"State Your Business Here!"

A WebQuery for 7th Grade

Meghan Fauth and Ashley Hart
fauthm@cwu.edu - harta@cwu.edu

Introduction

Look around you at all of your fellow Washingtonians. Who are they and why are they here? Why are you and your family here? Who used to be here? Are they still here? People make up a big part of a state's history. Washington is very diverse demographically, let's find out more about why people were and are here in Washingon.

The essential question you are answering will be "Who's been/is in Washington state, why were/are they here and how have they helped shape our state's history?"

Begin this project by creating a 'KWL' chart for Washington State demographics then and now to help get yourself jumped started on this project.

Task

At the end of the project you will have created a poster-sized timeline, along with a brochure explaining the timeline. You may also choose another way of creating a visual aid, but it must be approved by the teacher.

You will also be turning in your notes and any drafts to me. (They will not be graded; it is just for my information.)

At the end of the project you must have at least one visual aid, and one form of explanation with the key points of the information you discovered. We will be having round robin presenations at the end of the designated time given to create your presentation.

The Process

Here are some tips on how to get started and work through your project get to the final product:

-Create a 3 column chart for your discoveries of different groups of people in Washington at the different times. Lable each row with "Who?", "When?", "Why?" to help organize your thoughts/notes.

- Look at (refer back to) your KWL chart and note what you are going to be focused on during your research.

- After your research find a way to organize your information chronologically, however it makes sense to you, or how your peers will best be able to comprehend the information you will present.

- Using your organized information, create a visual (timeline poster) and any brochure or written information to help students understand the visual and any other important information you will be sharing.

Resources

Here are several resources to help you along with your research process. You are free to use any other credible websites you please, but these should get you started. Please use at least 2 of these resources in your research process.
Native Amerians in Washinton State
This website is put on by a national website: Native Americans.com. The site proides information specifically on tribes that exist within Washington State and their histories and traditions.

Demographic
This website provides demographic information on the state of Washington. There are specific links and pages that give a break down for the most recent ages and races in the demographic of Washington State.

Washington State History
Here you can find a history of Washington State, specifically the immigration and history of immigrants in Washington State. Other information can be found about the state of Washington if you find it helpful for building your brochure or timeline.

Washington State Immigration
This is an article by the Seattle Times giving information and observation on the history of immigration in Washington State. This will give you a different perspective on immigration not just from a dot-com website.

Washington State Indians
Here is another website discussing the Native American tribes in Washington State. These tribes were the original inhabitants of Washington, so you should be able to find some useful information for your assignments here.

Evaluation

This is the rubric you will graded on. Even if you are working in a group, each student will be graded individually. You will be receiving an overall grade for all the assignmens combined, not individually. Use this as your referance while you are working.

Student Name____________________________________

	4 – Superior	3- Good	2- Decent	1- Poor
Presentation	Student speaks clearly and effectively during the presentation and gives accurate and interesting information.	Student speaks mostly clearly with few mistakes and gives accurate information.	Student speaks with some mistakes and presents mostly accurate information.	Student stumbles with words and presents poor information.
Visual Aid	Visual aid is colorful, interesting, visually pleasing and accurate.	Visual aid is mostly colorful, has some interest, is mostly accurate and is somewhat visually pleasing.	Visual aid has some color, provokes little interest, has a few errors in accuracy and isnÕt very visually pleasing.	Visual aid has no color, is not interesting, looks thrown together and is inaccurate.
Notes	Student has turned in notes showing progress.			Student ha not turned in notes showing progress.
In Class Work Time	Student has been observed diligently working during in class time.	Student has been observed working diligently most of the time in class.	Student has been observed working most of the time in class.	Student has been observed hardly working during class time.
Time Line	Student has turned in a visually pleasing and accurate time line.	Student has turned in a visually pleasing and mostly accurate time line.	Student has turned in a somewhat visually pleasing and somewhat accurate time line.	Student has turned in a time line with little accuracy and no visual appeal.

Conclusion

Throughout this project you will broaden your knowledge of the history of Washington State, and its people that are here and have been here. You will be able to research and dig through information that will help you know how to discover further if you choose to do so later. Through learning all of this information, you may also learn about yourself and your own history of coming to Washington state or why your best friend is here. Have fun and keep your mind open!

We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is hereby granted for other educators to copy this WebQuery, update or otherwise modify it, and post it elsewhere provided that the original author's name is retained along with a link back to the original URL of this WebQuery. On the line after the original author's name, you may add "Modified by (your name) on (date)". If you do modify it, please let me know and provide the new URL.

This template is based on the original WebQuest template.

To learn more about WebQuery, visit The WebQuery Page.