Latin 7 Webquest Project- Alex Hua, Brendan Sherman, Patrick Mancini

Introduction

Brendan Sherman

Patrick Mancini

Alex Hua

5/22/15

Period 3

            

      Welcome to the Trojan War Hero WebQuest!!!!!

         For this Webquest you will be researching the Trojan War. You will be assigned with the quest of finding out what it felt like to be a Trojan or Greek soldier during the Trojan war. The Trojan War was an important time in history where the Greeks and Trojans fought over the wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta. You will Research Trojan Heroes, take quizzes, play games, and more! All of this will lead to a final project, where you use media and the tools of the internet to show what you have learned. You will be challenged to work and think with your partners, or by yourself to help you learn.

Task

         You are a Trojan War hero of your choice, sent into battle by either Troy or Greece. This was an important time for the world, and your job is to see how it felt. To do this, you must research Greek and Roman heroes to see how they experienced the war. You will learn their life stories, keep track of their accomplishments, and even write a letter pretending to be one of them! This webquest will aid you on your quest to see how a Trojan War Soldier lived and thought.

                       

                        

Process

                    PROCESS

        While working on this project you will fill out a worksheet to track your progress, which you will find here  -  https://docs.google.com/a/ridgewood.k12.nj.us/document/d/1Yh2sPgBnw4YNX…

This sheet will be what you use to answer the questions and activities required. Please make a copy of this and do not write your answers on the empty template we provided. If in a group, every member should fill this out seperately.

You can also find a sample to help you do this webquest here-

https://docs.google.com/a/ridgewood.k12.nj.us/document/d/1hnp7POGcG-9EU…

The first thing you are going to do on your road to becoming part of the Trojan War is figure out what Trojan hero you are going to be. Do this by taking the following quiz -                   https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mtexmdgynwng02

Once you know what hero you are please answer question 1 on your worksheet.

Now it's time to research our heroes!

       If you are Odysseus/Ulysses, please follow this link and read the passage -  http://www.irasov.com/Odysseus.htm

If you are Achilles, please follow this link and read the passage -  http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/A-Am/Achilles.html

    

If you are Hector/Hektor, please follow this link and read the passage -  http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Go-Hi/Hector.html

Once you have read about the interesting life your hero lead, please answer questions 2 and 3 on your worksheet.

Now that you have researched your hero, it is now time to learn about the war itself. To do this please visit -http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/homer/index.php?page=trojan

After reading this answer question 4.

                  ROLEPLAY LETTER!

         Now that you have a knowledge of your hero and the war, please write a 5-10 sentence letter pretending to be your hero writing to his friends back home. Write this on the space provided on the worksheet. Be sure to discuss at least one of the events you listed in question 4 and one contribution you listed in question 3 on your worksheet. Try to echo the personality of your hero in this letter.

         [video:http://youtu.be/JrpIYX-EhcI width:300 height:300]

You have now worked very hard on your quest to analyzing the war life of Trojan and Greek heroes. As a final project you will now use online media(youtube, glog, powerpoint, prezi, etc.) to show important events of you hero in the war. It must be at least 2 minutes long and show you really knew your hero and the war well. Include at least one contribution you listed in question 3. Also include what you would now do differently now that you have knowledge of the Trojan war, and why you would do this.If you are in a group choose ONE of your heroes to work on. If you would like to see a sample video please look at the sample worksheet or below.

[video:http://youtu.be/JrpIYX-EhcI width:300 height:300] 

You have now completed the trojan war webquest!

For credits check the credits tab.

For the rubric check the evaluation tab.

 We sincerely hope you had a good time learning about the war, and hopefully you really felt like a real war hero!

Evaluation

                                    RUBRIC

Attached is a link to our rubric for the webquest. Use this as a reference while answering your questions.

Link- https://docs.google.com/a/ridgewood.k12.nj.us/document/d/18SEIqp49uYPoV…

 

Please follow this rubric as closely as you can for success. We are looking for a well thought out, quality answer sheet. Please keep this in mind while you go on your quest.

Conclusion

                Conclusion

         As you can see, the Trojan war was an important time for all of us, but it was not just myth. The experiences and hardships you have learned about were all real, and the excitement and ferocity you felt were just as real. Your letter and project, aided by the research answers on your worksheet were all valuable assets in living like a Greek or Trojan soldier. You know what it was like, and you hopefully now can see the Trojan war as something other than just a chapter in your textbook. The soldier's life was not an easy one, but it was the best one.     

Credits