A WebQuest for 6th
Grade Social Studies
Designed
by
Bill Gokee
whgokee@yahoo.com
Introduction
| Task | Process |
Evaluation
| Conclusion | Credits
Your three person team has just been recruited and signed to a contract
by CNN to fill three open positions of Network
Interview Specialist. Your new positions require that you interview Anne Frank,
one of the most intriguing personalities of the twentieth century. You will
board a time machine located in Mr. Gokee’s classroom and then enter a time
warp reserved for your private use. The terminal control for that time machine
is the keyboard and screen you are now operating.
The major question you need to answer for you CNN viewers is
It
will be helpful to do some background research on the holocaust, World War II,
and Anne Frank using resources in addition to the internet links that are
already provided including encyclopedias, almanacs, magazines, videos and books
to which you have access, including portions of The Diary of Anne Frank.
Your team will write an introduction and
the script of the interview with your questions and what you believe
would be Anne’s answers based on your research. Each Network Interview
Specialist will also include two original pieces of
artwork or poetry, appropriate pictures acquired from your time machine
WebQuest, and a chart showing the similarities and differences between your
interview answers of Anne and her father’s recollections. You can make use of
your time machine control terminal, Appleworks 6, color printer, scanner, and
digital camera.
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Task 1.
The group will define and describe the period in history referred to as the
“Holocaust” by researching in the resources and then reporting to each other
on the assigned day. A group recorder will keep notes during the reporting. The
group will then write an introduction to the interview based on the definition
and description of the Holocaust that they have collectively determined. You
will answer the question
What is the Holocaust and what does it have to do with Anne Frank?
| http://www.ushmm.org/holo.htm | Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C. |
| http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/index.html | Weisenthal Center |
| http://www.ushmm.org/education/5quest.html | 5 Questions about the Holocaust Answered |
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Task 2.
Each group member should research a different survivor’s account from those
that are provided or others that are discovered and report on the findings to
the group on the assigned day. You will answer the question
Did other people have similar experiences during the Holocaust that Anne Frank had?
| http://www.ceindy.org/ce/ce_jan/feature/grandma.htm | A Grandmother’s Account |
| http://www.ceindy.org/ce/ce_jan/feature/schindle.htm | Horror and Hope of a Survivor |
| http://www.ceindy.org/ce/ce_jan/feature/miepgies.htm | Anne Frank’s Protector |
| http://www.ceindy.org/ce/ce_jan/feature/survivor.htm | Memories of a Survivor |
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Task 3.
Each group member will interview Anne Frank after researching her life.
Determine which
Network
Interview Specialist will write at
least fifteen questions and answers for one of the following areas using
the sheet entitled “Guide to Writing Good Interview Questions.”
A. Before
the Secret Annex period
B. During
the Secret Annex period
C. After
the Secret Annex period
You
will answer the question ...
"What were the experiences of Anne Frank during the Holocaust?"
| http://www.ceindy.org/ce/ce_jan/feature/grandma.htm | A Grandmother’s Account |
| http://www.ceindy.org/ce/ce_jan/feature/schindle.htm | Horror and Hope of a Survivor |
| http://www.ceindy.org/ce/ce_jan/feature/miepgies.htm | Anne Frank’s Protector |
| http://www.ceindy.org/ce/ce_jan/feature/survivor.htm | Memories of a Survivor |
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Task 4. Group members will watch the video
, “Anne Frank Remembered” and explain the differences and similarities
between Otto Frank’s recollections and Anne Frank’s interview answers
based on your research in a chart. You will answer the question
How
are the Holocaust experiences of Anne Frank and
her
father the same and how are they different?
| http://www.spe.sony.com/Pictures/SonyClassics/annefrank/misc/index.html | Anne Frank Remembered |
This chart will help you understand how your individual grade will be determined. 100 points are possible. You will evaluate your part in the project. Each group member will evaluate your part in the project. Then Mr. Gokee will evaluate your part in the project. He will then conference with you to determine your grade. Excellent work, accurate work, and neat work will be highly rewarded.
Task Completion
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Possible Points
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Student Assessment
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Teacher Assessment |
Member Assessment |
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Task 1. Report on Holocaust to group |
20 |
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Task 1. Recorder notes- |
10 |
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Task 1. Definition of Holocaust |
10 |
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Task 1. Introduction |
15 |
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Task 2. Report on survivor |
20 |
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Task 3. Interview -15 questions and
answers |
15 |
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Task 4. Chart of differences and
simila-rities(5 of each) |
10 |
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When your project is completed, you will have a better understanding of
the Holocaust and how it affected individuals as they lived through it. You will
have conducted an interview with a famous victim who experienced the Holocaust
and compared her recollections with her father’s and someone else who survived
the horror. When you finish, you will have more answers about this period of
history, but let me encourage you to explore the new questions you will also
have.
Some general questions to research would be