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Procedures: Springboard
: Students will view the slide
show that introduces the Road Trip that they will take. Students will work with
1 or 2 other people to complete this assignment (preferably either all male or
all female because of the “spending a night in a hotel” section of the
assignment)
What teacher is to do: Teacher
will show the slide show for students. Teacher will assign groups for students
to work with during the road trip. Teacher will let the students chose the 6
cities that they want to visit. (Two groups cannot visit the same 6 cities.) The
teacher will direct students to www.randilongmeyer.tripod.com/quest.htm
and students will follow the directions on the web site. The teacher will then
help students use the maps to plot the 6 cities and decide on the most direct
route. The teacher will then help students where needed because all of the
information needed is on the web site. What
students are to do: 1.
choose a group 2.
choose 6 cities to visit 3.
plot cities on map and
decide the most logical order to visit them to make the shortest route 4.
go to www.mapquest.com
to make map 5.
record information in
your journal as you do each item listed on the web page 6.
After students have
“returned home”, each student will copy and paste the rubric at the bottom
of the web site to a word document and grade themselves using the rubric. 7.
Each student needs a copy
of each item for this assignment. Just because this is group work, does not mean
that all work is turned in as a group. Closure:
Students will present the information that they found to the rest of the class.
Each member of the group will talk as the group presents the information. Each
student must complete the rubric at the end of the web site. Assessment:
Students are graded using a
rubric very similar to the one that the students must complete. They are graded
on the presentation that each group will give to the class and each person is
graded individually for the amount of work and quality of work that each student
did. Explanation:
We choose this activity to
enhance the study of the state of Nebraska. Students are tired of sitting at
their desks listening to lists of facts. They need to explore and find things
that are interesting to them while learning the history of the state. We
recommend using this as a unit long assignment while students are working on the
normal lessons. This lesson was designed to accompany the unit, not be the main
section. 
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