Symbols of the United States Webquest

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Symbols of the United StatesWebquest

• By Mrs. Martin
• Fourth Grade
• Green Pines

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AmericanSymbols
Introduction
Task
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits
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Introduction

• The United States has many symbols that remind
  people of our wonderful country.
• Have you ever wondered
• Where the Statue of Liberty came from?
• Why is the United States flag red, white, and
  blue?
• How the Liberty Bell got a crack in it?
• Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
• In this webquest you will work with two
  partners to travel around the country to learn
  more about some of the most important symbols in
  the history of the United States of America.

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Task

• During this webquest you and two other
  students will travel to different internet sites
  to learn about some of the most famous symbols of
  America. You will travel through America and
  discover many interesting facts about several
  symbols. As you embark on your journey, you will
  choose at least four American symbols and take
  notes over them on the Information Sheet
  provided. At the end of your journey through
  America, you and your partners will create a
  Symbols of America Brochure. Your brochure
  will include important information about the
  symbols that immigrants and foreign visitor who
  come to the United States might need to learn.

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Process

• You will work in groups of three on this project.
• Decide who is going to be the driver of the
  computer, the navigator of the computer, and the
  historian.
• Click on Information Sheet for the note taking
  while traveling across America.
• Click on internet links page to visit sites of
  many famous American symbols.
• As a group choose the four symbols you will be
  researching.
• Start your researching of the four symbols that
  your group will include in your American
  Symbols brochure. The historian will need to
  record the information on the Information Sheet
  provided above. The driver will actually click on
  the links and drive the computer. The navigator
  needs to help the driver by telling him/her where
  to go and click.
• Now that you have traveled across America and
  researched the four symbols you are ready to
  create your brochure.

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American Symbol Internet Links
Statue of Liberty
White House
U.S. Flag
Liberty Bell
Lincoln Memorial
National Anthem
Mount Rushmore
Bald Eagle
Vietnam Memorial
Uncle Sam
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Washington Monument
Pledge of Allegiance
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Conclusion

• Now that you have toured the United States of
  America with your group, you can share your
  "American Symbols Brochure" with other students
  in our class. Maybe you and your family will
  visit some of these symbols someday. I hope you
  had fun and learned a lot about the symbols of
  the United States.

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Credits

• Rubric
• http//rubistar.4teachers.org
• Webquest Idea
• http//www.geocities.com/msfelchak2001/america_web
  quest.html
• Sources
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5