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Washington D.C. Monuments and Memorials
Originally designed by
Kristie McKean
mckean@nwoca.org
Modified by Lyndsay Scott
Welcome to the Washington D.C. Webquest! You will travel through this webquest to locate information, and then work to put it all together.   You just need to follow the necessary steps already laid out for you! You will need to do some searching of the Internet and of books to find information. So, are you ready to find out what you have to do?

 

You are on a mission in Washington D.C. Your mission has to do with the memorials and monuments that are in our nation’s capital. You are in charge of locating some pertinent information. You have a task to get accomplished!

Here is what you need to do…
  1. Locate at least two Monuments or Memorials that interest you. Find at least TWO pictures of each of these monuments/memorials. Locate the historical background of this memorial and find out why it is significant and why it is a national monument. Why do people travel all the way to Washington D.C. to see it? What makes it so popular? Tell me as much information as possible about your two monuments. 
  2. You MUST keep daily journal pages. Copy and paste all important information from the websites into the journal pages. Don’t forget—you MUST reword your information in your slideshow! Don’t plagiarize!
  3. When you have finished researching, your end task will be a PowerPoint Presentation. You will present your project to the class on Thursday, May 15. 

 

To accomplish the task, you will follow a series of steps. 
 
1.      First decide which two monuments/memorials you would like to research. 
2.        Then, start your researching! You can examine what is on the websites I give you.  Find two pictures of each of your monuments/memorials.  Copy and paste all relevenat information into your daily journal pages.  Keep those daily journal pages!
3.        Make your PowerPoint presentation. Make it creative and unique!

4.        Present your project to the class on Thursday.

 

Check out these sites for information on memorials and monuments:
Washington Monument
Tourmobile: Washington Monument
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Tourmobile Sightseeing: Jefferson Memorial
The United States Capitol
 
 
The Supreme Court
Lincoln Memorial
Ford’s Theater
The Holocaust Memorial Museum
National Air and Space Museum
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
National Museum of American History
National Museum of Natural History
FDR Memorial
The Iwo Jima Statue
Arlington National Cemetery
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Official Tourism Website of Washington D.C.
 
 
 
 
Evaluation
Your performance will be evaluated according to the chart below.  Everyone is doing their own project; this is not a partner project.  Each of you will have a maximum of 5 minutes to present your project.  

 

 

Beginning

1

Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4

Score

 

Has at least two monuments or memorials in project

 

Student has one or less than one monument/ memorial listed in the project

Student has only one monument/  memorial listed in the project

Student has two monuments/ memorials listed in the project

Student has  more than two 

monuments/  memorials listed in the project

 

 Has description of both monuments/ memorials in project 

Student description is poor, and does not include both monuments/ memorials in project

Student has included both monuments/ memorials, but they are poor

Student has a good, (average) description for

 both monuments/ memorials in project

Student has a very detailed description of both monuments/ memorials that were listed

 

 

Has at least two pictures of each monument/ memorial

 

 

 

 

Student does not have any pictures that go along with the project

 

 

Student only has one picture for each monument/ memorial

 

 

Student has three pictures for their project

 

 

Student has at least four clear and appropriate pictures that go along with both monuments/ memorials (at least two pictures for each monument/ memorial)

 

 

Created PowerPoint presentation

The student did not complete a Presentation method

The student’s Presentation method was poor and was not complete

All of the requirements of the project were met, but the presentation was lacking parts and did not flow smoothly

The student presentation was very smooth, along with the PowerPoint presentation.  All of the requirements of the project were met and organized so that it was easy to follow

 

Presentation to the class on the designated day

 

Student did not present the project to the class

Student’s presentation was very poor (did not give details, allow for questions)

Student’s presentation was average, did not allow room to expand, allowed questions

Student’s presentation was excellent.  Student provided lots of information on the project topic and asked for questions at the end – proved that they really understood the topic

 

 Daily Journal pages

The daily journal pages were not turned in OR they are incomplete 

 The daily journal pages are sketchy and hard to read

 The daily journal pages have some relevant information copied

 The daily journal pages are done as directed and complete

 



 
Conclusion
Congratulations!! You have created a project that highlights two of Washington D.C’s famous monuments and/or memorials. Now, you have an idea of why people from all over travel to our Nation’s capital! Can you think of another place that people from all over would travel to? For what reason would they travel to this place? Would you want to live in a place that has a high rate of tourists everyday? 
 

This web quest template is based on one from The WebQuest Page

 

Thanks to Kristie McKean for sharing this WebQuest!  I have edited the WebQuest from her original!

 
 

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