Content area(s): English & Language Arts, History & Social Studies,
Grade levels: high
Author(s) & location: Sally Hursey, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Description:
You are a teenager living in the United States during World War II. You read the newspapers and hear the radio broadcasts, but it is hard to make sense of this war that involves so many countries and people. This webquest will take you back to the Home Front of the 1940's to learn what it was like to grow up during this turbulent time. As a group you're going to explore the topic of A Separate Peace.
What would it have been like to have been a teenager during World War II? How would teenagers of today deal with the conflicts of war and friendship?
What makes this an interesting WebQuest:
- Nice attempt to fill in the context around a work of fiction
- Use of the peer mediation model could help the synthesis of new learning by applying it to the characters of the novel
- More explicit use of Peer Mediation in the Group Process with scaffolding would likely ensure greater achievement
