History's Heroes

Student page

Aim

The aim of this webquest is for students to recognize people who contributed to reform in Tennessee and American society.

Rationale

A school improvement goal for Roan Creek Elementary is to bring up achievement scores for Social Studies on the TCAP achievement test.  This webquest correlates with the fifth grade Tennessee Social Studies State Performance Indicator 5.6.1 that all fifth grade teachers must teach.

Learners

The learners for this webquest are fifth grade Social Studies students studying Tennessee and American History.

Prerequisites

In order for this webquest to run smoothly students must have had prior use with computers.  They need to know how to use Microsoft Word and how to navigate the Internet.

Subject Matter

The subject matter of this webquest covers historical figures represented in American and Tennessee society after the Civil War.

Goal and Objectives

The learner will recognize these people who contributed to reform in Tennessee and American society.

Instructional Plan

This webquest is designed to be used in library class after the material has been introduce in Social Studies class with the Social Studies teacher.  Students will already know who the people are and this project will be more of a review for them.  It will take place over three class periods with time to share during the last class.

Assessment

History Heroes Card Assessment Rubric:

                     Requirement                                                                                  Points

Correct Margins set up for card                                                                              5
Picture                                                                                                                   10
Name on front of card                                                                                            5
Name on back of card                                                                                           10
Birth and death dates on back of card                                                                     20
Historical importance listed on back of card                                                            25
Additional fact about that person                                                                             25
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Total points possible                                                                                              100

Resources

http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/index.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgompers.htm

http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/gompers.htm

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adda-jan.htm

http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/ja_bio.html

http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1931/addams-bio.html

http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1964/

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/mlking.htm

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/king.htm

http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/teachers/5_history_1890_1930

http://tennessee.gov/sos/bluebook/online/pastgov.pdf

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=51

http://www.library.nashville.org/Links/Nashville/historylinks/who.html