WebQuest Template

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Put the Title of the WebQuest Here

Developed by (put your name, an email link, and your=20 URL)

Overview

	Describe what the lesson is = about.=20
	Specify content area = (mathematics,=20 language arts, etc) and grade level (middle, elementary, early = childhood,=20 etc.).
	Specify strands and objectives = from the=20 South Carolina Curriculum Standards that this WebQuest Supports. = List by=20 subject area (WebQuests should be interdisciplinary projects).=20
	List=20 any special resources that a teacher would need in the classroom = or in the=20 media center for the students to complete the activity. For = example, print=20 resources in the media center, art reproductions, or video and = audio=20 materials.

Introduction

Write an = introduction to your=20 WebQuest that will give students some background about your topic. = Try to=20 interest them.

	If your = webquest is=20 about a place, include some general information, a picture, and/or = audio=20 files.
	If it is = about a=20 person, describe something about the person that gives general = background=20 to the students.
	If you = are creating a=20 scenario with opposing points of view, describe the views briefly. = =20

Remember, you = want to=20 interest the students in pursuing this WebQuest.

Quest(ions) and the Task

What are the guiding questions that students need to = keep in=20 mind in order to accomplish their task? What is the task that the = student(s)=20 must undertake? Why is the job necessary? What are the circumstances = surrounding=20 the task or the question that may cause conflict? What led up to this=20 circumstance? Is there more than one way of looking at this. Can you see = conflicting roles for people--such as environmentalist and = industrialist.=20

You should briefly outline for student(s) what they are = expected=20 to learn. For example: Despite the known = risks of=20 space flight should the elderly be encouraged to make space shuttle = flights for=20 the sake of gaining potentially beneficial medical knowledge?=20

Assign various roles to students. A good WebQuest = generates some=20 tension or conflict that must be resolved so you should try to develop = two to=20 four roles. Remember that you want this to be a collaborative activity = for=20 students.

Person = 1=20

Person = 2=20

Person = 3=20

Person = 4 =20

Process

Explain that students who have similar roles may work = together=20 to compare ideas based on the factual information they have collected, = or that=20 students may continue to pursue their role individually until the = conflict=20 generated by the original guiding question(s) forces them to resolve the = issue=20 with the entire group.

Once students have understood their roles and = investigated the=20 background material necessary to make informed decisions, then it is = time for=20 them to come together as a group and to discuss the issue(s). Group work = should=20 result in a consensus document or presentation.

Give students directions on this group work. =

Be sure that they understand that their role may place = them in=20 conflict with another person's role.
How should they = resolve this=20 conflict?
What overall idea should they keep in mind that = will=20 allow them to compromise?
Is there a greater = good?=20

Provide options for how students may present their = information=20 to the group. Here are some ideas:

	Flowcharts
	Multimedia=20 Presentations
	Web = Page
	Summary=20 Tables
	Concept = Maps
	Venn=20 Diagrams

Resources

Identify for the students which other resources they may = use to=20 complete their task(s). Other resources may include:

	PowerPoint software to = develop an=20 informative slideshow
	Any URL links provided = in this=20 section
	Classroom=20 Encyclopedias
	Color=20 Printer
	Periodicals from the = Media=20 Center

Evaluation

Provide students with a clear understanding of the = grading=20 criteria which will be used to evaluate their = efforts.

Provide links to online rubrics which will allow = students to=20 know upfront what grading criteria will be used. Following are some = examples=20 that could be used for a variety of projects.

Include a phrase such as, "Please c= lick=20 here to review the criteria on which your individual grade will be=20 based."

"You will also receive a collaborative grade. = Please=20 click=20 here to review the criteria which will determine you collaborative=20 grade."

Explain how the grades will be counted or averaged.=20

Conclusion

Explain to students how the conclusion will offer the=20 opportunity to engage in further analysis. For example: =

	Ask students how their = roles=20 could have been interpreted in a different = light?
	Ask students if they = had=20 interpreted their roles differently, how might the outcome have=20 changed?
	Ask students if they = were=20 flexible enough to compromise with the group and attain = resolution, or did=20 they yield to group pressures?
	Ask students what new = questions=20 did the issue(s) generate? Why would these new questions be = important in=20 answering the original=20 question(s)?

Return to=20 WebQuests

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