Pioneers and Present Day Communities Webquest - Teacher Instructions

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Prior Knowledge:

This Webquest requires students to have basic computer skills, and some working knowledge of the Internet.  

Expectations

Features of Communities Around the World

Overall:
• describe the communities of early settlers and First Nation peoples in Upper Canada around 1800;

• use a variety of resources and tools to gather, process, and communicate information about interactions between new settlers and existing communities, including First Nation peoples, and the impact of factors such as heritage, natural resources, and climate on the development of early settler communities;

• compare aspects of life in early settler communities and present-day communities.    
 
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Assessment

Overall and Work Habits Rubrics

Group Skills Rubric - students will mark each other on how well they worked together in their groups

Materials

Create a 4 Step Model Interactive Research folder for each student which should include:

Part 1 - Prepare for Research
* Title page
* KWL chart
* Inquiry question with Q-Matrix

Part 2 - Access Resources
* Resource Checklist
* Bibliography

Part 3 - Process Information
* Venn Diagram
* Stretching Your Thinking

Part 4 - Transfer of Learning
* Multiple Intelligence and Final Presentation Triple Venn Diagram

-include overall, work habits, and group participation rubrics for each student

-note paper, pencils, erasers,

-computers

Here are the lessons:

Note
This type of project would be provide a wonderful opportunity to use Information Circle strategies
Information Circles
 
Reading Literacy - Information Circles
 
OPTIONAL - The students can create a cube of their learning to illustrate the different information circle roles.

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