Introduction
By Sharkara Guinn-Johnson
A literature webquest design for 3rd grade
Would you like to take a walk back in time? Would you like to discover history first hand? Would you like to meet people you have never met?....... Well, Here's your chance. In the magic time machine you can travel back in time you could become detectives or great historians.
Task
You are about to travel back in time. Are you ready to see the very people you have read about in history books? As you travel back in time you must keep notes and drawings in your journal. Your job is to research the people and places you discover in your travels back in time. Your journal will be documentation of your travels.
Process
1. Read Barack Obama of Thee I Sing
2. Write in notes your journal about each person.
3. Answer the following questions on your worksheet.
4. Draw a picture of your favorite person in history.
5. Explain why he/she is your favorite?
6. Complete the following worksheet.
7. If you wrote a book, who would you write your book about and why?
Evaluation
A Walk Through History Rubric
Barack Obama of Thee I Sing
Evaluation
Student Name ___________________________________
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points
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Narrative
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Answers questions clearly.
Writes in complete sentences without grammatical errors. Creative and original thoughts
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Answers questions. Has minor errors in sentence structure and grammar, but they do not interfere with readability. Some creativity
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Does not answer all questions. Has quite a few sentence and grammatical errors. Lacks originality
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Does not answer questions. Errors are numerous and distract from readability.
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Drawings
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Drawings are neat in visual appearance and relevant to the work
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Drawings are fairly neat in appearance and relevant to the work
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Drawings are not neat in visual and fairly relevant to the work
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Drawings are sloppily done and lack relevance to the work
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A walk through history journal pages
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Worksheet areas are correctly completed
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Worksheets are not fully completed, but are most of the way done
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Worksheets are incomplete but some attempt was made
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Worksheets are incomplete and almost no attempt was made
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BookReading /
Online Quiz
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Participated fully in book reading and passed online quiz
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Participated in book reading and nearly passed online quiz
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Did not actively participate in reading but passed online quiz
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Did not participate in book reading and failed online quiz
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Group
work
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Group worked together for reading, research, and journal work
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Group worked together for some of the reading, research, and journal
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Group did not work well together, but completed some elements of the work
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Group did not work together and work was incomplete
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Total Points
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Conclusion
You have done a great job! There is so much more to learn about history. There are many books in the library that can help you learn more about history. You can also ask your teacher or librarian for additional information.
Congratulations on a job well done!
Credits
Teacher Page
Teacher Resources
You will need to provide a copy of Barack Obama of Thee I Sing for each child doing the webquest. You will also need to provide copies of the journal pages.
