INFORMATION LITERACY WEBQUESTS & DBQs Created by Dorothea A. Johnson Link Library Media Specialist

THIRD GRADE

Communities Around the World: Indigenous People - Link's third grade Social Studies, Language Arts and Information Literacy WebQuest about native cultures in the tundra, desert, rain forest and savanna.

FOURTH GRADE

Primary and Secondary Sources on the American Revolution - students have to identify primary and secondary sources and justify their answers.

The Road to Freedom: The American Revolution, 1775 - 1783 - A fourth grade WebQuest
 using the Big6 research process.

Causes of the American Revolution: Interpreting Political Cartoons - Link's fourth grade
document-based questions using political cartoons and other primary sources.
COMPACT II TEACHNET AWARD WINNER

The Treason Story of Benedict Arnold & Major Andre: Rockland County During the Revolutionary War-Link's 4th Grade Social Studies, Language Arts, and Information Literacy WebQuest on the Major Andre Incident.

FIFTH GRADE

What are Primary Sources? - students have to identify primary and secondary  sources about the Civil War and justify their answers.

Causes of the Civil War: Document-Based Questions - scaffold questions using historical documents and primary sources to support the 5th grade social studies performance standards and assessments.

The Buried Treasure of Captain Kidd - A 4th or 5th Grade History, Geography and Information Literacy WebQuest. 

Survivor: The Galapagos Islands - Link's fifth grade multidisciplinary  WebQuest on "How to Write a Research Paper".

Secret Agent: Effects of WWII on The Home Front (DBQ)- a fifth grade or middle school Social Studies, Language Arts, and DBQ WebQuest. Scaffold questions using historical documents and primary sources to support the 5th grade social studies performance standards and assessments.

Other resources on the Web:

WebQuest Tutorial

WebQuests - links to WebQuests

Document-based Questions - Links to primary sources and DBQs.