Hello peers! You will be going on a simple web quest to find the answers to the questions that are provided to you!
Your task is to answer the following:
1. Who led the mob of farmers in January, 1787?
2. What was the great compromise?
3. Why did they make George Washington president?
4. Who wrote the constitution?
5. What were the plans that Virginia and New Jersey gave?
Project:
You must take the poster paper provided by your teacher and make a poster / newspaper about what you have learned. Due next Friday 3/24/17.
Go to http://www.history.com/topics/shays-rebellion to find the answer to question 1.
Go to https://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_greatcompromise.htm for the answer to question 2.
Go to http://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786 for the answer to question 3.
Go to http://constitution.laws.com/who-wrote-the-constitution to find the answer to question 4.
Lastly, go to http://tinyurl.com/ly9z7jj for the answer to question 5.
Go, go, go!!!!
Answers will be written down on pencil and paper by the student(s).
Congrats!
You have completed this VERY simple Webquest!
This is for students in grade 5. We suggest reading this book:
http://www.eharcourtschool.com/ss/hss07/NL_MakingANewNation/student/ebookNav.html
Unit 5, chapter 10, lesson 1.
If you don't want to read the book, have the students answer the questions, but most of them come straight from the book!
Assign the students the assignment of making a poster about what they've learned.
Materials:
1 sheet of poster paper
pencils / colored pencils / markers / crayons
Glue / tape (if needed)