Teacher Notes
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A: First you should read the Intro, Task and Process. Then click
through the WebQuest to see how it is set up. Under Process, click on the
bus icon to get to Bus Stop #1.
Explore how it is set up. The other 9 bus stops are similar. Check
out the Help Buttons. They will be very important to the students. All links have this icon:
Return to Start (Process). This will take you back to the beginning.
Q: How is the unit organized?
A: This WebQuest centers around 10 bus stops. Each bus stop is a famous Civil Rights Event in history. Each bus stop has pictures, interviews and questions/answers related to the event. The first bus stop(#1) tells about life prior to The Civil Rights Movement. Bus stops #2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9 are famous civil rights events (Montgomery bus boycott, March on Washington) and the last bus stop(#10) is a reflection on present day, post Civil Rights Movement.
Q: Can the students do this by themselves?
A: This WebQuest is designed to be user friendly. Your students should be able to use it independently., if you walk the students through Bus Stop #1 and show them how to use all the Help Buttons. Discuss how your class is going to use the Writing Notebook writing frames. These writing frames are used to help organize their information for their final project.
Q: How does the final project work?
A: The students will fill out the Writing Notebook writing frames after they complete each section of the Freedom Ride. There are 3 Parts. They will then use all three parts as a guide to organize their final project. The final project can be a booklet created by using paper and drawing materials. Or students can create a slide show presentation using presentation software like Kid Pix Studio, HyperStudio or PowerPoint. Hint: Each "page" in their Writing Notebook writing frame can be a different slide for their presentation.
Q: Should my students work in groups, partners or individually?
A: That is up to you. What will work best with the computers available to you? I think working in partners works out best. One person can be the "Researcher" and the other can be the "Presenter." All students or partners will do bus stop #1 and bus stop #10. (the beginning and end). Then you can divide up bus stop #2 - #9. Two different groups can do the same bus stop because their information/presentation will vary.
Q: How long will it take for a class to finish?
A: Count on 1+ hour of "research" per bus stop. 2 -3 hours to make a booklet final project. 4 - 6 hours to complete a computer software final project using Kid Pix Studio or HyperStudio. (this will depend on their experience with the software)
Q: Are there links to websites outside this unit?
A: Yes, but they are listed on this Teacher Notes page to hide them. You can have students use them for extra research if you choose. Just copy and paste them to Extra Research section of each bus stop. If you don't want to use them, each bus stop gives the students plenty of information to complete their final project.
Q: What should I do prior to starting with the students to get ready?
A: *Check out all the bus stops and supporting Help Buttons
*Make copies of the Writing Notebook writing frames, Parts 1, 2 and 3, to give out to the students when they finish each section. They will use this as a "rough draft" and guide for their final project.
*Make a copy of the evaluation rubric to show kids how their project will be graded.
*If your students are going to use Kid Pix Studio or other software for their final project, use it yourself and create your own final project to see how it works.
I've put these web sites here to hide them. If you want to use them, cut and paste them on the chosen bus stop page under Step #2.
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/powerfulFrame.shtml Black and white pictures about The Civil Rights Movement
http://www.greensboro.com/sitins/timeline.htm Timeline of Civil Rights Movement with pictures
http://www.mecca.org/~crights/cyber.html Black History Museum of Civil Rights
http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html MLK's speech "I have a dream" in print
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/sound/dream_resample.wav Audio of sample of Dream speech
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/movement/Seatimeline.html Good all-around civil rights research sight
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/index.html Research information, all text
http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa051401a.htm Baptist Church Bombing
http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/blphotos_civilrights_index.htm Thumbnail pictures of civil rights.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/index.htm National Historic Sights map of important buildings w/pictures
Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.
Bullard, Sara. Free At Last. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
King, Casey, and Linda Barrett Osborne. Oh Freedom! New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1997.
"Landmarks in 20th Century African-American History." Time For Kids. Feb. 2002.
Levine, Ellen. If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1990.
Meltzer, Milton. There Come a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights. New York: Random House, 2001.
The Story of Ruby Bridges written by Robert Coles, Scholastic