5th - 8th Grade World History/Studies
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Rwandan Genocide Webquest
$3.00Students will visit a selection of 16 websites to learn about the Rwandan Genocide. As they read, they will fill out a graphic organizer and answer 10 questions (mostly opinion based). The answers are included where appropriate. There are extra websites...$3.00 -
Women Code Breakers of World War 2 Webquest
$3.00Students will learn about the women who served during WW2 (WWII) as code breakers by watching a 6 minute video, visiting 4 websites, and answering 14 questions (academic, opinion, and creative). The answers are included and this would work for both US...$3.00 -
The Chernobyl Disaster Webquest
$3.00Students will learn about the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in 1986 by visiting 3 websites (National Geographic, History Channel, and BBC), answering 12 questions, and completing a creative task. The web articles discuss the event itself, the impact on...$3.00 -
Lebensborn Webquest
$3.00This webquest will teach students about the Nazi Lebensborn program during World War 2 (WW2, WWII). They will visit 3 websites and answer 17 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. The answers are included where appropriate. Sample questions...$3.00 -
1972 Munich Olympics Webquest
$3.00Students will learn about when members of the Israeli team were taken hostage by Palestinian members of Black September and ultimately killed during the 1972 Olympics. They will visit a selection of websites and answer 17 questions. The answers are...$3.00 -
September 11 in Music Webquest
$2.00Students will study the events of 9/11 through 8 songs in this webquest. They will read the song lyrics and answer 11 questions about the events, experiences, perspectives, and more of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. An answer key is not...$2.00 -
Boatlift Analysis and Reflection for September 11
$3.25Students watch Boatlift from 9/11 (September 11, 2001) and answer 16 questions. There are 12 other questions for students to answer and 2 tasks to complete (a commemoration and a word cloud). Many of the questions are designed for class discussion or...$3.25 -
The Nuremberg Trials Webquest
$3.50Students will visit 3 websites and answer 25 questions to learn about the Nuremberg Trials from the end of World War 2 (WW2). Four questions are connected to an embedded 4 minute video from an American soldier who was a guard during the Trials. There are...$3.50 -
King Tutankhamun Webquest
$3.50Students will learn about the discovery and excavation of King Tut's tomb by completing a 27 question webquest. They will visit a second website to answer one question and complete a creative task to work with King Tut's historical context. They will...$3.50 -
Tiananmen Square Webquest
$3.50Students will learn about, or review, the events of the Tiananmen Square Massacre and protests by completing this graphic organizer and webquest. Students will first visit a BBC website and respond to 22 prompts/questions. They will then visit an AP...$3.50 -
Resistance and Rescue During the Holocaust Activities
$8.00Students will get an overview of different Holocaust resistance movements and rescue efforts with these 5 activities. They will first complete a webquest on Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement (17 questions) and a webquest on Jewish led...$8.00 -
The Enlightenment Quote and Image Analysis
$3.50Students will read 8 primary source quotes/excerpts from the Enlightenment, answer 18 questions of varying degrees of difficulty, and analyze 1 image by answering two more questions. The answers are included and this would be great for a...$3.50