http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/built/procedure.html
This WebQuest, Child Labor and the Building of America, is very well set up, linked properly and very thorough, as should be expected by a Library of Congress product. I seem to have checked every link on the main page, most on the secondary pages and many on tertiary pages and everything works properly and leads to new information.
The concept, set up for American History classes from 7-12 grade, seems highly structured and possibly too long for quick use, but also has enough deep information that it is entirely possible to sub-divide the lesson into smaller pieces or basically go as long as the teacher wants too. The idea is for a 5 week course, but again, there are many possibilities to change this if needed.
The pictures and other data are easy to interpret and read and seem to add to the presentation as a whole.
John,
ReplyDeleteAfter already seeing this in class today and having a brief discussion about this I have come to several conclusions about this particular webquest. First, is that the sources and information that it connects the students to is phenomenal. I think that though there is a lot of information, everything is explicitly clear, and therefore a teacher who decides to use this will not have students being confused as to what they are supposed to do. Lastly, the options of assessment that this webquest employs is phenomenal! I think it will inspire creativity and engagement in the learning process.
The only things that would change about this webquest is one, the length of time that it would take to finish the project. Being said, this does not take away from the webquest itself, I simply think that the project can be condensed into a shorter time. Secondly, I would maybe attempt to either split much of the information into different pages, or simply cut out a portion of the text. The reason for this being is because students may feel slightly overwhelmed when they come across such a foreboding assignment.
5 weeks is a long time for a webquest. Actually, this doesn't seem like a typical webquest to me anyway, but it deffinitely has a lot of information. Overall, I guess this would be more for the teacher to gain ideas from, maybe make a webquest of one or two of its main ideas - definitely a great resource.
ReplyDeleteI feel this topic is fantastic for WebQuests. This is a area in history that's loaded with sources and pictures. Also, I feel this is a great topic for students to relate to. Therefore, the topic makes almost any WQs about it great. I do think this quest in particular very well. Again...a quest not from Quest Garden.
ReplyDeleteThis is obviously a very professionally done web quest. Everything works, and it is fantastically designed. That being said, the length and breadth of this one would probably have to be modified to use in a classroom.
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