TeacherWebQuest

Teacher WebQuest

About the Unit
This unit is designed for seventh grade students. This unit would follow a mini unit on the Civil War. It is designed for students that had a larger unit on the Civil War the year prior to this so the students will have a foundation to build off of. This unit will help students get an in depth understanding of the Union and Confederacy while focusing on one particular battle. Students will be using researching/citation skills, Google Earth, and Frames to complete their task. All of these programs, with the exclusion of Google Earth, they have worked with before. Google Earth is new to them and we will spend a bit of time playing around with the program before we dive into working with it. This unit is designed to be taught over two month period. Students will have U.S. History for 60 minutes every other day. There is no issue with computers and software because each student has access to a computer with all of the software on it.
You can see an example of the final product here.

Resources
The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
The Union Calvary at Gettysburg
Gettysburg.com
The Battle of Gettysburg - The American Civil War
The American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg

Curriculum Alignment
Content Area: Social Studies
Standard: A. Applications of Social Studies Processes, Knowledge, and Skills
Standard Label: A1. Researching and Developing Positions on Current Social Studies Issues
Grade Level: 6-8
Performance Indicators: i. Select a clear supportable position.
j. Present a well-supported position to a variety of audiences.
Rationale: Through this assignment, students will be assigned a position, and through research, will be able to defend their position. This will be "published" and needs to be a convincing article.

Content Area: Language Arts
Standard: C. Research
Grade Level: 6-8
Performance Indicators: a. Determine the nature and extent of information needed.
b. Locate and access relevent information.
Rationale: Students will determine how much information aout the battle that they will want to include and will have to access websites and/or books to locate information that is relevent to their position.

Assessments

Element	Points Earned	Points Available
Google Earth a. Uses Google Earth to look at the regions specified. b. Completes worksheet to the best of their ability and shows evidence of thoughtfulness.	--	15
Newspaper Article a. Their side is clearly chosen. b. Article demonstrates research and knowledge of information.	--	45
Frames a. Movie is at least 30 seconds in length. b. Movie contains at least five pictures. c. Pictures in the movie must be relative to the side that they are in favor of.	--	20
Group Contribution a. Their is evidence of working together. b. Everyone took part in the project.	--	20
Total	--	100

Element	Points Earned	Points Available
Research Worksheet a. Completed on time b. Done to the of ability	--	7.5
Google Earth a. Completed on time b. Shows thoughtfulness c. Worked with Google Earth to answer the questions	--	7.5
Total	--	15