Transcript Cowboys and Indians

Cowboys and Indians
Was Custer a True American Hero?
A Fifth Grade Web Quest
Creators
Tracey Moyse and Pamela Kinsey
EIT 630/EIT 640
Cambridge College
Cambridge, Massachusetts
WebQuester
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a teacher
or
a student?
Introduction
Old western movies depicted the Calvary as
the good guys, and the Indians as the bad
guys. But in reality, were the Indians the bad
guys? Today, your job will be to research
General George Armstrong Custer and the
Indians involved in the Battle of the Little Big
Horn. You will then create a PowerPoint to
discuss this information.
Task
Your group will need to research General George
Armstrong Custer’s actions in the battle of the Little
Big Horn. After the research your group will complete
a PowerPoint on the battle and its outcome. When you
have completed the PowerPoint, each of you will
decide if General George Armstrong Custer should be
viewed as an American hero.
One of you will become a member of an Indian tribe
that fought in the battle while the another member will
become an General Custer. The last two members will
be the Reporter, Major Reno, or Captain Benteen.
Process Steps
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Steps 1 and 2-Research
Step 3-Role Decision
Step 4-Create Your Power Point Slide
Step 5-Combine Individual PPT slides
Step 6-Organize Presentation
Step 7-Organize Presentation
Step 8-Organize Presentation
Step 9-Finalize Presentation
Process Steps
1-2-Research
1. To gather information for what
your group wants to know, you
will work in groups of four.
2. Each group will research the
Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Process Step 3Role Decision
3. The members of your group will decide
which role to take:
• Army General - Your job will be to
research General Armstrong Custer.
• Indian Chief - Your job will be to find out
the different tribes that were involved in
the battle, the leaders, and the outcomes
of the battle.
Process Step 3
Continued
• The Reporter – Your job is to interview
the eyewitness George Herendon.
• Major or Captain – Your job will be to
research Major Reno’s official report or
Captain Benteen’s official report.
Process Step 4Create Your
Power Point Slide
4. As each of you locates the information, you
will create a PowerPoint slide on your own
computer about the information gathered.
Copy and paste into your slide any URLS
you used for information or pictures.
Remember to SAVE to your folder.
(Use either the Bulleted Format or the
Paragraph format)
Process Step 5Combine Individual
PPT slides
5. Your group will combine the individual
slides into one PowerPoint presentation
that will be presented to the class.
Students will use Tools-Compare and
Merge to combine all the slides.
Process Step 6Organize
Presentation
6. The
Reporter will create the first slide with
your title, names and area of research,
teacher name and the year. The next slide
will be on the Reporter’s research. When
each member has finished the individual
research, use the Tools-Compare and
Merge on the Menu bar to combine all the
slides.
Continue…..
Process Step 7Organize
Presentation
7. Use the Tools-Compare and Merge
Click each slide and drag it into its correct
position. Slide two is for the Indians, slide
three is for the Army General, slide four is
for the Major or Captain, and slide five is
for the Reporter. SAVE to your folder!
Discuss your information with your
partners. Continue……
Process Step 8Organize
Presentation
8. After you have thoroughly discussed your
research, each of you will return to your
computer to create a slide on your opinion of
whether General George Armstrong Custer
should or should not be considered a true
American hero and why. You must back up your
opinion with actual facts. Save then Compare
and Merge again. Continue…….
Process Step 9Finalize
Presentation
9. The final slide will be used for you to
reference any and all URLs each of you
used or visited to get information (copy
and paste the URLs from your own slide).
You must cite at least four references, one
from each of you.
END
Now spice up your show, add
animation and color to each slide.
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TASKS
Use the following
URLs to research
your task.
• http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
• http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgibin/page.cgi/jb/recon/custer_1
• Reno's Official Report:
http://www.lbha.org/renorep.htm Requested use
• Benteen's Official Report:
• http://www.lbha.org/benteen1.htm Requested use
For Pictures
Visit
http://www.custerslaststand.org/source/gallery.html
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/custer.htm
http://www.custerbattle.com/index.htm requested use
http://www.custerslaststand.org/ Requested use
Teacher Pages
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Starting the Web Quest
National Technology Standards
South Carolina State Standards
Evaluation Rubric
Conclusion
Student Task Page
Starting the Web Quest
• The teacher will need to determine how
many groups will be needed and the
members of the group.
• The teacher will need to set up server
folders for the students or have them
save to a disk.
• The teacher will need to know the
students’ prior knowledge of Microsoft
PowerPoint, copy and paste functions
and researching URLs.
Back to Teacher Pages
Evaluation Rubric
This rubric may be used for self-assessment and
peer feedback. The grade will be based upon
the following evaluation scale:
A - Excellent: 15-20 points
B – Satisfactory: 11-15 points
C - Incomplete: Needs to conference with me less than 11 points
A grade will be given for the individual’s work on
the project.
WebQuest Research and PowerPoint Rubric
Back to Teacher Page
Click for rubric
Task
Excellent
5 points
A+-A
Satisfactory
3 points
B
Incomplete/Needs
Improvement 1 point
C
Relevant
Information
Slides show group members
recorded relevant information from
multiple URLs, evaluated and
presented the information in a clear
manner.
Slides show group members did
not record all relevant information
from URLs and did not present
the information in a clear manner.
Slides show group members
recorded no relevant
information from URLs and did
not present the information in a
clear manner.
Content
The content is written with a
logical progression of ideas and
supporting information.
Includes information from primary
URLS.
Opinions are supported with facts
Is very appealing to the audience.
The content is written with some
logical progression of ideas and
supporting information.
Includes information from
primary URLS.
Opinions are not supported with
facts.
Is appealing to audience.
The content is written with no
logical progression of ideas and
supporting information.
Includes information from no
primary URLS.
No opinions are given.
Is not very appealing to
audience.
Layout
The layout uses horizontal and
vertical white space/color
appropriately.
The layout shows some structure,
but appears cluttered and busy or
distracting with large gaps of
white space or uses a distracting
background.
The layout is cluttered,
confusing, and does not use
spacing, headings and
subheadings to enhance the
readability.
The text is clearly written with
little or no editing required for
grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Spelling, punctuation, and
grammar errors distract or impair
readability.
(3 or more errors)
Errors in spelling,
capitalization, punctuation,
usage and grammar repeatedly
distract the reader and major
editing and revision is required.
(more than 5 errors)
Writing
Mechanics
Conclusion
• Teachers may also want to provide
students with the opportunity to
explore the following links. These
additional sites will help students
become more familiar with the
American Indians.
American Indian Links
• The Internet Resources
• Custer's Last Stand/Battle of the Little Big Horn - Easy to read overview of
the battle, with a link to a site discussing Custer. Site created by the
American Western History Museum. Some advertising. Requested use
• General George A. Custer - web site dedicated to Gen. Custer, with muliple
links to his biography, Battle of the Little Big Horn, Native Americans. Note,
the creator of page is not specified. Information on the page is thought to be
accurate, but it is not guaranteed. I am waiting for an email disclosure
on the creator if it does not arrive this site will be deleted.
• Today In History, June 25 - Library of Congress site. Many links with related
information.
• Eyewitness To History/The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Straight forward
article about the 1876 battle. Links to other old west topics of interest.
• America's Story, Custer's Last Stand, June 25, 1876 - Library of Congress
created site, designed for young people.