Imagine for a moment that you are a ten-year-old living on a small, isolated
farm near Jamestown in the year 1699. As you sit down to dinner with your
family one evening, your father tells you that he is thinking about moving
the family to Williamsburg, the new capital, where your brother is already
working as an apprentice in the blacksmith shop. What do you think of this
news? Your family has not had it easy in Jamestown, but you are used to your
surroundings and to your family's way of life. Would you be excited about
the possibility of moving? Would you be afraid? Would you not want to go at
all? Why or why not?
Using everything you have learned about life in Jamestown along with links
on this web quest as your starting line, you will research life in Colonial
Williamsburg and compare the two. You will write a persuasive letter to your
father making a good argument for either staying in Jamestown or moving to
Williamsburg. You will also select other projects to present to
your father along with this letter. How many you choose to do is entirely up
to you based on what grade you would like to receive on your web quest. Have
fun on your journey!
Grading for overall web quest participation is as follows:
A= completion of 4 projects, one MUST be the letter.
B= completion of 3 projects, one MUST be the letter.
C= completion of 2 projects, one MUST be the letter.
D= completion of only the letter.
Rubrics for each project can be seen under Rubric section. Grading of each
project individually will be used as a Language Arts grade. Students will
select any 3 for use in Language Arts grade book. All others are extra
credit. Three are required for Language Arts, the letter plus 2 others.
Example: A student completes 4 projects. They will receive an A in social
studies for completing their web quest. The student will then choose 3, one
being the letter, of the 4 for grading in Language Arts. These 3 will be
individually graded for 3 grades in Language Arts. The 4th project will be
counted as extra credit.
IF A STUDENT ONLY COMPLETES THE LETTER, THEY WILL RECEIVE 2 ZEROS IN
LANGUAGE ARTS AND A "D" AS AN OVERALL WEB QUEST GRADE IN SOCIAL STUDIES.
