Grade 9: Animal Farm/Russian Info Webquest

WEBQUEST: Using whatever resources available to you, take notes on and answer the following questions. Be able to define terms and people in your own words: no cut/paste. You need to be able to explain in your own words!!!

Requirements:

• Don’t wait until LAST MINUTE!!! You have PLENTY of Time.
• Information should be in your OWN WORDS (be able to define/explain not cut/paste).
• You should have at least THREE facts defining and explaining in your own words. Be prepared to take a quiz!!!
• MLA Formatted Works Cited page (be sure to keep track of your sources as your research)

DUE: WEDNESDAY 5/19.

Define:	Identify People:	Research and Take notes: give Dates, important people, EXPLAIN:
Marxism Communism Socialism Capitalism Totalitarianism Fable Satire	Nicholas II Karl Marx Vladimir Lenin Leon Trotsky Josef Stalin George Orwell	The Russian Revolution The Communist Manifesto The KGB Pravda Hitler-Stalin Pact Bolshevik Revolution

Grade 11: Salem Witch Trials and 1950′s Webquest

DIRECTIONS:  Using the following websites, along with encyclopedias, databases, and other resources you have found useful, answer the following questions. Also, you need to read/mark-up the handout (given to you on Tuesday 5/11) “The Coils of the Cold War” and you will find answers to these questions on there as well. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE

Due: Wednesday 5/19 and be prepared for a quiz! Don’t just copy/paste info, you need to KNOW it!!!!

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

Communism and Socialism

Joe McCarthy and Friends

A Little Help from Billy Joel

The Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Museum

Billy Joel Video “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

WebQuest Questions:

1. Define “Communism” and “Socialism” with a definition you can understand and apply.
2. What does the word “crucible” mean? And how do you think it can apply to the play?
3. Who are: Josef Stalin, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Syngman Rhee, Nikita Khrushchev
4. What did Senator Joseph McCarthy have to do with the Red Scare of the 1950s? What ultimately happened to his investigation?
5. What is the HUAC and what did it set out to do in the 1940s and 1950s?
6. What was the Hollywood Blacklist and who was on it? Why?
7. What is The Cold War? Give dates, locations, reasons and people involved.
8. What prompted hysteria during the red scare?
9. What prompted hysteria during the Salem Witch Trials (SWT)?
10. Who were the people invovled in the SWT? Name at least 3 people and indicate their “crimes”?
11. How does Miller’s play differ from the actual Salem court trials?
12. List three similarities of the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare of the 1950s.
13. Based upon the information provided in these web sites, list three traits of the Puritans livingin Salem? (Be specific – link your answers to actual behaviors of these people. What weretheir goals? What did they value? How did they spend their time?)
14. Based upon the architecture and land ownership of the 17th century, what can you say aboutthe living conditions of these people and how might such conditions be a factor in the SWT?
15. Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible? Based on the definition of the word and background information you ahve gathers, what do you think the allegory is behind the play?

DUE: Wednesday 5/19