Discover Kansas!

Introduction

Task

Process

Resources

Evaluation

Conclusion

Teachers

Process:
1. You will be assigned to a group. Within your group you will study and research your assigned state. Each group member will have an important job to do.

2. You will collect and record data about geographic features (landforms, water bodies, climate, cities, vegetation), famous people, regions, places of interest, facts and trivia, and historic sites in Kansas. One person will be responsible for each category, but you may help other group members. See your teacher if your group has too few people for all the topics. The Resources page of this webquest will tell you how to find out where to get this information. But first...

Group Jobs:

• Draw a map of Kansas showing and labeling rivers, regions, and cities with populations over 100,000, and the town where your school is located.
• Find information about the three regions of Kansas. Write about their climates, natural vegetation, farming, ranching, and natural resources. Tell the names of the largest city in each region.
• Write about at least one roadside attraction in Kansas that is interesting to visit, and choose at least one interesting item from the lists of facts and trivia.
• Write about three or more historic places in Kansas.
• Write about three or more famous people from Kansas.

3. You will use the Internet as well as your social studies book, Kansas book, the encyclopedia, and other books, selected by your teacher. You are allowed to use any additional resources you find, but the ones listed on the "Resources" page should be enough.

4. Make sure you have all of the information you need to create a convincing advertisement that will get people excited about visiting Kansas. You should have a copy of this Information Sheet in your folder. This will help you keep track of the information you will need. You will turn this in to the teacher before you present to the class.

If you finish your own assignment early, be sure to help out another group member so your group can get all the points you deserve.

5. Once you have gathered your information. You and your group will create your presentation. Your presentation must include information from all of the categories listed in number 2 on this page. You have two choices of presentations. You and your group may:

• write and present a TV commercial trying to convince the class to come to visit Kansas, or
• make a poster with pictures (drawn or cut from magazines) that show some of the great qualities of Kansas, and present it to the class explaining all the different parts.

6. Once your group and yourself has decided how you will make your presentation, tell your teacher. You will have a couple of days of class time to work together.

You may click on "Resources" to find how to get all this information.