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Webquest Overview
Suggestions: This WebQuest was created for grades 4-6 to help students understand the world in which they live. In my classroom I had 7 groups of 3, you may choose to set it up differently for your class. It may be necessary to assign roles or even the country to a particular group.
Prior Information: Students should have experience with Google slides or WeVideo. Students should know how to navigate on the web and how to find the main idea or most valuable information out of a resource or text. Students should also have an understanding of the world and a variety of different countries, cultures.
Special Needs:
Contact: If you have any questions or comments about the WebQuest please email Miss Frueh at [email protected].
Prior Information: Students should have experience with Google slides or WeVideo. Students should know how to navigate on the web and how to find the main idea or most valuable information out of a resource or text. Students should also have an understanding of the world and a variety of different countries, cultures.
Special Needs:
Contact: If you have any questions or comments about the WebQuest please email Miss Frueh at [email protected].
Standards connected to the WebQuest
NETS-S Standard 2 Communication and collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems
Missouri Learning Standards - Social Studies grade 4
Elements of Geography c. Describe human characteristics of a place, (such as population composition, architecture, kinds of economic and recreational activities, transportation and communication networks, etc.)
Elements of Geography f. Compare regions (e.g., explain how life in a city region is different from life in a rural region or how landscapes in mountainous regions look different from landscapes in plains regions)
Tools of Social Science Inquiry a. Identify and use library and media resources (electronic resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, videos, periodicals, atlases, almanacs, telephone directories, books, and cartoons)
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems
Missouri Learning Standards - Social Studies grade 4
Elements of Geography c. Describe human characteristics of a place, (such as population composition, architecture, kinds of economic and recreational activities, transportation and communication networks, etc.)
Elements of Geography f. Compare regions (e.g., explain how life in a city region is different from life in a rural region or how landscapes in mountainous regions look different from landscapes in plains regions)
Tools of Social Science Inquiry a. Identify and use library and media resources (electronic resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, videos, periodicals, atlases, almanacs, telephone directories, books, and cartoons)
ResourcesHard copies of National Geographic Magazines
Encyclopedias from school library National Geographic Online Visit the student webquest RESOURCES page Copy of Self-Evaluation Rubric |
Scaffolding and Note Pages |