WebQuest
Whodunit? The Unsolved Lizzie Borden Mystery
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Before completing this webquest, students read the play, "Murder on Second Street" from the following magazine:
Read magazine Vol. 53, No. 2, Sept. 12, 2003, "A Classic Crime: Did Lizzie Borden get away with murder?"
Students will have the opportunity to refer to this magazine throughout the completion of this activity.
Other URL's are listed on the "Process" page of this webquest.
This webquest meets the following standards:
GPS Standards
ELA8LSV2—The student listens to and views various forms of text and media in order to gather and share information, persuade others, and express and understand ideas. The student will select and critically analyze messages using rubrics as assessment tools.
- Gives oral presentations or dramatic interpretations for various purposes.
- Uses information from a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents to explain a situation or decision and to solve a problem.
- Employs a group decision-making technique such as brainstorming or a problem-solving sequence.
- Develops a plan of action or agenda for written and/or verbal follow up.
Learners use skills, resources, and tools to:
Standard One: Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1.4—Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
1.1.9—Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding.
1.2.1—Display initiative and engagement by posing questions and investigating the answers beyond the collection of superficial facts.
1.4.2—Use interaction with and feedback from teachers and peers to guide own inquiry process.
Standard 2: Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.Standard 3: Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
3.1.1—Conclude an inquiry based research process by sharing new understandings and reflecting on the learning.
3.2.3—Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others.
3.3.3—Use knowledge and information skills and dispositions to engage in public conversation and debate around issues of common concern.
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