WebQuest Template

The Trojan War

Developed by Gabrielle Jones
gabrielle.jones@gallaudet.edu

Introduction:

Click here to watch the movie.

Click on the picture to look at where the Parthenon was located in Athens.	Welcome to Greece! You have landed in Athens Greece in 1184 B.C. Do you know where that is? You can click on the map of the world to direct you to Greece. Before you start navigating this website, you need to know what is happening in Athens. Click on the video to find out what the messenger has to say...
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	The greeks have fought the Trojans for ten years. The king of Troy Priam's son kidnapped Helen wife of Menelaus King of Sparta.

Task

Did you know that our city went to war against the Trojans? Rumors are that our Greek soldiers have attacked Troy. Help us by gathering all the information needed. Different people have bits and pieces about what happened during the Trojan War.
You will present your findings and your opinion at the Parthenon to the whole class using a large scroll. We are fortunate to have our wise and educated greek citizens to help you.

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Process

Step 1

Pair up in twos, one person will browse through the website and the other will be the scribe who will take notes.

Ask all three of our wise Greek citizens about what happened in the Trojan War. Don't forget to take a scribe with you to take notes.

A philosopher

A priestess

A Greek soldier

Step 2

Make a scroll with all the information you gathered and make a summary of what happened in Troy using the following format.

word/Scribe's notes.doc

Step 3

Pick a god or goddess and find out how he or she can help you express your feelings or solution about the Trojan War.

Olympians gods and goddesses

Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Aphrodite

Who is he? Who is she? Who is he? Who is he? Who is she?

What does he represent? What does he represent? What does he represent? What does he represent? What does he represent?

Where does he live? Where does he live? Where does he live? Where does he live? Where does he live?

Who are his enemies? Who are his enemies? Who are his enemies? Who are his enemies? Who are his enemies?

Step 4

Come up with a prayer to ask your god or goddess to predict what you would like to happen to Greece. Videotape your prayers and then translate into English in print.

Your prayer must consist of the following:

Praise and Acclamation to your god or goddess about who he or she is and what they have done in the past.
Statement- show them where you stand and what you have done to please the god or goddess.
Supplication Ask them to do something to change a situation particularly the Trojan War.

Step 5

You will then edit your prayer by adding script to your Powerpoint presentation in pairs to present it in the Parthenon.

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Resources


List the Web resources and other materials here that students will use to help accomplish their task. Link the Web sites to their URL addresses on the Internet Trojan Horse Story http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webunits/greecerome.html http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/myths/trojanhorse.htm http://www.ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa011503a.htm http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/myths/helen.htm Gods and goddesses links http://www.greekmythology.com www.mythweb.com http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Poseidon/poseidon.html List other resources that are not on the Web. Read "The Trojan Horse" by Read "Illiad" by Homer

Evaluation

Below is a table you can use for a rubric or you can simply explain how will evaluate the students
	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Teamwork	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.
Stated Objective or Performance	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.
Stated Objective or Performance	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.
Stated Objective or Performance	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.

Conclusion

CONGRATULATIONS! Now that you have done all the research and had your scribe write all the answers to the questions. And your prayer offering to your god or goddess. Let us all meet at the Parthenon and share our ideas.
	What did you enjoy about this journey? Ask students how their roles could have been interpreted in a different light?
	Ask students if they had interpreted their roles differently, how might the outcome have changed?
	Ask students if they were flexible enough to compromise with the group and attain resolution, or did they yield to group pressures?
	What questionsw arose from researching this project? Is the Trojan horse myth or reality? Ask students what new questions did the issue(s) generate? Why would these new questions be important in answering the original question(s)?