Our Tennessee Topics
An Internet WebQuest on Ms. Joy's Reading & Activity Corner

created by Joy D. Trentham
Pi Beta Phi Elementary

Introduction | The Task | The Process | Conclusion |


Introduction
We live in the United States of America. Our state is called Tennessee. Let's see how much information we can find out about Tennessee! I need your help!

Task
Help me find our Tennessee's state bird, flower, animal, tree and more! Write down what you find on your journey through these Tennessee Topics! If you can find all the clues you will be our Tennessee Team leaders!

Process
In this WebQuest you will be working together in a group of 4 students from our class. Each group will divide into pairs of two. You and your partner will work together to find clues and facts about Tennessee Topics. As a member of the group you will explore Webpages from people all over the world who care about Tennessee. Because these are real Webpages we're looking at, not things made just for schools, the reading level might challenge you. Please use our class dictionary if your reading buddy is not able to help or the weblink below. Remember, you are with someone who is on a different reading level so you must help each other!
You'll begin with everyone in your group getting some background on Tennessee before dividing into pairs to gather your clues.

Phase 1 - Background Information
This week our theme is Tennessee Topics. Our job is to find as many clues about our state as we can! Everyone needs to read about Tennessee with your reading buddy before we begin. Let's get a head start on our WebQuest journey!


Phase 2 - Roles
INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Pairs from your larger WebQuest team will each take 2 sets of questions to answers from the ones listed below.

2. Read through the underlined titles, those are your weblinks to your questions. If you print out the files, underline the passages that you feel are the most important.

3. Remember when you find a clue, to write down what weblink file you found it under.

4. Get ready to search on your WebQuest and learn a lot about your state of Tennessee! Let's go!

When did our state begin?:

Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to When did our state begin?:

1. When did Tennessee become a state?
2. Who was the first governor?

What symbols does our state have?:

Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to What symbols does our state have?:

1. List all the symbols of Tennessee and tell about your favorite choice and why you like it the best.

How big is our state?:

Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to How big is our state?:

1. Is Tennessee more than 100 miles wide?
2. Where are we located on the map?
3. What region of Tennessee do we live in?

How many people live in Tennessee?:

Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to How many people live in Tennessee?:

1. How many counties make up Tennessee?
2. How many cities?
3. Are their really almost 6 million people living in Tennessee?

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Phase 3 - Reaching Consensus
You have all learned more about our state of Tennessee. Now group members come back to the larger WebQuest team to share what you found. Each person will tell us about the clues they uncovered! Let's see who can make it to be our Tennessee Team Leaders!

Conclusion
Now we all know a lot more about our beautiful state of Tennessee. Nice work! You should be proud of yourselves! How can you use what you've learned? What other parts of Tennessee history could still be explored? Remember, learning never stops!

created by Filamentality Content by Joy D. Trentham, jdt4him@yahoo.com
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Last revised Tue Aug 15 12:42:24 CST6CDT 2006