Mark Twan Scavenger Hunt-Webquest

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The National Library Society is looking to put a Mark Twain exhibit in the Neosho Library. They will need a team of experts to put together valid and correct information about the famous authors. Make sure all members work on the project at hand. The answers to the following questions can be found on the internet. 
Start with the links below and continue on valid websites. You may NOT use yahooanswers.com, ask.com, or other websites that can give false information. Your team can use Wikipedia as long as the information is the same on another site. Make sure you copy and paste the websites where you find the answers. Do NOT copy and paste the answers. Enjoy the hunt -- this is not a race; it is an activity intended to introduce you to the charismatic Mark Twain.

1. What was Twain famous for wearing?
   
   

2. Why was Twain's career as a steamboat pilot short-lived?
   
   

3. Look at the video clip by the Twain impersonator as he speaks about "how Mark Twain got his name". How did he get his name?
   
   

4. What can you deduce about Twain's attitude towards SCHOOL based on his famous quotations on that topic?
   
   

5. What is the controversy about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that has resulted in it being a "banned book" at various times?
   
   

6. Go to the "Photo Gallery" link to see Twain's family. Find three interesting facts about his family based on what you see there. 
   
   

7. There is a section "Just for Kids" which has a game that includes some of Twain's pets' names. Name (and identify the animal of) five of his pets.
   
   

8. When and where did Twain die?
   
   

BONUS: What annual event is held at the Calaveras County Fair that was "indisputably inspired by Mark Twain?"

Links you may be interested in

• Mark Twain Resource Page: http://salwen.com/mtcyber.html

• Biography of Mark Twain: http://www.hannibal.net/twain/biography/

• Twain's Home in Connecticut including a virtual tour: http://www.marktwainhouse.org/

• Mark Twain Quotations, famous sayings and one-liners: http://www.twainquotes.com/

• The Quotable Mark Twain: http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html

• Mark Twain Photo Gallery: http://marktwain.miningco.com/arts/marktwain/library/gallery/bl_gallery.htm

• Video clips of Mark Twain and Twain imposters: http://www.hannibal.net/twain/multimedia/video/

• The Controversy about the novel: http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/hf_debate.html

   Technology Literacy
Mark Twain Scavenger Hunt

The National Library Society is looking to put a Mark Twain exhibit in the Neosho Library. They will need a team of experts to put together valid and correct information about the famous authors. Make sure all members work on the project at hand.
Each group should now have gathered correct information on Mark Twain. Now, your team is going to create a library display to represent Samuel Clemens and his life as Mark Twain. Each Group can use the given material and may request/bring it other supplies upon the approval of the teacher. The display should be attractive, appealing, accurate, and complete.

A sketch of what your poster is going to look like is required! The displays may be graded by members of the Neosho/Newton County Library, Neosho Middle School librarian, or other people in the field. A rubric will be created and used to grade each project along with group participation.

Roles

• Photo Collector- provides creative common and free to use photos with sources cited.

• Information Collector- person primarily responsible for finding the correct answers to the webquest

• The Validator- Checking, checking, and rechecking sources for accuracy for the Info Collector.

• Poster Layout Master- Gathers info and photos from group and starts designing the layout of the paper/digital poster.
  
  
  

Materials

• 1-3 Printed pages of Black and White information

• 1 Printed page of Color Pictures

• 1 Large colored sheet paper

• Construction paper

• Markers/colored pencils

• Tape/glue

• Other requested materials upon teacher approval
  
  
  

On the Poster

• Information gathered from the scavenger Hunt

• 4 things you learned that was not on the scavenger hunt

• Colored Pictures-printed in class

• Title or Heading- Construction Paper or other forms

• Aesthetically pleasing-(Not bare and not crammed)
  
  
  

Evaluation:

Peer Evaluation:

_______/ 50 Total

Poster Evaluation:

_____/70 Total

Individual Formative Quiz:  
goo.gl/forms/vyWVpm2egW ←-Google Form Quiz

Reflection  Evaluation:

____/10 Total

Final Grade

Redefinition:                                                                   

Taking It Up a Notch-SAMR Style                                                                   

Mark Twain Scavenger Hunt- Webquest

A couple of ideas that I have to further climb up the SAMR model are to create more digital aspects from a paper poster.

One item I want to do is create a QR code that links to a student created digital poster, and a video skit, illustrating the answers found from the webquest. This would add another element and build upon the additional criteria set forth in the webquest and cover new standards as well.

Another item that I have not yet done, but want to experiment with soon is augmented reality. I think that students can add a virtual layer to their finished paper poster that can provide additional information and images to enhance end users knowledge of a subject.

This could also open the door for other items students could use augmented reality for. One augmented reality app I have tried it Aurasma. I need to do more research on this, but I believe this will redefine how students create their paper poster.

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