Native American Life on the Plains in the 1800s - WebQuest
Grade Level: 5th
Subject: Native American Studies - Early U.S. History
of study: Native Americans – This is a WebQuest adventure on the plains of
North America to discover just what kind of life a student would have led if he
or she were born to a Plains Indian tribe in the 19th century. Students will
learn and journal about their daily life and experiences after choosing a
persona and exploring the links.
Reason Selected: This
WebQuest does an excellent job of keeping students engaged, while providing
them an adequate number of images, links and pages. The WebQuest offers
differentiation by providing a choice of persona gender and offering links that
display information in images as well as extensive text. The WebQuest also
engages the higher thinking skills of students as the task encourages creative
thought and synthesis. Lastly, I selected it because it represented the most
extensive use of the key components of a WebQuest, as outlined by Bernie Dodge
and Tom March on how to create a real WebQuest on “The WebQuest Page".
Additionally, the site creator addresses the gaps in learning found with
treasure hunts and WebQuests and explains the premise of iAdventure here.
Explanation: The WebQuest is well put together, however it is an older HTML site with two broken links. The author also fails to cite the sources for images and clip art used on the WebQuest. Overall the site earned an 80% or a Grade B – If author had citations and more
supportive teacher content, the grade would have been an A-.