when he said he was more fit for a cradle than
grave?
4. List one fact that you find interesting on this webpage.
3. Visit http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=5871
4. This is a real letter that Hough's cousin wrote to his mother after his death. Read the 7th paragraph that begim with "His watch..." Answer the following questions about that paragraph.
5. Based on this letter, can you infer that the watch in Ghost Cadet is historical or fictional?
6. What other possession seemed to be valued in Hough's family?
5. Read the first two pages of the Author's Note located at the back of Ghost Cadet.
7. What was your first reaction when you read these pages? Why?
6. Make one prediction about the following chapters.
7. How has your image of Hough changed now that you know a little bit more about him?
8. Please make sure your name is at the top of your paper. Turn in your paper on my desk.