Crazy About Colonial Times
An Internet WebQuest on Colonial Times
created by Suzanne Trottier
Stratton Elementary School: Arlington, MA
Crazy About Colonial Times
An Internet WebQuest on Colonial Times
created by Suzanne Trottier
Stratton Elementary School: Arlington, MA
Picture this...
You are melting sterling in a graphite and clay crucible to about 2,000° and pouring it into a tallow-greased, sooted cast-iron mold to produce an ingot. With large hammers, you would hot-forge the ingot into a billet, a thick sheet that you would then cut into a circle.
I know what you're thinking...'What?!' If you lived back in colonial times, though, you may have told me that you were just a silversmith making a coffeepot!
Picture this...
You are in your one room school house reading your Hornbook. The hornbook usually had the alphabet, some pairs of letters, and a religious verse on it, often the Lord's Prayer. On a special day, your teacher gave you a different kind of hornbook made out of gingerbread! As you learned each letter of the alphabet, you were rewarded and allowed to eat a letter!
I know what you're thinking...'Why doesn't my teacher let us do that?!' In colonial times, it happened quite often!
This WebQuest is a challenge for several reasons. First, you will learn how to navigate a WebQuest, second, you will research lots of information about colonial times, and third, you will become a reporter for our colonial newspaper 'The Colonial Times!'
It's quite a challenge, but I know you can do it! Have fun, and good luck!
Click HERE to find out your task!
The Task | The Process & Resources | Part 1: Background | Part 2: Instructions
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Conclusion | Rubric| Online Dictionary
