1. Travel the 50 States Webquest for Social Studies High School Students Heather Hicks-Ottmer

2. Introduction  Did you know that the United States is the 4 th largest country in the world?  United States is home to many interesting things such as: Mount Rushmore 5 Great Lakes Grand Canyon Over 100 Ballparks such as Wrigley’s Field Over 100 Zoos, such as San Diego Zoo The List goes on

3. The Webquest:  You are going to divide into groups of 3 students.  Your group is going to plan a trip to a certain region  Your group is going to put together a PowerPoint of your trip.  Your group will be assigned one of the 5 regions: West Middle West Northeast Southwest Southeast

4. The Trip  On your trip, you need to decide to visit at least 5 places that is in your assigned region These places must not be a state only, it must be more specified such as a city or national park. (I.e. Grand Canyon, New York City) They must be in 5 different states..

5. Transportation  Your group is going to have to decide on how to get there. It can be by car or by plane. Remember if you fly to the particular destination, you need to remember to include the use of taxis as well as the use of rental cars in your project Write how far it is from where you live, how far it is from the first place to the second place, second place to the third place, third place to the fourth place and the fourth place to the final destination as well as how you will get home from there.

6. When you choose the places:  Be sure to include the name of the place, where it is located (name of state),  Be sure to include the address  Be sure to include the reasons and activities you plan to do while you are there  Tell the purpose behind the choosing of each place (Seattle because it is home to the first Starbucks)  Be sure to include the name of the hotels you will be staying at  Be sure to tell us what the culture is like there (example: Oklahoma has Native Americans)  Most of the places you will visit will have interesting places to eat.

7. Price:  There is no price limit on this trip  This trip will be 2 weeks long.  The amount of days spent in one place is up to you.  Be sure to keep in mind: The weather What you need to bring What you need to wear Where and what you will eat everyday

8. These are the websites approved:  Google www.google.com  Tourism sites 50 State Travel Information50 State Travel Information  Other sites things to see in US - Google Search Any websites with teacher’s approval

9. Daily Tasks: Monday  Divide into groups, assign the region.  Go to the tourism website and select the states that are in your region and find interesting things to do.  Select the 5 places you would like to travel to  Figure out the mileages and mode of transportation (rental car, your own car or fly, taxis)  Bookmark these links to be able to go back when needed in further research

10. Tuesday  Research more about the places, choose the activities  Research the weather involved with these places  Make the packing list and recommendations for the needed wardrobe  Bookmark these links to be used in your presentation

11. Wednesday  Research more about the places and find the hotels to stay  Pick a restaurant to eat per night  Plan the 2 weeks calendar of what places to go on which days and how long the stay will be during each place.  Gather all of the needed information from the requirement list and make an outline to prepare for the next day’s activity.

12. Thursday  Put together the PowerPoint  Be sure to have the hyperlinks or images  Be sure to include all of the requirements as listed  Be sure to look at the rubric for any additional information to get as many points as possible

13. Friday  Each group will give a 10 minutes presentation on their Powerpoint and trip  The class will evaluate and tell the teacher what they have learned from these presentations

14. Criteria: Requirements  The name of the region you are assigned  The minimum 5 places you will visit  4 activities for each place  Name of hotel for every night  Name of one restaurant for each day in the places and what kind of food it serves  The miles traveled and the mode of transportation  5 Interesting facts about each particular place you are visiting  The packing list of items you will be needing  The current conditions of the places you will be visiting (weather)  Include pictures or links if you wish to show us what you will be doing or seeing.  Be sure to cite the information you get to avoid plagiarism  These are worth 40 points, or 4 points for each requirement per place.

15. Power Point Presentation  Must consist of a Title page with the members names on it and name of the region  An introduction page stating the 5 places and a map with the pinpoints of the places  5 slides, one place per slide In each slide, state the activities, the purpose behind this place you chose, the name of the hotel, where you will eat, how long you will be staying at this place, the mode of transportation  The power point presentation will be created together and then an oral presentation of what the students have done will be given.  The oral presentation needs to be at least 10 minutes long.  Each person must do at least one slide in the oral presentation.  Each link must be shown or each image must be explained so the students will have a clear picture of what is going on.

16. Rubric  Your Rubric: Multimedia Project : Webquest Your Rubric: Multimedia Project : Webquest

17. Power Point Example The Mexcio Project By: Heather Hicks-Ottmer

18. Introduction  I have chosen to go visit Mexico. The 5 places I will be visiting are:  Cancun  Mexico City  Cozumel  Acapulco  Yucatan

19. Yucatan  We chose to go to this place mainly to see the Mayan Ruins  We will be staying in the all inclusive resort, Playa De Mar, for 3 days. We are going to be doing the activities:Playa De Mar See the ruins Mayan Ruins Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Mayan Ruins, MexicoMayan Ruins Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Mayan Ruins, Mexico Go scuba divingscuba diving Go to Xcaret, which is an Eco Park. Xcaret Eco ParkXcaret Eco Park Experience the Sian Kaan tourSian Kaan tour We will be eating mostly at our resort because it is all inclusive resort. The weather here is sunny because it is close to the beaches and we can wear shorts or dresses. We have to bring swimsuits to participate in most of the activities. We flew to here from Dallas, TX. We used taxis as our transportation and most of the activities we did came with chartered bus.

20. Evaluation at the end:  Ask the student which trip was the best out of the 5 group projects.  Ask the student to evaluate their peer’s trip plans according to the rubric. Ask them to find problems such as no mention of transportation, etc if it is not in the peer’s presentation.