Movin’ on West

A WebQuest for 3rd Grade Social Studies

Designed by Jan Sanersanerj@msdwc.k12.in.us

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Have you ever ridden in a covered wagon? Come journey back in to the early days of our country. Blaze new trails with the Anderson family as they prepare to go west. Watch out for Indians! You never know when they might attack!

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The Task

Help the Anderson family pack their covered wagon for their trip out west. Don’t forget to pack everything they’ll need for the long trip. Help them reach their new home safely.

Movin’ on WestCreated by Mrs. Saner

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The Process

First, you will be assigned to a family of 3 or 4 students, and together, you will be responsible for learning about pioneers moving to the west and fill out a K.W.L. worksheet.

• You will learn about them through examining specific web sites. Read with your group different articles on these web sites.

• See the assigned family roles.• Once you’ve have examined the roles given to you, you will

be given time to look over specific web sites for information needed for completing assigned tasks.

• You will then get together with your family and compile the family’s supplies needed for the trip. Please use the list sheet.

• Your final project will be to construct a covered wagon from supplies found in your classroom.

• Extra credit – If time allows look up these web sites for information on the Indians that the Anderson’s might have encountered along the way west!

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Evaluation

You will be evaluated on your two worksheets and the wagon you build and design. Below is the checklist I will use.

In my own personal written work I have…. __ I used both capital and lower case letters/ __ I used proper nouns. __ I capitalize the pronoun “I”. __ I capitalize important words. __ I capitalize the first word in a sentence. __ I have used proper punctuation. __ I have used complete sentences. __ I have spelled correctly. __ I have written neatly.

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In our group work we have….

__ We have filled out the K.W.L. worksheet as we went along. __ We have listed at least ten items in each column of the family list sheet. __ We have built and constructed a cover wagon that is similar to that pictured on the web site.

__ All of our work is neat.

Conclusion

At the end of this unit , you should have an understanding of what it was like to pack up your home in the east and to move out west.

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Standards

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2.1.1 Listen to historical stories and compare daily life in the past and present.

3.1.2 Explain why and how the local community was established and identify founders and early settlers.

Resources

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ThinkQuest

Geocities-Heartland Valley

Callaway Gardens

Geocities-Enchanted Forest

Teacher Notes

This is a WebQuest created to make an older workbook into a more enjoyable format.

Movin”’ on WestCreated by Jan Saner

8/5/04

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Standards | Resources | Teacher Notes