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Webquest to Create Webquests
Title For Educators
Introduction Designed by
Task Juliette Campbell
Process jjc63@zips.uakron.edu
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

2. Student Page
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Introduction
Title
Introduction
Task This web quest makes the students use many skills
Process
and information they have learned in their history
classes. Product and demand, bartering, trading,
Evaluation
haggling and maybe they’ll throw some creativity in
Conclusion
there too.
The student will also be learning about the history
back then in a fun and hands on way. By working with
a partner they’ll be able to brain storm with two minds
and come up with different ways to get what they
need.
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The Task
Title It’s the mid-nineteenth century and you
Introduction and your family have just survived the long
Task torturous journey across America to get to
Process
California where you are now going to live.
Evaluation
You want to bake a cake as a surprise for your
Conclusion
family but you have very little money and
very little ingredients.
Using the little money have and some
bartering/trading skills you need to go
around your new home and get all the
ingredients and then later actually make it.
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The Process
1) First you will be partnered up with another student and you will work together for the
Title
whole project.
Introduction 2)You will begin by picking the type of cake you want to be making. Remember, you have
Task to
be able to easily get the ingredients; there were no Wal-Mart’s or Acme’s back then.
Process 3)Then you find out the ingredients for that kind of cake ( only from this website
Cake Recipies )and make it into a list form like this. (this is for a chocolate cake)
Evaluation *1 1/2 cups flour
*1 cup sugar
Conclusion *1 teaspoon baking powder
*1/2 teaspoon baking soda
*1/3 cup cocoa
*1 1/2 sticks soft unsalted butter
*2 large eggs
*2 teaspoons vanilla extract
*2/3 cup sour cream
4) You must research from a creditable cite how much these items were in the mid-
nineteenth century. You only have $7 but you don’t have to just use your money.
5) You must research other ways people paid for goods and products back then. If you
want
to pay for something using something other than money you must get it approve by the
teacher.
6) Next to each ingredient on your list explain how you will get it or how much it was.
7) Once you have gotten all your ingredients, you need to research how cooking was done
back then. This is before there were ovens, mixers or stoves.
Some history on cooking over a fire.
8) These are the cooking utensils you will use to cook with.
O Bowl
O Pan
Credits O Pan fire stand and a peat fire pit
9) Once you have done all of this the teacher will pick the best method of getting these

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Evaluation
Bad Average Excellent Score
Title
Introduction
Brainstorm Group fails to come Group comes up Group comes up 20
Task
ing up with other ways with a few ways to with many ways
Process to get the supplies get the supplies and to get the supplies
other than using also use some they need and use
Evaluation money. money. little to money.
Conclusion
Uses Group fails to use Group uses 10
credible credible sources or credible sources.
sources doesn’t use any.
Creativity Little to no Shows creativity in Group comes up 10
creativity in the the activity with the with ways that are
ways of getting the ways of getting the outside the box
supplies. supplies. when it comes to Total
getting the 40
supplies and
researching.
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Conclusion
Title Hope your cake turns out good. And I hope
Introduction you’ve learned all that it took and skills you
Task had to know to get the simplest things back
Process
then.
Evaluation
Conclusion
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7. Student Page
[Teacher Page] Credits &
References
Title
Introduction Allrecipes.com. Used for the website you are to use for cake recipes.
http://allrecipes.com/
Task Old and Interesting. Used for researching on how to cook over a fire.
http://www.oldandinteresting.com/peat-fire.aspx
Process Wizard recipes, a large variety of free cooking recipes. Used for the
Evaluation photo
http://www.wizardrecipes.com/chocolate-chocolate-cake/
Conclusion food network. Used for the example ingredient list.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/old-fashioned-chocolate-cake-
recipe/index.html
The Delaware Employment Law Blog. Used for the picture of the
eaten cake.
http://www.delawareemploymentlawblog.com/?page=68
The WebQuest Page
The WebQuest Slideshare Group
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