Robb+Jenkins

=History – High School =

Lesson 1 by Robb Jenkins, BVA High School, Webquest on US Imperialism Objective: By using a WEBQUEST, students will create a newspaper on US imperialism during the end of 19th Century and early 20th Century

Content: Topics covered are : What is imperialism; Revolt in Hawaii; Explosion of the Maine, Spanish American War; Boxer Rebellion; US intervention in Latin America and building of Panama Canal

Resources: [] is the link to WEBQUEST Will need computers

Students should be placed into groups. I used only groups of 4-5 and had them decide on their own which roles each would do. Allowed students to choose how final project would look. For example they could use Power Point, microsoft publisher, active studio,........ Students were also allowed to submit a written copy or a digital copy

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Lesson 2 by Robb Jenkins, BVA High School, Webquest on WWII

Objective: By using a WEBQUEST, students will create a scrapbook of "their" life during WWII by using Primary Source documents

Content: The area that will be covered by the scrap book will depend on what role the students chose. They can chose any 2 year time period during the war and really any role from a US soldier to German, to Russian, to British. They then choose 4-5 main events that they experienced during their 2 years the scrap book covers.

Resources: [] is the link to the Webquest and the students will need access to computers.

I allowed students to either work by themselves or to work with a partner. Students did not need a paragraph explanation for each picture as long as they had a good discription of the event and placed pictures around that discription with a short explanation as to what each picture was.

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