A WebQuest History Unit for Second Graders:
Doing a Poster of a Native American Tribe
Fresia Hernandez, Stephanie Sparks & Aysha Vega-Candelario
Students of CUR558/Foundations of Curriculum & Instruction
Professor Bryant Brewer
University of Phoenix Online
January 8, 2010
Abstract
This project from graduate students of Curriculum and Instruction is about a webquest for a Native Americans’ unit for second graders. It’s aimed to introduce them to both, historical content and the use of websites for accessing information for doing posters on the topic. This instructional project will have a Word format and a blog format (website), and will be aligned for curricular content, standards, and evaluation. It will have sections for: 1) Abstract (Introduction), 2) Informational Background, 3) Content and Academic Standards Used, 4) Student’s Tasks and procedural recommendations, 5) Students and Project Evaluation, 6) Web Resources for Three Native American Tribes 7) Conclusion, and 8) References. The teacher will briefly introduce the class to this history unit and its webquest site project, with examples of how a poster looks like, and the access and use of websites’ material for it. The students will work in heterogeneous teams of four students each during the five sessions (1 hour each) of the unit. The teacher will play a facilitator role providing feedback to the students for accessing websites, selecting visual and text material for their posters, printing material, building up posters, and preparing oral teams’ presentations to the class. The students’ academic achievement for the unit will be assessed with rubrics for their team final poster, individual attitude and participation in teamwork, and team oral presentation to the class. The webquest project design, implementation and results will be evaluated by the school stakeholders with an e-mail survey from the school principal. This project can be found at http://fresiadesigns.blogspot.com