The website I would like to blog about today is not a website per se, but is rather a WebQuest which I believe will be of use in any middle year's classroom.
It is called "Travel Back In Time Through The Underground Railroad". (Click on the name to go to it!)
This WebQuest can be connected to many different subject areas; however, I would like to specifically talk about it in terms of ELA in grade 6/7 (which happens to be the grades I interned in!)
If you are in the middle of a novel study on the book Roots or The Underground Railroad, for example, this WebQuest can help bring students to a better understanding of what actually occurred during that time period. They will begin to develop a relationship and interest in the novel and events when accompanying it with opportunities for them to engage in deeper understanding and thinking.
What this webquest is able to do is to bring students to experience the topic in a first-hand way. It can benefit their learning by allowing them to think deeper (according to Bloom's taxonomy let's say). They will be able to not only research and explore the event on their own, but develop compassion and empathy for what actually occurred. As well, of course, they will be completing ELA objectives.
I think WebQuests in general are an excellent teaching and learning tool to incorporate through every classrooms. They provide many opportunities and challenges for the students that they may not be used to.
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