Teacher’s guide

As a teacher, do you have questions about this project, or simply don’t know if you should use it for your class? Below are some useful questions and answers that should help out!

Q: What grade is this WebQuest directed towards?

A: This WebQuest is directed towards middle school students. More specifically, I think that it would work best with seventh and eighth graders.

Q: What types of things should the students know before beginning the WebQuest?

A: They will need some background information about American history before they begin this project. It would be most beneficial if they already had a sense of major events in history before the 1920’s and maybe even a broad sense of how terrible the great depression was. This way when they learn about the 1920’s, they will have a better idea of just how different the two decades are. They also need to know what a stock market is and important vocabulary that goes with knowing stock market. This way when they read about the stock market crash, they are not lost.

Q: How much time will the students need on the computer to complete this WebQuest and how much time will it take to complete the project?

A: I would say that it would take about 3 or 4 hours of computer time for the students to get the information they need in order to complete the WebQuest. The WebQuest (project included) should take about three weeks to finish because they are going to need time to get on the computer, look up information and then use that information to make a book. This will also require quite a bit of in class time. (You will most likely need to supply materials in order for the students to make their books)

Q: What will the students learn by doing this WebQuest?

A: Students will learn about why it’s called the roaring 1920’s and how the stock market crash affected everyone, not just people who invested in stock. They will also learn that the things that happened in the 1920’s have an effect on how we live in America today. They will have to make correlations with the information that they have received, to figure out how what was important back then, verses what is important in our society today.

Q: What should be looked at when grading the student’s books?

A: When grading the books:

For an A:

· Two pictures including one representative of the 1920s and one representative of today

· Each picture is labeled

· Two paragraphs that answer the questions stated in the instructions

o Answers must show that they have a new understanding of what the 1920’s were like, how history is important and how it effects the society we have today

· Relatively free of grammatical errors

· Neat and polished

For a B:

· Project must obey the 2 pictures, and 2 paragraphs rule

· Still looks fairly neat and polished

· Made some grammatical errors but nothing really serious or forgot to label pictures

· They need to meet most of the requirements and be able to show that they have a new understanding for how history is important

For a C:

· Most of the pages have two pictures and two paragraphs

· Mistakes throughout the book

· Have an good idea of why history is important but maybe not grasp the entire concept

· Fairly neat and polished

For a D or F:

· Only have half of the pictures needed, and no labels

· Only have half of the paragraphs needed and is missing most of the information within the paragraphs

· Mistakes everywhere

· Not very neat or polished

· Uncompleted

Above all, make sure to have fun!

Created by: Lacey Brown

Last modified: November 18, 2005