Heather
Dallas
Social
Studies 7th Grade
WEBQUEST
Introduction:
Many
came to the
1. Wealthy land owners and
business owners who believed they were being taxed unfairly and without
representation in parliament.
2. Natives who were forced off their land and
slaughtered almost into nonexistence.
3. Africans who were bought here against their
will and had their personhood removed and declared chattel.
4. Women who had specific
narrowly defined roles who also lost any legal status without the benefit of
marriage.
5. Freemen who were non land
owners were denied the benefit of full participation in government.
Task:
·
Research
two consequences of discrimination against each group of people listed above
and how this affected
·
Use
the Six Step Public Policy Analysis to understand how public policy affected
discrimination and the developing nation.
·
Create
a presentation to report to your classmates your findings. Your presentation
may be as creative as you like using visual representations and using the
rubric provided.
Process:
Your
teacher will divide the class into small groups. Students in each group will be given the
following roles.
1.
Facilitator- Make sure that the job is getting done!
2. Recorder- Record all information that your
group has found. Keep organized records
for your group!
3. Illustrate- Create visual representations for
your presentation. Be Creative!
4. Presenter- Will present
the groups findings to the class. Be articulate!
5. Complete the steps Of the Public Policy
Analyst:
Use the 6-step Public Policy. Complete the
handouts given to collect information for each step.
v Go
to the PPA and complete the worksheets:
1. Identify and define the problem of not
being able to a enroll in a Foreign Language class and
to learn to speak a second language in
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet1.html
2. Gather evidence for this problem and
complete worksheets.
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet2.html
3. Identify the causes and effects of not
being able to enroll in a Foreign Language class and to learn to speak a second
language in
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet3.html.
4.
Finally, evaluate the
effectiveness of your public policy solutions and select the best solution to
solve the problem of not being able to enroll in a Foreign Language class and
to learn to speak a second language in
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet6.html
Resources:
Wealthy
land owners and business owners:
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/TeaParty.htm
Native
American Indians:
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/thecity/america1.html
http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/IndianRemovalAct.htm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/two/trailtears.htm
Africans:
http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/emancip.htm
Women:
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Sadlier/Life.html
Freemen
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASfreemen.htm
http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester1/122000/122000tedhoward.html
Evaluation:
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
Content |
Writing shows in depth understanding of the
social problem |
Shows understanding through explicit references
to the social problem |
Shows understanding through implicit references
to the social problem |
Organization |
Clear, elaborate sentence structure; gives
background, analysis, and persuasive evidence for new policy |
Writing varies length of sentences; gives some
background, analysis, and partly persuades with some evidence |
Writing uses basic sentence structure; news story
gives little or no background or analysis, and does not support new policy |
|
|
|
|
Collaboration |
There is strong evidence that all group members
participated equally |
There is some evidence that all group members
participated equally |
There is little or no evidence that all group
members participated equally |
Visual Piece |
Poster or Photo Journal is appealing; images
represent the themes in the news story |
Poster or Photo Journal captures the social issue
but is not as relevant as category 3 |
Poster or Photo Journal does not capture the
social problem or the themes of the news story |
Standards:
Standards
Addressed in WebQuest
English:
ES #1: Language
for Information and Understanding
ES #2: Language
for literary response and expression
ES #3: Language
for Critical analysis and evaluation
ES #4: Language
for Social Interaction
Social Studies
SS # 5: Civics,
Citizenship and Government
Conclusion:
Students should have discovered evidence of
discrimination when