Adapted by Ms. Venters, Quest Team from the original by Mrs. Mancini, Explorer Team 7 th Grade English Language Arts

Welcome to our “A Christmas Carol” Web Quest Research Assignment! You will work with three other classmates to gather background information before we begin reading Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

A Christmas Carol is about a miserly, selfish old man named Ebenezer Scrooge. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge is suddenly visited by the spirit of his business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge that his selfish ways are going to come back to haunt him. He tells Scrooge that he will be visited by three ghosts: the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Will the spirits convince Scrooge to change his ways, or is his fate sealed? 1

1. Each member of your group will research one area of information relating to “A Christmas Carol”: Charles Dickens (Leader) Victorian Family Life and The Workhouse (Teacher) The Industrial Revolution and Child Labor in Victorian England (Documenter) Christmas in Victorian England (Questioner)

2. Each member of your group will complete a web quest based on your assigned topic. The notes you take on this web quest will act as a pre-write for your informative paragraph, as well as a guide for sharing with your group. 3. Each member of the group will draft and publish an informative paragraph and bibliography using Noodle Tools. 4. Each member will be responsible for sharing research with your group during our in-class sharing session. During this session, group members will write a summary of what they have learned from each presentation.

Web Quest Handout Directions 1. Use the online web quest to guide you through your research. You are REQUIRED to use ONLY the internet links provided, as well as ONE book from the Lenape Library. You may use the student data bases as outlined in subsequent slides. 2. Each “Researcher” is responsible for finding the background information in his or her area of expertise. 3. Take ample notes during your quest. These notes are necessary for drafting your paragraph and sharing with your group.

Evaluation Each member is responsible for completing his or her portion of research/web quest which must be turned in with your published paragraph (10 points) Each member is responsible for drafting and publishing an informative paragraph and bibliography using Noodle Tools ( 20 points) Each member is responsible for sharing research during our in-class sharing session and summarizing the research of fellow group members ( 10 points)

Charles Dickens  Charles Dickens tml tml  Charles Dickens  Gale Student Resources and World Book: search Charles Dickens

Victorian Family Life/The Workhouse  Victorian Family Life (check out the clickable links on the page) ain/ ain/  The Workhouse junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/victorians/workhouses.html junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/victorians/workhouses.html  Gale Student Resources: search welfare policy  World Book: search welfare

Industrial Revolution/Child Labor  Working Children junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/victorians/children/working.h tm junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/victorians/children/working.h tm  Industrial Revolution olution.html olution.html  Gale Student Resources, World Book: search child labor and industrial revolution

Christmas  Christmas in Victorian England  History of Christmas christmas christmas  Gale Student Resources, World Book: search Christmas