Introduction
Hello Boys and Girls! It's time to take a dive into history. In this webquest you will be focusing on a specific person in our history: Rosa Parks. You may be wondering who that is and what she did but don't worry; by the end of this webquest you will be an expert on Rosa Parks.
Task
Alright, now lets get started! Using the resources provided on the Process tab you will be exploring through different websites to gain knowledge on Rosa Parks. I have included a list of questions to help guide your inquiry. Please write down the answers to the questions to turn in for credit.
Process
Here are the questions I would like for you to answer while you are learning and reading about Rosa Parks.
1. When was Rosa Parks born?
2. Where did Rosa Parks spend most of her childhood?
3. At what age did Rosa marry her husband and what was his name?
4. What did the Montgomery City Code require for all public transportation?
5. What was the process for when an African-American passenger boarded the bus? Where did they pay and where did they sit?
6. What did Rosa Parks do that got her arrested?
7. What happened in response to Rosa’s arrest? Be specific and explain.
Here are the websites I would like for you to use to answer your questions:
Evaluation
| Research Report : Rosa Parks WebQuest | ||||
| Teacher Name: Danielle Singleton | ||||
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| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Quality of Information | Answers clearly relate to the question asked. It is precise and correct. | Answers clearly relate to the question asked. It is precise and mostly correct. | Answers somewhat relates to the question asked. Some details given. Attempt was made. | Information has little or nothing to do with the question asked and is incorrect. |
| Use of Complete Sentences | All answers are clearly written in complete sentences. | Most answers are written in complete sentences. | A few answers are written in complete sentences. | No attempt was made to write in complete sentences. |
| Mechanics | No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. | Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors | A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. | Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. |
| Amount of Information | All questions are answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | Most questions are answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | Most questions are answered with 1 sentence about each. | One or more questions were not addressed. No attempt was made. |
Conclusion
Great News! You have finished your WebQuest about Rosa Parks! Now you are an expert on Rosa Parks! Please be prepared to share one interesting thing that you learned about Rosa Parks from this WebQuest.
Credits
The following is the bibliography for this webquest:
B. (2016, February 18). Rosa Parks Biography. Retrieved October 11, 2016, from http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715
History.com Staff. (2009). Rosa Parks. Retrieved October 11, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights | Scholastic.com. (n.d.). Retrieved October 11, 2016, from http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/
Teacher Page
This lesson is designed for 4th or 5th grade students to help them explore and learn about an important person is history.