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"With the huge salaries earned by some professional basketball players, one questions whether the players are "worth" what they are paid. The underlying question explored in this WebQuest is what do we value in American society? The controversy surrounding professional athletes' salaries is complex and multi-faceted . This activity will help students learn how American labor markets operate and how salaries paid to professional athletes influence our values concerning money."
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"The Samurai's Tale presents a vivid picture of an orphaned boy's life during Japan's civil war era. The events, character relationships, character flaws, noble character traits, and admirable human qualities have an ancient context not fully uncovered within the story. You will approach this WebQuest as an investigative reporter, part archeologist, part detective, and part psychologist. If you are clever at discovering details and making inferences, a greater depth of understanding of the events as well as the characters will unfold. Then you can ponder the question: As we look to this day, how are we like sons of samurai?"
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"You will be working with a team of four people who have been selected to decide the fate of a forest newly designated as a National Forest.
Should it be used for recreation? Set aside as a wilderness? Logged for timber? Or a combination of things?"
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"Your group is about to meet the newest members of your tribe, the Lenni Lenape (Delaware). These real people were captured by your warriors on a raid. They hate you. They are afraid of you. Your job is to give each of these "outsiders" a Lenni Lenapi identity. You need to teach each of these "prisoners" how to become true Lenni Lenape in everything they do. Then...you will need to decide which one will have to be let go."
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"An adventure awaits those who are curious and want to explore. An adventure awaits those who can't resist a good riddle. An adventure awaits those who are creative, and expressive." This WebQuest helps students analyze Folk Tales and then write their own.
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"There has been much discussion lately on the news and in the newspapers about whether the Australian Government should make a formal apology to the Indigenous people of Australia for the Government policies of the past which have affected them."
"The Prime Minister has requested a group be appointed to help advise himself and other central community representatives on how Australian people view saying "Sorry" to the Aboriginal People."
"You have been appointed to that Advisors group, which consists of an historian, a reporter, a health worker, an anthropologist and a librarian. Together with your other team members, you are required to investigate the issue and then report back your findings."
Question: "Should the Prime Minister and the Government say 'sorry' to the Aboriginal People? Why/why not?"
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"Reports have come out of China suggesting some terrible things about the way children are treated in Chinese orphanages. As with most things relating to this complex country, it's hard to tell what's true and what is propaganda. In this WebQuest you and your teammates will explore reports about how children are treated in China, the U.S., and other related topics. Your task is to come up with your team's version of the truth."
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"Imagine that you and a team of fellow archaeologists have been contracted by the U.N. Historical Society to uncover artifacts from the Ancient Greek culture. As you begin your dig, many important discoveries are made that give clues to the way of life in Ancient Greece. Your team has been asked to display your findings of Ancient Greece through a fairy tale. The team has decided that the tale of Cinderella would be a great story through which the Ancient Greek culture could be portrayed."
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"When you read literature from another cultural setting, comprehension can be a challenge. What does the setting look like? Why do the characters think and behave the way they do? Have you had similar problems? In their shoes, would you have made the same decisions? Just as knowing a language will help you to understand a person's message, understanding the culture of a time and place will deepen your interpretation of the literature, and strengthen your connections to the march of humanity."
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"The historian, if honest, gives us a photograph; the storyteller gives us a painting."
From "Historical Fiction for our Global Times" Leon Garfield
As we look back on our rich heritage, there are many landmark moments in American history - the American Revolution that freed the colonists from British tyranny, the Civil War that abolished slavery and united a nation. But, what if you could sit in some whirring, darkened time machine, pull a few levers, and disappear into the past?"
Selecting one of the five destinations listed below, your task is to travel back in time and write your own short short story taking into consideration the literary elements we’ve discussed in class.
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