Introduction

You want to become a tour guide for a monument in Washington D.C.  First you must learn about the monument and know what to tell the tourists about the monument.  You have to learn the important facts as well as some interesting ones to tell the tourists.  Good luck on your mission of becoming a tour guide in Washington D.C.

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The Task
         

You have been assigned a monument in Washington D.C.  You may have the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, or the Jefferson Memorial.  You must search internet sites to find interesting facts to know what to tell your tourists.

• Why is this president so important to have a monument?
  
• What is the monument made out of?
  
• How big is the monument?
  
• When was the monument built?
  
• Where is it located in Washington?
  
• How long did the monument take to build?
  
• Any interesting facts about the monument

The Process

4.)  Now look for the information that is listed on your worksheet.  
5.)  Carefully fill in the answers using your best handwriting.  
6.)  If someone in your group has a question you may help them or if you do not know raise your hand and Mrs. Casey or I will be there to help you.

*Remember that your hand writing looks nice and your information is correct!

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Evaluation

This is how you will be graded for your project.  Make sure that before you turn anything in that everything has been answered correctly and is completed!

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Correct information about monument	Information about monument is incorrect or not accurate.	Information was  lacking and not completely correct about the monument.	Most information is correct, but a two or less incorrect facts were given.	All information is correct  and has given great  information.	/4
Written work	Worksheet is  not legiable, letter not written correctly, more than 10 words misspelled.	Handwriting is a little sloppy, most letters written correctly less than 10 misspelled words.	Handwriting is neat most letters are formed correctly, less than 5 misspelled words.	Handwriting is neat letters are correctly written and one or less spelling errors.	/4
Working with the group	Student worked solo and excluded self from group.	Student communicated with the group, but did not share information.	Student communicated with group and shared most  information.	Student's shared answers,  information and helped  with group.	/4
Following Directions	Did not follow web quest did items out of order and  incorrectly	Missed more than one step or misread more than one direction of the web quest.	Missed only one step during the web quest or read directions wrong.	Completed all steps of the web quest from start to finish.	/4

Conclusion

Congratulations the city of Washington D.C. has decided to hire you as a tour guide for your monument.  Now remember that tour guides need to tell all of the important items about a monument.  Now remember you are representing not only yourself, Maple Grove Elementary, but also your country the United States of America!

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I would like to thank Vicki Mast, Marianna Fallon, and my classmates for help and ideas with this web quest.  

Internet Resources:

www.buzzle.com(graphics)
www.kestan.com/travel/dc/monument(graphics)
www.fotosearch.com(graphics)