Six WebQuests appropriate for

7/8th grade Reading Literature

selected by

Dominique Perez

Rdfperez@aol.com

SBC education: Sampling African America

www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_sampler.html

Junior high and high school teachers and their students.

This Webquest is an excellent source of information on African American history. It contains example of folktales that can be used in a folklore unit.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators-Webquest

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

Teachers of any grade or subject

Do you want to learn how to create and use a Webquest? If you answered yes then this is the quest for you. It contains lots of information on how to create a Webquest that can be used by your students.

Explorations: An Ancient Greece Webquest

http://www.iwebquest.com/

Junior high or high school students

This Webquest contains several lessons that can be incorporated into a language art classroom. One of the lessons I liked was about Ancient Greece. It has lots of example of the myths created by this civilization.

Immigration Webquest

http://sites.lps.org/wq29/

Junior high or high school students

This Webquest is about immigration. When teaching propaganda and persuasive techniques, I enjoy working with issues that face society today. Many of my students are immigrates, so this is a topic that comes up frequently. This site provides the history of immigration and some really neat activities and lessons.

Whyy: Across the Generations

http://www.whyy.org/generations/web.html

Teachers of all subjects and their students

This Webquest has information on how to create a Webquest plus lessons on events in history. One of the lessons actually has the students play the part of immigrants who are on a journey to the North. There are also links to several Webquests created by students in EDT courses that can be used to teach lessons in specific subject areas.

Dangers of Tobacco Use: A Webquest on Persuasive Writing & Speaking

http://infusion.allconet.org/webquest/Persuading_Kids_Not_to_Smoke.html

Junior high and high school students

Most teenagers have heard the warnings about not smoking. This Webquest is a great way to incorporate these warnings and the art of persuasive writing and speaking. The students are given roles in which they have to use their knowledge of persuasion and create a commercial that discourages teenagers from smoking.