Teacher Page Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits Exploring the 5 Capitals of ALABAMA A web quest for 4th grade Designed by Ryan Hess mobileryan cs com TP Introduction Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits This lesson was developed to supplement the fourth grade Alabama History curriculum The objectives and activities correlate with the Alabama State Course of Study in multiple academic areas This document is available online at www alsde edu The primary goal of the lesson is to familiarize students with the five capitals of Alabama and to lead them into exploring reasons why the capital was moved each time TP Learners Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits The learners participating in this lesson are fourth grade Alabama History students Prerequisite skills students need would include basic exposure to the Internet and a general understanding of the five capitals of Alabama that would have been gathered through textbook exploration and classroom discussions I would have students complete this web quest at the conclusion of the chapter dealing with Alabama s five capitals TP Standards Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits The standards from the lesson are taken directly from the Alabama Course of Study I have also included a list of cognitive skills that I believe are exercised through the completion of the various tasks Please click on the icon below to view these standards Microsoft Word Document TP Process Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits Each student will work with a partner The group will have two one hour periods to complete three tasks The tasks include labeling a map of Alabama with the location of the five capitals reading to find reasons why the capital was moved each time and recording information learned on a teacher made sheet You can see the process in more detail by exploring the following student pages Process Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 TP Resources Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits Resources needed include A computer lab equipped with at least one computer per two children A printer networked to the computers One teacher This web quest document TP Evaluation Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits My criteria for scoring is as follows 100 pt total Printing Map 10 pts 10 points for independently locating printing the map from the designated site without 5 points if assistance is needed Map 20 pts 2 points per capital for correct spelling 2 points per capital for correct location Worksheet 60 pts 10 points for each correct answer Partial credit will be assigned depending on completeness of answer Not using complete sentence results in a loss of 2 points per answer Cooperation 10 pts Points deducted in this area if the group encounters problems that they are not able to resolve TP Conclusion Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits This web quest activity would be a wonderful supplemental activity to the fourth grade Alabama History textbook chapter on Alabama s five capitals The web quest promotes active learning reinforces a number of Alabama Course of Study concepts and provides students with an interactive online learning experience 5 Capitals of Alabama Student Page Top Your Mission Process Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Extra Credit Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page Credits Exploring the 5 Capitals of ALABAMA A web quest for 4th grade Designed by Ryan Hess mobileryan cs com Your Mission Student Page Top Your Mission Process Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Extra Credit Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page Credits Your mission should you choose to accept it and you must is to Locate and label all five Alabama Capitals on a map Read information about Alabama s Capitals and decide why the capital moved each time Find an error on a web site and notify the site owner of his mistake extra credit is involved here Process Student Page Top Your Mission Process Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Extra Credit Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page Credits 1 You will be assigned a partner to work with 2 We will use two computer lab sessions to work on the project you will need to use your time well 3 You will need to follow the directions on the next few pages There will be documents that you will print and turn in for a grade 4 Have FUN Task 1 Student Page Top Your Mission Process Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Extra Credit Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page Credits Click on the map below to go to the first web site On this site you will need to locate and print the map of Alabama Task 2 Student Page Top Your Mission Process Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Extra Credit Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page Credits 1 Each link below leads to information about one county in Alabama 2 You must READ CAREFULLY to find out in which county each capital is located 3 Label the map you just printed with each of the 5 capitals in the correct county County A County B County C County D County E Task 3 Student Page Top Your Mission Process Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Extra Credit Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page Credits 1 Print the Capitals on the Move worksheet by clicking Microsoft Word Document 2 Visit each site below by clicking on the link 3 Complete the worksheet using the information you learn from the sites below Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 This site contains a song that should be helpful Extra Credit 5 pts Student Page Top Your Mission Process Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Extra Credit Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page Credits All other tasks must be finished FIRST 1 Go to the site below 2 Carefully read the information and try to find a mistake the author made that relates to what we are studying 3 Write the mistake at the bottom of you Capitals on the Move worksheet 4 E mail the web site owner and politely inform him of his mistake and suggest how he could fix it Site with Mistake Credits Teacher Page Top Introduction Learners Standards Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Student Pages Credits This program was created with Microsoft Power Point The format used was taken from a
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