Teacher Process
This webquest will take two weeks to complete. It is designed for fifth grade students studying colonial Philadelphia.
STEP 1
- Place students in expert groups of three people each. Give each group a trivia question. The answer to the question will identify a building or site which the group will research.
- As students research their sites, they must find at least four more significant facts.
- Once they have gathered their facts, they should work together to design a
brochure. They will use the information they have learned to persuade a
tourist to visit your site. The brochure should include the location
of the site and a picture or drawing.
Click here to start the trivia search.
- Next use a jigsaw activity to create larger groups with one representative from each site.
- These jigsaw groups will locate their sites on a map of Philadelphia.
- Using the map, each group will develop an itinerary for a walking tour including all sites.
Click here to see the map.
Click here to see a sample itinerary.
- In this final step, the class will work cooperatively to transform their classroom into the historic district of Philadelphia.
- Each jigsaw group will walk the itinerary they developed while the other group members stand at their site's location.
- As the "tourists" arrive at each site, the experts share the important information from the brochure, speaking as the voice of the building.