George Washington

Introduction

Have you ever seen seen this man before ?

 

His name is George Washington. He is on the quarter and on the dollar bill.

For this WebQuest, you will be learning about George Washington.

Did you know that he was the first president of the United States of America?

Get ready to find out things like:

Who was George Washington?

Where did he live?

What did he do?

Task

For this Webquest, you will work on four tasks.

For the first task, you will watch a video about George Washington on BrainPop Jr. Then you will take an easy quiz about George Washington on BrainPop Jr. 

For the second task, you will take a virtual tour of George Washington's Mansion. Then you will draw a picture of your favorite room in the mansion. 

For the third task, you will watch a video about George Washington on YouTube and answer true/false questions.

For the fourth task, you will watch a video about George Washington and answer multiple choice questions.

While completing these tasks, you will recording your answers on the following worksheet:

George Washington Webquest

Name: ________________

 

Task 1

Circle the score that you made on the quiz:

0/5

1/5

2/5

3/5

4/5

5/5

 

Task 2

Draw a picture of your favorite room inside the mansion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What was the name of the room?

____________________________

Task 3

Circle true or false for each of the questions in the video.

  1. George Washington chopped down a cherry tree. True or False
  2. George Washington had wooden teeth. True or False
  3. George Washington designed the uniforms worn by his men. True or False
  4. George Washington did lots of things first. True or False
  5. George Washington wanted to fight to prove his strength. True or False
  6. George Washington refused to be president for a third term. True or False

 

Task 4

Circle the correct answer.

At what age did George Washington join the army?

a.)  30

b.)  21

c.)  31

At what age did George Washington get married?

a.)  26

b.)  42

c.)  18

How many years did the war last?

a.)  2

b.)  4

c.)  8

For how many years was George Washington president?

a.)  8

b.)  7

c.)  6

 

Once you finish, you will turn your paper into Miss. Todd.

Process

1. Click the link below to watch a video about George Washington. 

https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/biographies/georgewashington/

Click the link below to take an easy quiz about George Washington.

https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/biographies/georgewashington/easyquiz/

Complete Task 1 on your paper. 

2. Click the link below to explore George Washington's Mansion.

http://www.mountvernon.org/site/virtual-tour/

Complete Task 2 on your paper.

3. Click the link below to watch another video about George Washington.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm5uPqucnHk

 

Complete Task 3 on your paper.

4. Click the link below to watch a video about George Washington. 

http://sni.scholastic.com/SN1/Newsletter-Links/WatchAVideo6?eml=Teachers/smd/20140211/Facebook///TeachersPage/SCM/2100/pres-grade-one/

Complete Task 4 on your paper. 

Evaluation

 

1

2

3

4

Task 1

Student makes a score of 0/5 or 1/5 on the BrainPop J quiz.

Student makes a score of 2/5 on the BrainPop Jr quiz.

Student makes score of 3/5 or 4/5 on the BrainPop Jr quiz.

Student makes a score of 5/5 on the BrainPop Jr quiz.

Task 2

Student correctly answers 0/6 to 2/6 true or false questions.

Student correctly answers 3/6 true or false questions.

Student correctly answers 4/6 or 5/6 true or false questions.

Student correctly answers all 6/6 true or false questions.

Task 3

Student draws a picture of their favorite room inside the Mount Vernon Mansion. Picture lacks color and creativity.

Student draws a picture of their favorite room inside the Mount Vernon Mansion.

Student draws a detailed picture of their favorite room inside the Mount Vernon Mansion.

Student draws a detailed picture of their favorite room inside the Mount Vernon Mansion. They also include the name of the room.

Task 4

Student correctly answers 0/4 or ¼ multiple choice questions.

Student correctly answers 2/4 multiple choice questions.

Student correctly answers ¾ multiple choice questions.

Student correctly answers 4/4 multiple choice questions.

Conclusion

You have learned a lot about George Washington. If you like to continue to learn more about George Washington, you can explore the following links at home:

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/georgewashington.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/washington-play/

http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_who_gwashington.html

http://www.usa4kids.com/presidents/George_Washington.html

Credits

Teacher Page

This WebQuest was created by Elizabeth Todd. This WebQuest was for a project in the course ELE 5850 at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The purpose of this WebQuest is to help kindergarten students learn history in a fun and engaging way, through the use of technology.