Fever 1793 WebQuest
Designer: Nancy Herb
This lesson serves as a culminating activity for the "Fever 1793" novel. Students spend about 2 months reading and working in groups on the novel.
My goals for the lesson are to help students extend their learning by doing research on real historical events, write informational pieces in a newspaper format, work cooperatively in groups, and think from a different point of view. All of this will be accomplished by researching, writing, editing, and publishing a newspaper that recounts the events of the summer of 1793 in Philadelphia.
Target Population
- 7th grade english students
Teaching & Learning Theory
- The learning theory that most impacts my goals and expectations for this project is the Constructivist Theory. The task for the students is real-life and asks for critical thinking. There is no one right answer or product. In fact, the products will vary greatly in design, depth, and creativity. The students are given guidelines and then are free to explore the information out there and give meaning to it.
Products
- Teaching Tool (html file)
- Assessment Rubric (html file)
Multimedia Design Tools
- Dreamweaver
- MS Word