World War II Learning Pursuit

Curriki Rating

This resource was reviewed using the Curriki Review rubric and received an overall Curriki Review System rating of 3.00, as of 2011-01-29.

Component Ratings:

• Technical Completeness: 3
• Content Accuracy: 3
• Appropriate Pedagogy: 3

Reviewer Comments:

• This resource takes students through the process of conducting in-depth research on an African country in order to create a grant proposal. The lesson is completely Internet based with all necessary directions and materials linked to the lesson. Students follow the detailed procedures that include guided questions and required online methods of notetaking (mindmeister.com) and blogging. The assignment is comprehensive in giving students the opportunity to learn about a specific country in Africa with the goal of explaining why it is worthy of aid from the Gates Foundation to be a leader in economic development in the region. Students are also expected to do research on the factors that have led to China’s economic development in order for there to be thoughtful comparisons. It should be noted that this is a large webquest. Depending on the time allotted for the project, it might be appropriate to break up some of the research tasks between group members or provide the background information on China as a model prior to the project.

David Carpenter

July 22, 2012

Thanks for checking this WebQuest, LaVenia. All of my sites were in MobileMe so I have been transferring them to Google Sites. All my contributions now are hosted at Google…

LaVenia Clark

July 11, 2012

The mobileme link no longer works.

• Type:
  Audio, Curriculum, Graphic Organizer/Worksheet, Rubric, Unit, Other
• Description:
  This "learning pursuit" site though not a WebQuest does give students tasks and resources. It was created for 12th grade IB History students but can be adapted for younger non-IB students. It covers some of the main topics for the European events of WWII.
• Subjects:
  Social Studies > General
  Social Studies > Government
  Social Studies > Political Systems
  Social Studies > Research
  Social Studies > Technology
  Social Studies > Thinking & Problem Solving
  Social Studies > United States History
  Social Studies > World History
  
• Keywords:
  WWII Europe Fascism Axis Powers Allied Powers Cold War
• Education Levels:
  • Grade 6
  • Grade 7
  • Grade 8
  • Grade 9
  • Grade 10
  • Grade 11
  • Grade 12
• Language:
  English
• Access Privileges:
  Public - Available to anyone
• License Deed:
  Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
• Collections:
  Secondary Social Studies Lessons Readings, Videos/Slides & Exercises for Unit 9: World War II Unit 6: 1914-1945 in World History Grade 8 US History