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Created by: Kari KuttingDurling Middle School

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A WebQuest for 5th Grade Social Studies

Designed by: Kari [email protected]

EDTL 6150 – Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning –

Fall 2010

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In this WebQuest, students will be researching independently the expedition of a well known explorer and create a speech and small poster to report their findings.

You are a servant of the King and Queen. They have authorized you to go on a voyage to the New World to beat out the other countries. Everyone is looking for

land, trade and wealth and it is your job to find it first. Whoever wins will be the strongest kingdom in Europe.

It is vital that you succeed before anyone else.

(Hicks, 1998)

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Your mission is going to be to claim as much as you can for the king and queen. You will want to

claim any land you find, locate a new trading route, look for the Northwest Passage to get to

Asia, and bring back anything that looks valuable. The king and queen will provide you with a ship, crew, and anything else that will be needed for

an extensive journey to the New World. In order to fulfill your contract, you will report back to the

Queen about your journey. Good luck on your journey and Godspeed!

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• ProcessYou will be assigned the name of an explorer from your teacher. You will use the different websites (as well as any other books from the library) to find specific information about your explorer.

After researching, you will create a PowerPoint presentation. You will present you PowerPoint to the Queen and her court (teacher and class) in an oral presentation. During the presentation, you

will discuss you explorations as well as the results in history. If you do a good job, you may be

knighted.

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Ready to get started? Follow these steps:

1.Research your explorer by going to the websites listed when you click Research Resources.

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Research resources: Various Explorers Various Explorers Various Explorers Various Explorers

Kids Search 3-5

Columbus:http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/spanish_explorers.htmhttp://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/columbus1.htmhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/http://www.lifeinitaly.com/heroes-villains/explorers

De Sotohttp://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/spanish_explorers.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/6196/Explorers.html

Coronadohttp://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/spanish_explorers.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/6196/Explorers.html

Juan Ponce de Leonhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/deleon.shtmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/6196/Explorers.htmlhttp://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/juanponcedeleon1.htm

John Cabot http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabot.shtmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/john_cabot.htmhttp://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.htmlhttp://www.lifeinitaly.com/heroes-villains/explorers

Henry Hudson: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/4034/hudson.html

Jacques Cartier http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_cartier.htmhttp://www.allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/cartierhttp://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0324-Jacques-Cartier.php

Samuel de Champlain: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/champlain.shtmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/4034/champlain.html\http://chesterfield.k12.va.us/schools/chester_ms/cpd.htm

Hernando Cortez: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/spanish_explorers.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/4034/cortes.htmlhttp://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0319-Hernan-Cortez.php

Sir Francis Drake: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/drake.shtmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/sir_francis_drake.htm

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2.You will find the answers to the questions asked on this worksheet. (see your teacher to obtain a copy)

Name of Explorer:

3 reasons for your journey (Why are you going):

1.2.3.

When you travelled:

Where you travelled:

3 important events that happened during your voyage:1.

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The results of your exploration (good and bad):



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3. Create a PowerPoint about your explorer including all of the answers from your worksheet mentioned in step 2. Your PowerPoint will be in 1st person (you are talking as if you are the explorer) and be in past tense (this already happened). The following slides must be completed:

1. Title Slide- Your Name, explorer name, picture of explorer

2. Who did you sail for, when did you go, where did you go

3. 3 reasons to why you went4. What happened during your voyage5. How would history be changed if this

voyage was never made?

You will receive additional information oncreating the PowerPoint from yourTechnology teacher.



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4. Practice your presentation and what you will say when the slides appear. It is recommended that you do not read directly off of the computer.



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CATEGORY 4 3 2 1Content Shows a full

understanding of the topic.

Shows a good understanding of the topic.

Shows a good understanding of the topic.

Does not understand the topic.

Enthusiasm and Eye Contact

Facial expression and body languages makes you think the student is the person.

Facial expression and body languages sometimes shows the character they are showing.

Facial expression and body language are not really used to try and act like the character.

Student did not express any enthusiasm in presenting the character.

Preparedness Student is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed. Does not use the PowerPoint for help

Student seems pretty prepared but might have needed a could more rehearsals. Needed to look at the PowerPoint

The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking. Read of the PowerPoint for most of the presentation

Students does not seem at all prepared to present. Read off PowerPOint and did not give any additional information

Time-Limit Presentation is at least 3 minutes long.

Presentation is 2-3 minutes long

Presentation is less than 2 minutes long.

Presentation is less than 1 minute long.

Speaks Clearly Audience can easily hear and understand what the student is saying.

Audience can hear and understand what the student is saying most of the time.

Audience may have trouble hearing and/or understanding what the student is saying some of the time.

Audience may not be able to hear or understand what the speaker is saying at all.

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Congratulations! You have successfully returned home from your voyage! Along the way, you have learned about some of the reasons why

people would want to explore the New World. how long the voyage took, what section of the

New World explorers were travelling to and what your explorer gained from going on this voyage. You have also learned about the route that your explorer took and maybe even learned a fun fact

or two along the way.

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Image Credits:

Hicks, M. (Illustrator). (1998). Columbus. [Web]. Retrieved from http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/clip/columbus.html Image: No title. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.boxboroughschool.org/TechnologyDepartment_files/early_european_explorers.htm

Voyage. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.filetransit.com

Idea Credits:

WebQuest from Rachel Mednick, Arroyo Vista Charter Elementary School

PermissionsWe all benefit by not having to recreate the wheel every time. Permission is granted for others to use and modify this WebQuest for educational, non-commercial purposes as long as the original authorship is credited. The modified WebQuest may be shared only under the same conditions.

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By Kari Kutting; Ideas adapted from Rachel Mednick.

Students will research the journey of an explorer from Europe to North America and create a speech and visual aid.

This WebQuest allows students to use critical thinking and research skills to find out more about one of the following influential European explorers. Throughout

this WebQuest, students will discover the reasons why their explorer went to the New World, which

country he sailed for, the route he took, the events of the voyage, and the results of the voyage. The

students will present their findings in a 1st person PowerPoint (as if the student were the explorer

reporting back to the King/ Queen). You may want to also include your Language Arts teacher to help with research or the Technology teacher with the creation

of the PowerPoint presentation.

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This WebQuest was created for 5th grade students, ages 9 to 10. It aligns with the Ohio Academic Content Standards in the areas of Social Studies, Technology, and Language Arts.

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Ohio Academic Content Standards- Social StudiesGrade 5 History: Settlement 3. Explain why European countries explored and colonizedNorth America.

5th Grade Geography: Movement 10. Use or construct maps of colonization and exploration to explain European influence in North America.

Grade 5 Social Studies Skills and Methods: Obtaining information1. Obtain information from a variety of print and electronic sources and analyze its reliability including:

a. Accuracy of facts;b. Credentials of the source.

Ohio Academic Content Standards- TechnologyGrade 5: Standard 5: Technology and Information Literacy – Understanding Information 4. Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information in an information source (e.g., information matches question to be answered,facts apply to the topic).

Ohio School Library GuidelinesBenchmark C: 2. Collaborate with teachers to integrate library services and resources throughout the curriculum: a. Develop curriculum linkages between the

library guidelines and the academic content standards;

b. Facilitate the identification of resources used to implement the academic content standards including primary and secondary sources;

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*** This WebQuest can also be done by having students create a PowerPoint. If you require this, a mini-lesson may need to be done.

You may need to do a mini-lesson on proper ways to research and how to make sure the information is valid. Also, you may need to address how to properly research as well as what different resources are out there.

Here are additional suggestions for making this WebQuest apply to multiple learners:

1.Allow time for researching and working together (if you allow groups) in class. If you are short on time, have the students create their assignments at home but make sure students are aware of your expectations.2.Assign explorers that are more well-known to students who may struggle with the researching aspect. There are more resources in a wide variety of reading levels for certain explorers.3.Make sure that you have an above grade level, at grade level, and below grade level student working on each explorer. This way, students will be able to work together when researching and you will see a wide range of speeches for each explorer. 4.It might be helpful to assign all Special Needs students to the same explorer so that you may work with them on both their research and their speech in a small group setting at the same time;.5.Encourage students to bring props and/ or costumes to add more to their presentations.

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