Put the Title of the Lesson Here

A WebQuest for xth Grade (Put Subject Here)

Designed by Put Your Name Here

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Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page

Introduction

[Begin with a compelling scenario that sets the stage for students to take on roles to investigate a relevant problem/issue. Identify the problem/issue, why it is important to deal with the problem/issue, and who the recommendation will be presented to.]

Task

The task should have three stages:

1. Research all sides of the problem/issue.
2. Share research and reach a group concensus.
3. Create and present the group recommendation according to the scenario.

Process

1. Define the problem/issue. It should be socially significant and interesting to the students.
2. Define the roles students will assume for their research.
3. Identify information resources for each role. Each student conducts and documents research. Provide reception scaffold such as a graphic organizer that lists the URL, assesses its authority, and documents the relevant information.
4. Define concensus building process, ground rules and expectations. Provide transformation scaffolding to help the group incorporate the interests of each role and make a meaningful recommendation.
5. Students present individual positions to the group with appropriate evidence.
6. Group develops a recommendation according to the consensus building process and creates a product to present their recommendation. Provide a production scaffold that helps the group clearly articulate their recommendation and how they reached it.

Evaluation

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades. You may want to have separate rubrics for individual and group work.

Conclusion

Put a few sentences here that summarize what they will have accomplished or learned by completing this activity or lesson.

You might also include some rhetorical questions or additional links to encourage them to extend their thinking into other content beyond this lesson. To foster the habit of lifelong learning, give them links to additional information here that they can pursue on their own.

Credits & References

List here the sources of any images, music or text that you're using (with permission, of course). Provide links back to the original source. Say thanks to anyone who provided resources, help or inspiration.

Don't relist all the links you've already included. They're self-documenting.

As a matter of style and to keep ownership clear, all pages that you call up that are external to this site should appear in a new window outside of this frame. Add "TARGET=_BLANK" to the link to bring this about.

List any books and other analog media that you used as information sources as well.

Include a link back to The WebQuest Page and the Design Patterns page so that others can acquire the latest version of this template and training materials.

You might want to include the following statement:

"We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is hereby granted for other educators to copy this WebQuest, update or otherwise modify it, and post it elsewhere provided that the original author's name is retained along with a link back to the original URL of this WebQuest. On the line after the original author's name, you may add Modified by (your name) on (date). If you do modify it, please let me know and provide the new URL."

Last updated on (put date here). Based on a template from The WebQuest Page