This WebQuest was developed as an educational
resource for students of American Literature and History. Students will explore the Civil Rights Movement
and draw personal connections as they determine how it impacts our lives today.
To implement this unit you will need
- Computers with Internet access
- Word processing program
- PowerPoint program or another presentation
software may be useful.
- Scoring Guide for
assessing the final project
Resource links are
provided to use as you guide your students through the
process to complete this WebQuest.
Additional Resources for Teachers:
This lesson is anchored in secondary Language
Arts and Social Studies. Teachers should have students explore the
Interactive King Chronology as a base of common knowledge before starting
this project.
Student should have basic skills in world
processing and navigating the Internet. Also, the teacher should familiarize
students with
Thinking Maps®
as tools to organize their thoughts and illustrate their final product.
3.0 Literary Response and Analysis
Students read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of
literature that reflect and enhance their studies of history and social science.
They conduct in-depth analyses of recurrent themes.
Research and Technology
1.6 Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and
critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews,
experiments, electronic sources).
1.7 Use systematic strategies to organize and record information (e.g.,
anecdotal scripting, annotated bibliographies).
2.3 Deliver oral responses to
literature
a. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas
of literary works (e.g., make assertions about the text that are reasonable
and supportable).
b. Analyze the imagery, language, universal themes, and unique aspects of the
text through the use of rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, description,
persuasion, exposition, a combination of those strategies).
c. Support important ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed
references to the text or to other works.
d. Demonstrate an awareness of the author's use of stylistic devices and an
appreciation of the effects created.