A Web Quest to discover America’s beginning By: Mrs. Phillips Designed for Fourth Grade Created summer 2010 IntroductionIntroduction Process Task Evaluation Teacher’s Guide CreditsProcessTaskEvaluationTeacher’s Guide Credits

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The Process You will work with a partner to make your way through this quest step by step. Start at the first button marked with a one and continue through until you reach the end. Complete the assignments along the way and submit them to the “Settling the States” folder at the class website. You will go on several virtual field trips, meet with famous people, and discover how America became “Home of the Free and Brave.” Now get started by clicking on one. Click to Home. 1 Click the log to visit class website. Ship’s Log

2 HOME When done click 2.

Find out more about Christopher Columbus Go to: While visiting with Columbus, take time to write some notes so you can respond on the blog about your travels. Write down who was with you and where you were going. 3 Click to return home.

For Blog: When you see this symbol, click on it and write an entry in the blog about the travel thus far. 4 Ship’s Log Click to return home.

When you see this symbol, write an entry in the blog about what you will do. Remember to click on the log. 5 Done? Click here. Click to return home.

6 Click the link below to read the Pilgrim Story. Done? Click to return home.

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Record as many facts as you can in the blog. What have you learned? 8 Click to return home.

Ship’s Video Click to play! 9 Click to return home.

Show What You Know Click on the link below to get to a Bubble Worksheet to fill in some information about your travels so far. Complete it online, put your names on it, and submit it. Turn it in at my web site by clicking on the assignment link. Click on the link below to get to a Bubble Worksheet to fill in some information about your travels so far. Complete it online, put your names on it, and submit it. Turn it in at my web site by clicking on the assignment link. 10 Click to return home.

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Video of Jamestown before the Pilgrims Click to return home. 12

Battle of Yorktown 12

Time to Respond With your partner you will now write an essay over one of the following topics. 1.Christopher Columbus 2.James Fort 3.Captain John Smith 4.Native Americans 5.The Mayflower 6.Pilgrims 7.The Battle of Yorktown 8.Tobacco as a major crop 9.Children in Jamestown 10.Choice of topic seek okay For help with the essay see the example on the webpage or check out the rubric to see what needs to be included. For rubric click! Click to return home. 13

Using your essay, you will now create a basic PowerPoint. You can use the PowerPoint Web Quest to help you learn how to design your own! Have Fun PowerPoint Web Quest link 14 Link to rubric for PowerPoint Congratulations! You did it when you have finished your essay and your PowerPoint you have become an official History Professional! Great Work1

Link to rubric for PowerPoint Link to rubric for Essay Bubble Document 1 Bubble Document 2 Click to return home.

Teacher’s Guide Introduction: This Curriculum Web is designed for fourth grade students and up. It will require five to six weeks to make it through all of the components. Timeframe will also depend on the students’ knowledge of the technology components as well as essay writing. The students will gain information regarding Christopher Columbus as well as The Mayflower, Jamestown, the first colony, and how our country began to seek independence from Britain. I have the students going to a web page to write in the Blog, however students could also be directed to write in a journal instead if need be. For further information over the Illinois state standards addressed please use the link below. Click to return home.

Credits I would like to give credit to all of the websites for allowing the students to access them to learn all abut the beginning of America. I also would like to give credit to the University of Phoenix, because without the class I never would have attempted anything like this. Thanks to Diann Vernon, my professor, for all of her wonderful insight and guidance Permissions We all benefit by being generous with our work. 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. See the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike license for details.Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Click to return home.