Social Studies WebQuests

For First Time Visits: Bernie Dodge's The WebQuest Page
This page will tell you everything that you need to know.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

A Draft Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html

The 1920's and Its Excesses
http://wapiti.pvs.k12.nm.us/~Computer/jazzage.htm

The 1930s WebQuest
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/1930.html

The 1960s
http://webby.umeedu.maine.edu/coehd/sixties/

African Art and Culture
A WebQuest to learn about African art and culture. Story writing is a part of the lesson. There is a reproducible student worksheet for student use
http://socialstudies.com/c/@VL1915ErLBPIo/Pages/africanart.html

The Amish
http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Wandell/index.htm

Ancient Egypt Webquest?
This is an interactive unit designed to help students discover via a "dig" knowledge and understanding of the Ancient Egypt.
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/lbeloat/egyptproject.html?

Ancient Greek Life
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Subway/6560/index.html?

Astronaut Hunt?
Astronaut hunt to find objects and articles having to do with astronauts and space travel.?
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/project2/AstroHunt.html

Australian Animals?
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm

Basic Hazards Common to Food Service Kitchens?
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/high/Science/HazardsInFoodService/Basic.htm

Bermuda: Webquest?
You are shipwrecked on a desert island. You and your group must pick from four occupations: captain, first mate, carpenter, and scientist as you attempt to survive.
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/high/Science/HazardsInFoodService/Basic.htm?

Bilingual Webquest?
New Mexico and its people is the focus of the quest.
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/inquest/inquest.html.?

Bill of Rights Webquest
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq68/

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse?
Did you know that the tallest lighthouse in America is the Cape Hatteas lighthouse in North Carolina? However in this quest the government wants this huge structure moved. Participate and find out why??
http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqwilliams/webqtwilliams.html

Cinco De Mayo?
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/mzasada/cincode.htm

Civil War, The: Abraham Lincoln?
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/middle/SocialScience/CivilWar/lincoln.htm

Corps of Discovery Webquest?
You will create a journal as part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.?
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/corps_of_discovery/

Culture Quest?
Learn about minorities. What makes them different, the same??
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/webquest.html

Democracy and Iraq: Creating a Constitution
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/constitution/

Desert Quest?
Enter a contest by coming up with a desert? ecosystem design.
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/desertwq.htm

Egyptian Mummies?
On a dig in Egypt, you will find out what a mummy is and? the process of mummification.
http://members.tripod.com/~mbamca/egyptianmummies.html?

GeoResources?
http://www.georesources.co.uk/

Gettysburg?
As a newspaper reporter in the 1860's, you must write about each big battle between the states.
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/middle/SocialScience/Gettysburg/gett.htm

Gilligan's Hawaiian Island Reunion?
You are Gilligan as he tries to rescue his lost friends whose planes have gone down in the ocean.
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/middle/LongTerm/GilligansHawaiianReunion/gillquest.htm

Global Food Trek?
Discover what other cultures eat for lunch and dinner.
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq105/#Rate%20Yourselfl

Iditarod Webquest
You have to convince your parents that Alaska would be the best place for a family vacation.
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/iditarod/index.html

Immigration and New York City
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/transit.htm

Immigration WebQuest
http://www.acsamman.edu.jo/~ms/immigration/

King Tut WebQuest
Each? team member? will research the question: was King Tut murdered? Then write an essay paper defending your answer.
http://www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webquest/index.html

Lewis & Clark - Extra Edition?
You will? produce a newspaper, much as what could have been written if you were a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/lewisclark/index.html

Look Who's Footing the Bill
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/democracy/debtquest.html

Native Americans of Texas, The
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/texans/indianII.htm

New Mexico in 1864
Students will? experience what life was like in the Territory of New Mexico in 1864.
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/history/historywbquest1.htm

Ole! Bullfighting!
The quest's goal: find out when and where bullfighting came from.
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/mzasada/webquest.htm

Olympic Games of Ancient Greece, The
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/olympics/olympicwq.html

Onate Revisits El Camino Real
The students will split into two groups: the Conquistadors and the Land Rovers. Both groups will make a brochure for the Camino Real Trail.
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/camino/camino.html

Outback Christmas
Your family has to move to Australia two weeks before Christmas. What are you? to expect?
http://www.inetlibrary.com/frame.html?table=library&id=55737

Paint Mount Rushmore Red
This quest promotes higher level thinking skill by having students research the case of Loenard Peltier, leader of the American Indian Movement, who is serving a life sentence in prison today. Should he be pardoned or not? Students must base their response on facts.
http://edtech.suhsd.k12.ca.us/inprogress/act/gkohrt/rushmorered.htm

Pilgrim Life Adventure
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kimbrough/pilgrimlife/

Life in Rural America in the 1800s
Students will discover what life was like for the farmers and ranchers of this time period.
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/teachers.htm

Maori Webquest ?
Students will? be studying the Maori tribe, which is one of the indigenous tribes of this New Zealand culture.
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/maori.html

Mock Trial: Amistad Case
Students will participate in a Mock Trial. They will seek to determine whether Africans who mutinied on the ship, Amistad, will be set free to return to Africa, or whether they will be sold into slavery in America.?
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/amistad/

Nathaniel Bacon Lives! ?
Students will research American leaders and the techniques that they used to promote their beliefs. Students will develop their own campaign, promote it to their classmates using the persuasive propaganda methods studied in this activity.?
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/amrevolt/

Searching for China
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html

Titanic Mock Trial?
Students put the White Star Line on trial for the sinking of the Titanic.?
http://www.andersonkill.com/titanic/home.htm

Trekking the Sante Fe Trail?
As a member of the? museum designing team for the Sante Fe Trail section, you must research the trail in order to a determine the design elements.?
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/sft/sftrail.htm

Turn Back the Clock?
For 30 years, NASA has been working on a machine that would allow you to travel back in time. Take the trip.
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/high/LongTerm/TurnBackTheClock/turnbacktheclock.html

Tuskegee Tragedy
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/tuskegee_quest.html