You Know You’re a Symbol if…!
A WebQuest for Primary Grades
Designed by Cathy Burdette
cburdette@mcpss.com
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Introduction
A symbol is something that stands for something
else. There are many symbols to represent the
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Task
You’re task is
to become knowledgeable about the symbols of the United States of America United States
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1. Get into your
assigned groups of four.
2. Print a copy
of the symbol fact
sheet.
3. Use the symbol links to learn about each
United States Flag Find at least two facts
about the flag. Then go here and look at the pictures
of the different ways our flag has looked throughout its history. Find the
picture of the flag we fly today. Read the information below it. Record at
least two more facts about our flag on your sheet.
Statue of Liberty A virtual tour is a tour you can take on the computer to a place where you might not otherwise be able to go. Take your tour here. Reminder: To see the entire tour, you must click the next page number when you get to the bottom of each page. Find at least four facts about this famous landmark and write them on your symbol fact sheet.
Bald eagle Find at least two facts about the bald eagle. Then go here and find at least two more facts. Remember to write them on your symbol fact sheet.
Liberty Bell Find at least four facts
about the Liberty Bell. Record your facts. Write the four facts on the symbol
fact sheet.
4. After your
team has completed the symbol fact sheet, decide as a group what kind of new
symbol your team will choose to complete your Symbol PowerPoint slide show.
5. Click Symbol Power Point
to view where you will create your slide show about the four symbols and your
newly created U.S. symbol. After viewing you will need to click Edit from the
toolbar and then click Edit Slides. Your seven-page slide show must include:
a. A picture of
your team's newly created symbol on the fifth page. Then add two facts about
your created symbol into the text box.
b. Two facts from
your symbol fact sheet on each of the established symbols will go into the
other four pages text box.
c. Three reasons
why the President should choose your symbol to keep will go into the sixth page
text box.
6. Be ready to present your slide show to the class.
BONUS: Click on
the White
House link and email the President to tell him about your team's
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CATEGORY |
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Knowledge
gained by using symbol fact sheet. |
Student
found four facts about each of the four symbols from the links. Student wrote
the four facts on the symbol fact sheet. |
Student found
four facts about at least three of the four symbols from the links. Student
wrote the four facts on the symbol fact sheet. |
Student
found at least three facts about at least three of the four symbols from the
links. Student wrote the three facts on the symbol fact sheet. |
Student
found less than three facts on less than three of the symbols from the links.
Student wrote the facts on the symbol fact sheet. |
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Patriotism
- Symbol used on symbol slide show |
Designed a
new, creative symbol. PowerPoint slide show has four facts on each symbol.
Three reasons why President should keep your symbol. |
Designed a
symbol. PowerPoint slide show that has at least three facts on each symbol.. Includes three reasons why President should keep your
symbol. |
Designed a
symbol. PowerPoint slide show that has at least two facts on each symbol.. At least two reasons the President should keep your
symbol. |
Did not
design a symbol or did created a symbol but have less than two facts and less
than two reasons the President should keep your symbol. |
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Attractiveness
of symbol slide show |
The slide
show is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness.
Have at least six pages. |
The slide
show is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness. Have at least
five pages. |
The slide
show is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy. Have at least
four pages. |
The slide
show is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive.
Have less than four pages. |
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Grammar
used in symbol slide show |
There are
no grammatical mistakes in the slide show. |
There is 1
grammatical mistake in the slide show. |
There are
2 grammatical mistakes in the slide show. |
There are more
than 2 grammatical mistakes in the slide show. |
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Mechanics
used in symbol slide show & on symbol fact sheet. |
Capitalization
and punctuation are correct throughout the slide show and fact sheet. |
There is 1
error in capitalization or punctuation. |
There are
2 errors in capitalization or punctuation. |
There are
more than 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation. |
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Once your group
has finished the project, you may click here or here or here to play a game about the
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Introduction
This WebQuest was developed as part of the Mobile County Public School
Systems WebQuesting project.
Content Area and Grade level
This WebQuest is designed for grades 2nd or 3rd. Its focus is social
studies and literacy skills for the emergent and early reader. It’s designed to
be used in cooperative groups of 2 to 4 students. This WebQuest can also be
completed as a whole class project with the teacher as the facilitator.
Learner Information
Students will need basic skills on how to use the
computer. Groups need to have three to four students that will be able to work
well together. Students will need to know basic PowerPoint skills.
Resources
Needed
PowerPoint to view
Media player
Standards
Social
Studies-
ACOS #9:
Describe rights and responsibilities of citizens of the
*Identifying acts of
patriotism and symbols of the
Language Arts &
Writing-
ACOS #18
Use conventional mechanics
and spelling when editing written expression.
Capitalizing proper nouns,
pronoun I, and first word sentence
Punctuate sentences using
periods, question marks, and exclamation marks, apostrophes with contractions
and possessives, and commas with items in a series.
Use conventional spelling for
grade-appropriate words
ACOS #19
Apply principles of grammar
in written expression
Technology-
ACOS #13
Use telecommunications and other
media to collaborate and interact with peers and other audiences, following
appropriate laws and regulations.
ACOS #16
Use technology resources for
problem solving
ACOS#10
Use a variety of media and
technology resources for directed and independent learning activities across
the curriculum.
Credits
& References
pbskids.org/democracy/presforaday/index.htm/
whitehouse.gov/kids/contact
helios.acomp.usf.edu/~oswillia/
webtech.Kennesaw.edu/mburroughs/wquest.htm
bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/symbols
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