History

Introduction

History is an important part of learning and a vital way to understand how important education is and how far we have come as learners. Have you ever wondered how different things are now than they were in the eighteenth century? I have found some exciting new ways to compare history from the eighteenth century and the current, twenty-first century. You will follow the website links provided for this activity.

Task

You will pick five different episodes of Now & Then to watch http://libertyskids.com/nowthen/index.html

You will pick a character from the site which includes historical people and read about their lives. You will continue to read these and follow links to their family members and friends to learn about as well. http://libertyskids.com/arch_who.html

Next, you will pick an object from the what category and find information pertaining to it. http://libertyskids.com/arch_what.html

Lastly you will pick an item from the where category. http://libertyskids.com/arch_where.html

You will create newspapers for the information you have found and include the information in complete sentences. http://libertyskids.com/lnn.html

Process

Watch (5) episodes of the liberty kids and take notes on a word document.

Pick a character from the who category and do some research online using the search engine of your choice as well as the information given.

Second pick a what pertaining to either the episodes of liberty kids or the character that you chose and do some research on your search engine of choice, take notes on a word document.

Thirdly, find a place to research under the where category and do further research online with your search engine of choice.

Lastly, create a newspaper from all the information you have gathered. Print it when you are finished.

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on the information you gathered and what you have learned with a rubric.


Multimedia Project : History Webquest



Teacher Name: Ms. Orosco


Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Mechanics	No misspellings or grammatical errors.	Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.	Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.
Attractiveness	Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.	Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.	Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.	Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content.
Requirements	All requirements are met and exceeded.	All requirements are met.	One requirement was not completely met.	More than one requirement was not completely met.
Organization	Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.	Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.	Content is logically organized for the most part.	There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

Conclusion

The webquest website liberty kids will teach students how to make life in Colonial America relevant to youth today, key ideas that led to the War of Independence, tips on helping kids use the Internet productively and safely, and resources for additional background information.

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