8th Grade Webquests
Exploration
1.
Age of Exploration
Take a journey into the lives of several explorers and discover their struggles and triumphs.
http://iweb.jackson.k12.ga.us/cstewart/explorers/Home.html
Take a journey into the lives of several explorers and discover their struggles and triumphs.
http://iweb.jackson.k12.ga.us/cstewart/explorers/Home.html
2. Trading Card Creator
Directions: Using your explorers trading card stat sheet, pick one explorer to complete a trading card on. You will have to do some extra research on your explorer to complete all categories on his stats.
Please follow the following link to create your trading card: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/
Please follow the following link to create your trading card: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/
3. Early European Explorers Project
This week on Thursday and Friday you will be working on a early European Explorers project. The project will put you the students in charge of creating a Facebook page for any explorer you choose from the provided list. Please use this link to Fakebook to create your fake Facebook page for your explorer. Below will be a link to the page that has the list of Explorers for you to choose from.
Here is the list of explorers you can choose from and biographies:Explorer Fact Sheet – Biographies
Things you will need to include in your Fakebook page: At least 5 things in the about box, 7 posts, and 6 friends. Once you have finished your Fakebook page please share the URL with me.
Early Colonies
4.
13 Colonies
Please clink on the picture or link below to explore colonial life.
Colonial Life Scavenger Hunt
Please clink on the picture or link below to explore colonial life.
Colonial Life Scavenger Hunt
5. French and Indian War
5Click on the following link below to search for answers to the French and Indian War.
French and Indian War Test
French and Indian War Scavenger Hunt
French and Indian War Test
French and Indian War Scavenger Hunt
6. Revolutionary webquest
_Explore the Revolutionary War by clicking the following link below or the picture. It will help if you right click the link and open in new tab. Write answers on a separate piece of notebook paper.
Revolutionary War Link
Revolutionary War Link
7. US Constitution / Bill of Rights Scavenger Hunt
To explore and learn about the US Constitution or the Bill of Rights click on the link below.
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Bill of Rights
8. Age of Jefferson
Lewis and Clark Expedition Scavenger Hunt
click the above link to explore the corps of discovery.
9. War of 1812
To complete the War of 1812 webquest, click on the following link to complete the scavenger hunt. This is extra credit toward you writing assignment.
War of 1812
Black History
10. Martin Luther King Jr. Scavenger Hunt
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11. Black History Month Project
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12. Black history scavenger hunt
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Women's Appreciation
14. We have been studying the era of reform and have mentioned many different reforms throughout the time period. You are going to go to this site and complete the questions on key figures during the Women’s Rights Movement. Amelia Jenks Bloomer link is broken so use Wikipedia to answer the questions. Happy searching!
Reform search
Civil War
15.A Civil War Webquest
Take a journey back in time to learn how our country became stronger by completing this webquest on the civil war. Either click on the link below or the picture to start your journey.
15.B End of the Civil War Webquest
Click on the following link or file below to complete the webquest on the Civil War Part 2. You will download the document then open it up. Type your answers in the document and print when finished.
Civil War Battles Scavenger Hunt
Click on the following link or file below to complete the webquest on the Civil War Part 2. You will download the document then open it up. Type your answers in the document and print when finished.
Civil War Battles Scavenger Hunt
17. Reconstruction Webquest
Find out what happens after the civil war and see how America gains control over the country by clicking the link below.
http://farmingdaleschools.org/fps/files/recwebqu.pdf
http://farmingdaleschools.org/fps/files/recwebqu.pdf
18 A. Civil War End of the Year Project
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18 B. End of the Year Project
For this project, you will be creating a powerpoint to run for president. You will be dealing with all the issues that our previous presidents had to deal with and somehow survive being assassinated or impeached. In order to complete your presidential campaign, you will need to take a look back at our country and how it developed.
CLICK ON THE PICTURE OR BELOW TO BEGIN
Presidential Campaign
For this project, you will be creating a powerpoint to run for president. You will be dealing with all the issues that our previous presidents had to deal with and somehow survive being assassinated or impeached. In order to complete your presidential campaign, you will need to take a look back at our country and how it developed.
CLICK ON THE PICTURE OR BELOW TO BEGIN
Presidential Campaign
Extras
Fakebook Template
us_history-_biography_project_powerpoint.doc | |
File Size: | 26 kb |
File Type: | doc |