Mr. Thomas Webb

Henry Highland Middle School

IS 275

WEBQUEST:

History has been filled with historic fires in which lose of life and property have occurred. In New York City, fires have been instrumental in bringing about new building codes and social change. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 claimed the lives of women and young girls. In its aftermath new rules for fire safety were implemented. Also, the struggles of single female workers were made public and lead to recognizing unions. In recent history local social clubs in the Bronx and Long Island have gained headlines leading to new regulations governing these establishments. However, at the root of the matter is safety. What should you do if there is a fire at school?

Your task as a student representative on the IS 275 board of School Safety is to create a model campaign for fire safety. In this campaign you and your committee will learn about fire extinguishers. You will learn about the differences between the several extinguishers. You will help write a plan for instructing teachers how they can use a fire extinguisher. You will also draw a poster using an acronym to spread the word of fire safety at our school.

1. Define and describe the problem (the social conditions, key players and public policy) using Worksheet one.

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet1.doc

2. Gather evidence, statistics, case studies, survey, or articles by experts using Worksheet two.

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet2.doc

3. Identify the causes of the problem using Worksheet three.

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet3.doc

4. Describe and evaluate the existing policy for the New York City school system using Worksheet four.

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet4.doc

5. Develop several policy solutions using Worksheet five.

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/solutionsex.html

6. Select the best policy using Worksheet six.

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet6.doc

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/WABC_061401_schoolsafety.html

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/firesafety/

http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/fire-safety-factsheet.html

http://www.hanford.gov/fire/safety/extingrs.htm

	A	B	C	D
Research	*Problem well identified and thoroughly researched *All six steps of the PPA are thoroughly addressed *Evidence of notes and action research	*Problem identified and reasonably well researched *All six steps of the PPA are addressed,	*Problem identified with limited research. *All steps of the PPA are addressed,	*Problem identified but research is lacking *Incomplete work
Written Proposal	*Well organized, demonstrates logical sequencing and sentence structure *Thoroughly addresses each of the six different parts (see Task)	*Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing or sentence structure. * Addresses each of the six different parts	*Well organized, but illogical sequencing and sentence structure. * Barely addresses each of the six different parts	*Weakly organized. *Does not address each of the six different parts
Presentation	*Social problem introduced with authority based on information *Makes a poster using an acronym *Generate and field questions and responses from audience around their topic of discussion. *Every member in group participates in presentation.	*Social problem introduced with some authority *Makes a poster but doesn’t use an acronym *Generate questions and responses. *Most members of group participate.	*Students state the social problem *Students require prompts to generate questions *Limited participation within the group	*Teacher generates discussion
Group cooperation	*Group establishes and maintains an equal distribution of labor among all participants. *Differences are dealt with maturely and students exercise listening skills, leadership skills, and compromise skills	*Group makes attempts to maintain an equal distribution of labor among all participants. *Almost all differences are dealt with maturely and students exercise listening skills, leadership skills, and compromise skills	*Groups make unsuccessful attempts to maintain an equal distribution of labor among all participants. *Only some differences are dealt with maturely as students attempt to exercise listening skills, leadership skills, and compromise skills	*Group is unable to equally distribute work. *Differences are not dealt with maturely

English:

#1: Language for Information and Understanding

#2: Language for literary response and expression

#3: Language for Critical analysis and evaluation

#4: Language for Social Interaction

By completing t he PPA Webquest, you now understand the importance of fire safety and specifically how to use a fire extinguisher. As a Public Policy Analyst, you have identified the causes of the problem, provided evidence, researched the current policies, and created a new school policy. As a result of this project, you have learned to identify and improve public policies that affect you as a member of the student population in New York City.