Grade 8 World War I Webquest

Webquest Schedule

• Day 1: Introduction
• Day 2: Mini-lecture--The US Enters the War
• Day 3: Mini-lecture--The Thriving Homefront
• Day 4: Mini-lecture--Trench Warfare: Nasty Business
• Day 5: Mini-lecture--Peace At Last
• Day 6: Research
• Day 7: Research
• Day 8: Research
  

Progressives and Reformers

Progressives and Reformers Webquest

http://www.taconichills.k12.ny.us/webquests/progressives/introduction.html

Schedule:
Fri 11/14 research
Mon 11/17 research
Tues 11/18 research/newsletters
Wed 11/19 newsletters
Fri 11/21 Rallies 1 - 3
Mon 11/24 Rallies 4 - 6
(Newsletters are due on the day of your Rally)

Homestead Strike

log on to this PBS website for info about Andrew Carnegie and the Homestead Strike of 1892:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/

Electoral College

excellent websites to use when learning about the Electoral College:


http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2008/

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/case/3pt/electoral.html

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/july-dec00/ec_11-23.html

Tuthankhamun

Start your investigations of King Tut on this website.

http://www.tutankhamun-exhibition.co.uk/index.html

Here are some more useful websites:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/tut2.htm
http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/collection_tut.html

immigration webquest

http://sites.lps.org/wq29/

use this link to access the details and links for the webquest.

Remember: Teams do #s 1, 3, and 4 together
Individuals do #2 or #5

class time will be devoted to research through Tuesday 10/21

Portfolios are due on Friday 10/24

grade 6 Mesopotamia wrap-up website

http://www.smithlifescience.com/SSEarlyCivilizations.htm

When you reach the website, scroll down past Day 15 to Computer Day/Virtual Field Trips. Choose a Field Trip. Read the Story, Explore it, and do the Challenge.

HW: in 1 - 3 paragraphs, answer the following Qs---
--What was the Field Trip?
--How did you perform the Trip? (describe the Trip)
--What were the results of your Challenge?