Webquest
Some portions of this webquest are written for the student while others are written for the teacher. The finished product must be tailored for students as one file while the instructions for the teacher should be in a different file.
Aye aye, mate! I’ll tell ya that Treasure Island is a book gratin by Robert Louis Stevenson that tells a fun story about pirates, ships, and treasure. It tells of much more, but you’ll be the lad that searches for the treasure in this webquest. You can discover treasure. You will begin to think like a pirate. Most of all, you will have fun in your voyage. You may even discover lots of treasure. What kind of treasure are you thinking you’ll find?
Your task is for your team to find treasure. To do this, you need to
1) Explore the outlined sites and dive into the reading.
2) Enjoy what you are reading.
3) Get as much enjoyment and as many gold points as you can by answering the questions A) – S).
Here are the pirate rules:
1) Each time you hear the parrot squawk, each team member will need to have found at least 1-2 gold coins. My parrot will squawk about every 5 minutes. If you’re a good pirate, you’ll find a lot of coins, but if there’s a scowl on your face, you might not be able to buy anything with your coins. These coins, you see, are a reflection of a secret power.
2) Even though you’re in teams, this is an individual effort. You will need to work on your own. No copying! Copying will result in grave financial consequences. You need the money to win.
3) Keep this window on your computer browser open. It is your compass to guide you to the treasure. You’ll need another window. So press Control-N and then switch back to this window by pressing Alt-Tab or clicking on the window.
4) If you don’t know what the treasure is, then try to find out. The way to do this is to keep finding coins. Eventually you may understand on your own, but don’t worry ‘cause you will know when it’s all finished.
5) If you discover what the treasure is you must keep the pirate’s secret.
6) Stay on course. Don’t search for things (web pages) that are not outlined here. You may get stifled and loose time and money. Your captain has set forth your voyage. You must not diverge from your captain’s plans.
The team with the most points will be called team #1 and get a third of the treasure of team # 2, and half of the treasure of team #3. As for the rules, anyone found breaking these rules would be punished. Some pirates have been hanged! I guess the fancy way to say it to you speakers of proper English is that some pirates have been hung with an ignominious death! If your teacher doesn’t allow us to hang you, your points will reflect your participation and the coins you earned.
See A) – S) below for web sites.
Students will write responses to A-S on paper or they could write on a web page. The teacher could create program this page, using Javascript and it could instantaneously correct the students’ answers (except the writing). The writing could be automatically compiled into one file for the teacher to print or read on the computer. The students’ writing could be kept on files for individual student access. This would serve as part of a portfolio for the students.
What have you learned from this project? Do you know what the treasure is now? You will have it explained to you if you don’t. You are ready now to learn about Treasure Island. The required essay questions will help you process and conclude your learning.
For teachers: the treasure is the knowledge that students gain and their enjoyment in their quest for knowledge. The gold coins should be a reflection of what they have learned.
worth 1 coin
A)
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/
Do: Answer #1 or #2 (Worth 1 coin)
1.
Name 3 places on the map.
What may happen in one of these 3 places?
2.
Where is the treasure?
What is the name of the boulders by Cutlass Beach?
Where may sailors have been shipwrecked?
Where do pirates go?
worth 1 coin
B)
click on map
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/setframe.htm
Answer: (Worth 1 coin)
Who is the author of the book?
What is the name of the book?
What is the book about?
worth 1 coin
C)
Write 1-3 sentences describing what you like about what you discovered in number 1 and 2.
Write 1-3 sentences describing your interest in reading Treasure Island.
worth 1 coin
D)
Click on “links”
Sea Song
http://shanty.rendance.org/lyrics/showlyric.php?song=common
Write 3-6 sentences about what things this shanty tells you about the life of pirates.
worth 1 coin
E)
Pirates
http://www.ecani.com/vi/pirates.htm
From this site, list 5 of the most impressive facts that you found about pirates.
Read near the beginning of the above web page and think how you would like to have had pirates mess with your life. Write a paragraph to answer this question: If you lived in the time of pirates (before the 19th century), and you were an explorer (not a pirate) what kinds of things would you do different from a pirate?
worth 1 coin
F)
Pirate Ghosts
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/history/pirates/goodpirates.htm
List 7 ways that pirates may have not been as bad as people thought.
Write 5 sentences saying how you disagree with what was said in this web site. If you strongly prefer, you may write about how you agree.
worth 1-2 coins
G)
History of Pirates
Choose one of the four links and write a 1-2 paragraph summary of what you discovered. Some links lead to many links. So once you choose one of the four links, you may then write about something specific or about the entire subject. So while you don’t have to write about everything in the link, your writing possibilities range from one links something specific or about the entire link.
History of Pirates
*Biographies of Famous Pirates
*Details on Pirates NOTE: if you choose this option, you must complete the requirement below.
Message Board for Pirates
_________
*choose 1-3 topics under this subject
Requirement: For those who chose Details on Pirates, you may earn another coin by writing 3 paragraphs about your moral stand on piracy. The piracy you are to respond to is in the context of what you read about in Details on Pirates.
worth 1 coin
H)
http://rms-republic.com/index1.html
Where is lost treasure according to this web site?
How much money was lost?
How much is it worth today?
worth 1 coin
I)
http://www.carlnet.org/~jahilt/all.htm
How much money did fuller@cove.com find?
He found it in a place that he describes as follows, “The place we went to dates back to the mid 1600s.”
What year was the coin?
What instrument did he use to find the money? The general name will suffice for an answer. The model or brand doesn’t matter.
worth 1 coin
J)
Islands
Hawaii
http://encarta.msn.com/related_761576663/Hawaii_(state).html
What is the capital city?
What is the name of the general class of languages that is spoken in Hawaii?
worth 1 coin
K)
Jamaica
http://www.tradewindtours.com/jamaica/history.php
How is Jamaica “very lush”?
What is a melting pot?
How is Jamaica a melting pot?
worth 1 coin
L)
Mathematical problem: Figure out, within 70% accuracy the amount of miles wide Jamaica would be if it were square. Hint: find out the square root of the kilometers and then convert to miles.
To find the formula or conversion from kilometers to miles, go to www.google.com, type in and search for “formula kilometers miles”.
Think about and respond to this question: “What would you type in Google to find conversion formulas for many real life situations?”
worth 1 coin
M)
Now that you have converted the square kilometers to miles and now that you (should) know how far across the island would be if it were square, how does that compare to the size of Utah?
http://www.cylist.com/List/400300101/The_World_s_major_Islands__by_size_.html
Look at 16 major islands in the world. How do these sizes compare to Jamaica?
worth 1 coin
N)
Read the following web site and explain in 2-3 sentences how the size and shape of islands relate to marine biodiversity (the different types of sea animals).
Even small islands have large exclusive economic zones, with huge territorial claims to surrounding oceans. One nation, the Cook Islands, has a total landmass of 90 square miles (one tenth the size of Rhode Island), spread out over 850,000 square miles of ocean (one quarter the size of the U.S.). Another island nation, Kiribati, has a total landmass of 300 square miles but an exclusive economic zone covering 1,020,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean. All told, the exclusive economic zones of islands cover one sixth of the world's surface and harbor one half its marine biodiversity. (http://www.seacology.org/facts/)
Explore the above site if you are interested. It is about island size and marine biodiversity.
worth 1 coin VOYAGE
O)
Explore http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/setframe.htm and write a 2-3-paragraph summary of what you learned.
worth 2 coins REQUIRED
P)
Write five questions that you have concerning Treasure Island.
worth 2 coins
Q)
Write five questions that you have about something you want to learn about on this Internet voyage.
Explore and find answers to your questions and write 2-3 paragraphs on what you learned.
worth 3 coins REQUIRED
R)
You will write a 2-3-paragraph essay on how you enjoyed this voyage. If you didn’t enjoy it, you may write instead on what would have helped you enjoy it. You must describe the things you could have thought or done that you have control over. You may also write about the things that could have been designed differently by the captain.
worth 4 coins REQUIRED
S)
As a class, we will discuss what the treasure is that you should have found in the voyage. You will write 2-3 paragraphs on how this treasure relates to your daily life and your future. You may answer topics such as: what treasure do you have in your life? What things do you think about to create the treasure? What do you do to create the treasure? How do you plan to create the treasure in the future? How do you plan to maintain the treasure cash flow in the future?