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History Of Halloween A WebQuest for 6th Grade Designed by Brandi Lackey Introduction | Learners | Standards | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Student Page This web quest is the result
of a project in my Edu. 2022 class at ************************************************************************ This web quest is designed
to be used with 6th grade students. It is designed to teach them some fun
information about history and also encourage them to be creative in
writing. They will need to research
history and answer questions on a worksheet about the research they have
done. They will also need to write a
story at the end using correct grammar and spelling. The students using this web
quest will need to be able to proficiently write using correct grammar and
spelling. The students will also need
to be familiar with using the internet in order to do some of the research
required in this project. ***************************************************************** During this lesson the
students will be using several of the Social Science: ·
16.A.3b Appy the skills of historical analysis and
interpretation. English Language Arts ·
3.A.3 Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization and
structure. ·
3.C.3 Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of
purposes. ·
5.A.3a Locate, organize, and use information from various sources to
answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas. This lesson will focus on the
students learning a piece of history that they would not normally learn in an
everyday history class. The students
will also have to use their creative thinking and writing skills to write a
creative story at the end of the lesson.
There will be a worksheet that they have to complete using the
research that they did, this worksheet will be completed in groups, so the
students will also have to use their teamwork skills in order to complete
this. ************************************************************************ Below are the instructions
that I have given the students. I will be breaking them up into groups prior to giving them the
web quest to complete. This particular
webquest will take 3 to 4 days depending on how
much class time is allowed to work in it.
1.
You
will be divided into 3 groups. Each
group will have their own special topic to research and several tasks to
complete. 2.
You
will want to use the links I have provided to do your research on the topic
that I have given your group. After
your group has completed all their research I would like each group to give a
short presentation on each topic. Be
creative during this presentation; dress up, draw pictures or posters, or if
your group has any other creative ideas as to how to present your topic just
check with me first. I’m open to any
ideas or suggestions, I just want everyone to be as
creative as they can. 3.
After
the presentations you will need to answer the questions that I have posted
about each topic presented. I will
have these posted before each presentation, so please be sure to look at
these before hand and include them in your presentation. 4.
Now
for the final step in this web quest…… each person will need to write his/her
own ghost/Halloween story. You can
choose whatever Halloween or ghost theme that you want, but be sure to be as
creative as you can. I want this to be
fun for each of you… so let your imaginations run wild and try to write a
Halloween story everyone will enjoy. 5.
After
each person has turned in their Halloween story we will then compile all
these stories into our new 6th grade Halloween story book. To view the
worksheet that will need to be completed please click HERE. To view the
answer key for the worksheet please click HERE. Variations The lesson could have
several variations. These variations
could be anything from changing what the final project is to not putting them
in groups. They could be asked to draw
a poster or construct a pumpkin or any other activity involving
Halloween. The could
also be asked to do the research independently and then write a summary on
what they learned. There are several
different ways this lesson could be carried out.
Listed
below is the Rubric that I used when evaluating the students throughout this lesson. They are
not only graded on their research work in groups but also on their
creativity.
************************************************************************ This lesson helps put a
little bit fun into learning history. By
doing this web quest the students are able to take to celebrate a favorite
holiday and learn at the same time.
The lesson not only teaches the students about the history of
Halloween but also allows them to be creative and incourage
them to use their imagination when writing their story. The students can use this lesson to
practice their creative writing and have fun while doing it. *************************************************************** http://www.pumpkincarving101.com/pumpkin_carving_history.html http://www.thehistorychannel.com/ http://www.jack-o-lantern.com/ http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2005/11/13/news/061new0.txt/ http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us Last updated on
August 15, 1999. Based on a template
from The WebQuest Page |
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