Develop an understanding of the concept of artistic style in general. Apply this understanding to a specific style. Learning to Paint Like Van Gogh. Melting Clocks and Donald Duck. Art Critic Becomes Artist. Film as Literature: Tim Burton as Auteur.
Organize a policy conference focusing on a global issue for participants to discuss the issues from different points of view. To apply appropriate interviewing techniques, deliver persuasive arguments including evaluation and analysis of problems and solutions and causes and effects , deliver descriptive or expository presentations, historical interpretation, research, evidence, and point of view.
And to teach the art of negotiation. Hypothesize about fictional realities in which historical events turn out different from our own. Extrapolate a chain of cause and effect which that one difference would create. The South Will Rise Again. How a Hero Became Literate. An Elizabethan Exploration! Lying and Reverse Theology in the Screwtape Letters. Looking in Out of the Dust.
Deepen ones understanding of a work of literature by extending it beyond what was originally written or by mapping it onto an entirely different domain. Develop creativity. Extend understanding of the characters, plot, setting and meaning of a work of literature. Rewriting Romeo and Juliet. Apply the principles of effective story writing to dramatizing historical events or the lives of historical personalities. To teach the elements of an effective short story and to use that vehicle for understanding and dramatizing a specific event or theme from history.
Letters from the Civil War. A Baby's First Steps. Assemble a group of students who will role-play historical figures for the purpose of a discussing a given topic. Examples might include a dinner party with people from a certain time period, a discussion panel of figures from different time periods who discuss a given topic from their assumed viewpoint.
To learn about important historical events, the figures involved, and the reasons behind their actions. This knowledge will be synthesized into the positions these characters take on the topics presented by the discussion moderator.
What Would Dewey Do? Meet the Immigrants. Entertaining with Modern Dance. An Evening With the Kumeyaay. Constitutional Roundtable. The First Scientists Club. The Presidential Dinner. Students prepare for and perform a mock trial live or on video based on current events, literature, history, or any other conflicted situation.
This Design Pattern lies in the intersection of the Venn diagram between judgment and persuasion. It is common that learners play a role while accomplishing a judgment task. Excellent WebQuests of this type have been developed within a mock trial format.
A well designed assignment of this type will either provide a rubric or other set of criteria for making the judgment, or require and support learners in creating their own criteria for evaluation.
In the second case, it is important to get learners to explain and defend their system of evaluation. You the Juror: Pigs vs. Giving Pluto the Boot: Planet or Moon? Write the diaries of two or more people in specific times and places while keeping to a common structure that shows their similarities and differences.
Witchcraft or Witchhunt? Life on the Oregon Trail. Scott Firzgerald: The Real Gatsby? US Policy in Latin America. Write a daily account from the point of view of a particular individual in a specific time and place. To develop understanding of a particular time and place or of a specific individual. To develop the concept of point of view. Journey to Japan.
Experiencing India's Caste System. Rediscovering Pompeii: The Untold Stories from The Revolutionary War Through Journals. What was it like to grow up in the s?
The Diary of John Wilkes Booth. American Revolutionary War WebQuest. The New Seven Wonders of the World. The Many Discoveries of Christopher Columbus. Early Hawaiian Migration. The Great Journey Westward. Here are some sources:.
You might find some very old ish templates out there like this that have separate sections for Resources and Learning Advice. My advice: don't use these. A decade of experience has shown us that those things are much better sprinkled within the Process section. Once you have a template you like, just follow the steps in the WebQuest Design Process.
Contact Please report bad links and suggest additions and improvements to the site by writing to Bernie Dodge, PhD. A real WebQuest This includes synthesis, analysis, problem-solving, creativity and judgment. A WebQuest that isn't based on real resources from the web is probably just a traditional lesson in disguise.
Of course, books and other media can be used within a WebQuest, but if the web isn't at the heart of the lesson, it's not a WebQuest. Having learners simply distilling web sites and making a presentation about them isn't enough. Page statistics can be viewed, files can be added, and YouTube videos can be embedded. It also works with your mobile device. Teachers can register for free, but this only gives you access to one webquest. Registering for the pro version, however, is very cost effective.
Sample webquests can be found on the Zunal homepage. Simplicity is the key with the free webquest generator from Teachnology. Simply fill in the boxes in the ready made template, and click the button at the bottom of the page and you will have created your first webquest.
Options to customize your websquests are limited. You cannot add or delete pages, change fonts or other such things, but you can add a picture to the top of your page. It is possibly the quickest way to create a webquest, but it is also one of the simplest in terms of presentation.
Right click on your completed page to save it as an HTML page, and you can upload it to your blog, website or file host when you are ready. You can view a sample webquest that I created with this website here. However, unlike the Teachnology site, you do get more options with regards to presentation and customization when you use 1, 2, 3 Your Webquest for Free.
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