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A Web Quest is an
inquiry-oriented learning activity in which most or all of the
information used by learners is drawn from the Web.
Making Your Own
Hotlist or Webquest
Paula
Levandoski, a TAH participant and
trainer from Cassadaga Valley Schools has created this
document as a guide to creating hotlists or webquests.
http://www.tdhah.com/uploads/Webquests.pdf
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After entering this site, to find
webquests related to United States History: Click on
each of the three rating words on the left side of the
screen--TOP, MIDDLING AND NEW. After clicking on one
of these words, a matrix will appear. Select Social
Studies and your appropriate grade interest. In the
TOP rated category over 300 webquests exist for
review--over 500 in the three categories
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History Matters: Digital Blackboard
- This feature provides successful
Web-based assignments—some developed by this site, others
developed by the Library of Congress and the National
Archives—as practical models for integrating new media into
the classroom.
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New content is often added and I cannot guarantee there is a
lesson for this
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specific topic.
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http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/digblack/
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Exceptional Internet
Sources for Teaching, Webquests, Projects
- Created by the Missouri Instructional Networked Teaching
Strategy Project.
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eThemes is an extensive database of
content-rich, age-appropriate
- resources organized around specific
themes. These resources are created by
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educators to use in their classroom. Over 750 themes,
designed with a
- wealth of embedded electronic resources. Click on
the Resource Index. Includes geography, history, literature, science, math
and other topics. Excellent.
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http://www.emints.org/ethemes/index.shtml
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SAMPLE
World War I
- These sites cover the events of
World War I (1914-1918). Read eye witness accounts and view
photographs and maps. Other topics include the assassination
of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand, trench warfare, Choctaw Code
Talkers, President Woodrow Wilson, war propaganda, Treaty of
Versailles, the Lusitania, and the Zimmerman telegram.
Includes biographies, letters, images, posters, video, and
audio clips.
- http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001051.shtml
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EduHound's Comprehensive List of Webquest Sources
- Over thirty selected resources to access hundreds of
webquests on different topics.
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http://www.eduhound.com/showlinks.cfm?subj=WebQuests&skey=Webquests
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Specific Webquests Related To This
Topic
An expansive collection of sites with webquests for each
of the following topics:
The Aztecs
The
Incas
The Mayans
Latino-Hispanic Heritage
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