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Common Core W.9-10.8 webquests
Dia de los Muertos - Day of the Dead Research - Spanish Culture Holiday
El Dia de los Muertos comes alive with this rich Day of the Dead research project! This collaborative webquest focuses on the Day of the Dead's history, traditions, and symbols. Learn about Spanish culture, sugar skulls (calaveras), pan de muerto, and ofrendas!Students are given access to a project Google Site, handouts with guiding research questions, and a digital note-taking chart. Implementation is easy!Flexible options are included! Students can use the Google Site to access research links
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8th - 11th
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Homer Iliad Trojan War Activities - Greek Mythology Webquest - The Odyssey Intro
Adventure through Homer's Iliad, the Trojan War, fall of Troy, and the Olympian gods and goddesses with this Greek mythology webquest! Perfect project for your study of Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey or Athenians and ancient Greek culture! This engaging research project includes the Judgment of Paris, Myth of the Golden Apple, Helen of Troy, the Achaeans and Trojans, Achilles and Agamemnon, the Trojan horse, and Iliad's Trojan War heroes.The collaborative webquest can be implemented with individu
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9th - 12th
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The Things They Carried Web Quest | Pre- Reading and Context Building | O'Brien
Say goodbye to the sad, dated Vietnam War Powerpoint to introduce the context for The Things They Carried! I created this WebQuest to provide students with an inquiry- based activity to build the background knowledge essential to understand and enjoy this Vietnam War classic. This activity has multiple entry points and is naturally scaffolded so that every student, IEP, ELL, 504, etc. can all see success! This activity can be done in so many ways - it is perfect for independent, partner, or jigs
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Things They Carried by O'Brien Novel Study Unit | Complete Bundle
Personality Research Webquest, English or Physchology
This is a fun activity that I do with my 12th graders just before they embark on their major research paper. They love it because it is all about them, and I also get the added bonus of teaching them how to use the internet to conduct research, how to document their sources, and how to respond to informational text.
Students use computers or comparable technology to take a test and learn their Meyer-Briggs personality profile. From there, the complete research to see how this profile explains
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Webquest: Homer's Odyssey
This is a great introduction lesson for students before they read Homer's Odyssey. Building background knowledge is one of the keys to reading comprehension. When you have more knowledge to make connections to while you read, you are more likely to understand and remember that information you have read. This online activity will help students build their knowledge of Homer, literature terms, life in ancient Greece, and Greek mythology.
Uses the website: http://odyssey-webquest.weebly.com
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6th - 10th
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Historical Context for The House on Mango Street - Mexican-American Immigration
Use this activity to help your students establish historical context before beginning the novel, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. First, students will read an article from the Encyclopedia of Chicago about Mexican-American immigration. Then, they'll complete questions to help them analyze the informational text.
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6th - 9th
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Edgar Allan Poe Background and Spanish Inquisition Webquest
This assignment is a pre-reading research assignment for Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum." It has students find basic background information about Poe's life, as well as information about the Spanish Inquisition which is the setting for the story. Several useful websites are provided as a starting point for students.
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9th - 12th
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Global Warming and Solar Energy - Internet Activities
15 printable or digital pages for students to investigate global warming and solar energy. Students search for information online about... Global warming, How solar panels work, Solar farms in the US, What the sun is made of, Benefits of solar energy, Challenges to solar energy, Solar-powered vehicles, and more... PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACT
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4th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Solar Energy BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
African American History Webquest
This resource uses music, maps, pictures, and historical sources to get students investigating African American history from the slave trade, the Civil War, freedom, and the Civil Rights Movement. I originally created this assignment for a distance learning activity as my students read the novel The Glory Field, but it could be used to build background knowledge for a number of texts or in a history classroom. You could even use this for a music class! It could be used as one large assignment or
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7th - 10th
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Directions: Annotated Bibliography for Frankenstein's Monster [L.3 -EDITABLE)
"The annotated bibliography adds descriptive and evaluative comments (i.e., an annotation), assessing the nature and value of the cited works. The addition of commentary provides the future reader or researcher essential critical information and a foundation for further research."DIRECTIONS: Annotated BibliographySTANDARD? CCSS.ELA.W.7Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.WHAT? Annotate
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â BUNDLE: All Things Frankenstein- 22 Activities (EDITABLE)
Shakespeare Background Research
This is a great way to introduce a Shakespeare unit!Students are required to learn about Shakespeare and The Globe Theatre by conducting research on their own, with two guided sheets to fill out along the way. Students are also required to use reputable resources and cite the information they use in MLA format right on the guided sheets. One guided sheet has students research Shakespeare's background (early childhood, career, adult life, his works, etc.), while the other has then label parts of
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9th - 12th
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Arthur Miller
Get to know the author Arthur Miller with this lesson on his life and works. Using videos and articles, students explore this great American playwright. Students analyze how his life events impacted his writing and how his works speak to both his time period and ours. This activity works well for distance learning, sub plans, or for building prior knowledge before reading one of Miller's plays.
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8th - 11th
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Directions: Annotated Bibliography [CCSS.ELA.L.3] (EDITABLE)
"The annotated bibliography adds descriptive and evaluative comments (i.e., an annotation), assessing the nature and value of the cited works. The addition of commentary provides the future reader or researcher essential critical information and a foundation for further research."Includes:3 Pages18 Links2 Original ProductsTopics:StandardWhatWhenWhyHowGrading
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Unit: Nonfiction- 5 Bundles- [CCSS.ELA.9-10] (EDITABLE)
Edgar Allan Poe Webquest
This is prereading activity for students to learn about Edgar Allan Poe in a structured (and short) research activity. This uses links from the Poe Museum (http://www.poemuseum.org/) which are included on the worksheet. I also tend to use a mini bio on Edgar Allan Poe to introduce him before diving into the webquest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-387NMCR6w).
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7th - 10th
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Othello WebQuest and Casting Proposal
In this project students research a variety of ways in which to understand the title role of Othello. They then write a proposal advocating for a particular kind of person to be cast in their own production of the play.
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9th - 12th
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