The Mason-Dixon Tournament

Introduction

Welcome to the Mason-Dixon Tournament WebQuest.

The annual, or yearly, Mason-Dixon Basketball Tournament is the highlight of the MSD athletic year. For students who are not participating in the tournament, this WebQuest is your opportunity to learn more deaf history about our school and our region ofthe country.

Cheer up! It won't be hard and it might be fun. >Smile!<

Task

You have been selected to learn some of the history of Mississippi School for the Deaf and some facts about MSD's competition in the annual Mason-Dixon Tournament. As the historian, you will collect data and create a presentation to share your information.

The ladies will research and answer questions about the Lady Bulldogs and their tournaments.

The gentlemen will research and answer questions about the Bulldogs, the men's team, and their tournments.

Good luck on your fact finding work.

Process

Use the the following questions and the Mason-Dixon website http://masondixon.org/tourney.html to answer questions about the history of the Mason-Dixon tournament and your school history. 

Boys’ MD Tournament

 

  1. How many tournaments does the Mason-Dixon Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association sponsor each year?
  2. What are they?
  3. Where are the tournaments this year?
  4. When will MSD host the boys' tournament? The girls' tournament? The girls volleyball tournament?
  5. Where are the cheerleading competitions held?
  6. Name the schools, which participate in the tournaments.
  7. This year is the ______ annual boys' basketball tournament.
  8. This year marks the _____ annual girls' basketball tournament.
  9. When and where was the first Boys' Mason-Dixon Tournament held?
  10. What teams participated in the first Boys' Mason-Dixon Tournament?
  11. A Mississippi player has been named MVP 7 times. Three of those players won the title two years in a row. Name the four players and the year.
  12. Mississippi has won the championship 8 times. Name the coaches and the years.
  13. When will Mississippi host the boys’ basketball tournament?
  14. In 2005, who was the first MSD player to win a place on the MD All Tournament Volleyball team?
  15. At the 2014, MD Volleyball tournament, three players were named to the All Tournament Team. Who were they?
  16. In 2015, for the first time, an MSD player was named the tournament MVP. Who is she?

 

Girls’ Basketball Tournament

  1. How many tournaments do the Mason-Dixon Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association sponsor each year?
  2. What are they?
  3. Where are the tournaments this year?
  4. When will MSD host the boys' tournament? The girls' tournament? The girls' volleyball tournament?
  5. Where are the cheerleading competitions held?
  6. Name the schools, which participate in the tournaments.
  7. This year is the ______ annual boys' basketball tournament.
  8. This year marks the _____ annual girls' basketball tournament.
  9. When and where was the 1st Annual Girls' Mason-Dixon Tournament held?

    Who participated?
  10. Name the states that are members of the Mason-Dixon Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association:
  11. Name the schools that are members:
  12. When was the logo for the Mason-Dixon Team developed?

    Which group, boys' or girls' developed the logo?
  13. Who were the first Mississippi girls' to be named MVP ?
  14. In what year did MSD Lady Bulldogs win first place for the first time?

    Who was the coach?

    Coach Thrasher led the team to _____ 1st place wins? 
  15. Francis Dillon coached 2 teams to the championship in what years? 
  16. How many years have the Lady Bulldogs won the Sportsmanship Award?
  17. What Lady Bulldog player holds the record for most 3 point field goals in a career? 
  18. When will MSD host the Lady Bulldog’s Mason-Dixon Basketball Tournament?

Evaluation

Questions:

You answered all of the questions correctly: 50 points plus 5 ten point paws.

You answered over half of the questions: 30 points plus 3 ten point paws.

You answered some of the questions, but less than half: 15 points plus 2 ten point paws.

Spelling:

5 or less misspelled words:  20 points plus 3 ten point paws.

6-10 misspelled words: 10 points plus 2 ten point paws.

11 or more mispelled words: 5 points, no paws!

PowerPoint:

All the information has been transferred to the PowerPoint. 30 points plus 5 ten point paws.

Over half of the information has been transferred to the PowerPoint. 15 points plus 2 ten point paws.

Less than half the information has been transferred to the PowerPoint. 5 points plus 1 ten point paws.

Quality:

 

Too cool! This is excellent work!  We need to share it with the whole school! Collect 5 ten point paws!

 

Wow! This is great work:  We'll show yours off too! Collect 4 ten point paws!

Very Good! Collect 3 ten point paws.

 

Conclusion

Your work here is done.

Relax and watch a game!

Credits