The
Hall of Famous Black Americans
A Web Quest for grades 4-6
Created by: Andrea Satterfield, Sharon Tharp, and Cathy Woodard
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Introduction
As part of the celebration of Black History Month,
the wax museum in your town will host an exhibit called “The Hall of Famous
Black Americans”. You have been given
the job of student tour guide at the wax museum.
In one week, the museum will begin offering
tours. It’s time for you to prepare for
your new job as tour guide!
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Task
You will be responsible for giving background
information for one person represented at the museum. You will develop a PowerPoint that will be
used to display facts and information at the museum. Make sure your presentation is informative,
accurate, and interesting.
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Process
· Visit the sites below to select and research a famous black American you
are interested in learning about.
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Organize your research data on the worksheet.
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Now you are ready to build your
PowerPoint slideshow for presentation at the museum. You will be responsible for at least 5
PowerPoint slides. Remember to include
all information from your research worksheet. Remember to make your slides
visually pleasing (i.e. pictures, color, etc…), and entertaining.
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Finally, you must present your
slideshow to the class when we
all visit the wax museum!
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Evaluation
At the end of this activity you will present your slideshow to
the class. You will be graded according to the rubric.
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CATEGORY |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Speaks
clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, and mispronounces no words. |
Speaks
clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, but mispronounces one word. |
Speaks
clearly and distinctly most ( 94-85%) of the time. Mispronounces no more than
one word. |
Often
mumbles or can not be understood OR mispronounces more than one word. |
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Shows
a full understanding of the topic and information presented were accurate. |
Shows
a good understanding of the topic. |
Shows
a good understanding of parts of the topic. |
Does
not seem to understand the topic very well. |
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Student
is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed. |
Student
seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals. |
The
student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking. |
Student
does not seem at all prepared to present. |
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Student
uses PowerPoint slides that show considerable work/creativity and which make
the presentation better. |
Student
PowerPoint slides are complete but with little distraction. |
Student
PowerPoint slide was incomplete. |
The
student has no PowerPoint OR the graphics and sounds chosen detracted from
the presentation. |
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Conclusion
The visitors are very impressed with the extensive displays.
Now that we can tour the Hall of Famous Black Americans with its
biographies of many important people, we can reflect on the obstacles they
overcame and the accomplishments that made them great.
By learning more about others, we also learn more about
ourselves. Try to identify similarities in the situations they encountered and
opportunities you may also face.
What did you learn from your research about your chosen person?
What did you learn about another important person when you took
the tour of the museum?
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Subject Area: History/Technology
Grade Level: 4-6 Grades
This lesson is
designed for students to work independently.
It will take several class periods depending on the abilities of your
students, class size, and technology available. Printable rubric is
available for grading.
Technology
stuff your students (and you) will need to know:
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How to navigate on the Internet (links, URLs, bookmarks, going
back and forth)
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How to open and save files
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How to word process
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How to use PowerPoint
Curriculum Standards:
Fourth Grade:
ACOS 45
Recognize Alabamians from the last half of the twentieth century who
have made notable contributions to the state
and the nation.
ACOS 36
Recognize contributions made by Alabamians during the first half of
the twentieth century.
Fifth Grade:
ACOS 40
Identify and discuss some American activists before the Civil War.
ACOS 41
Discuss how the campaign issues and results of the election of 1860
affected American society.
Sixth Grade:
ACOS 32
Understand the key events and people in the Civil Rights movement.
Technology Standards:
Fourth – Sixth
Grade:
ACOS 23 Use a
variety of media and technology resources for directed and
independent learning activities
across the curriculum.
ACOS 24
Use appropriate techniques for producing and publishing documents.
ACOS 25 Apply productivity/multimedia tools and
peripherals to support personal
Productivity, group collaboration,
communication, and learning throughout the curriculum.
ACOS 31 Use the Internet as a resource for
information.
ACOS 32 Utilize information from a locally approved
Internet web site.
ACOS 33 Use the Internet to locate information.
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free!
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