Webquests have shown me a whole new way to think outside of the box in regards to finding activitites to get students' engaged in the lessons. By starting your lesson out with a webquest the students will find what's important and memorable and then want to continue learning more about a topic. This is because of discovery learning and how good it feeld to find things on your own. You as a teacher now make it information more meaningful to them and help them apply it to their own lives. If there is a lot of interaction and student participation students' won't ever forget this lesson in the overall unit. This is what happened to me in a lesson about mummification where we mummified chickens and did every process, even a burial. I won't ever forget sixth grade and the things I learned during the unit on Egypt.
Schoolhouse Rock-The Preamble Video
This video wasn't able to load , so I went and found another one with the same title and watched it. It was a song about America and how we started this nation. It used cartoons to tell the story of the founding with the Declaration of Independence, and the importance of the first section the preamble. It is really creative and the music helps keep your attention. I think it would be more memorable to younger grades, but yet it might stay in older students' memories longer also. I think it is a great video.
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