Florenceville Middle School Rue Florenceville, New Brunswick Code postale Phone Number: (506) Fax: (506) Principal: Linda Justason
Mme Terri Nevers Grade 7 (D,E,F) Sciences humaines E-Mail: Direct Line: (506) October 1, 2010 (give parents enough time to contact you with questions before the project is beginning)
To (Parent's Name, you want to individualize each letter for relationship building with them)
Beginning on October 18, 2010 (students name here) will be participating in a Webquest which will take at least four classes to complete. The topic of the Webquest is to learn about the events leading up to Confederation. Your (son/daughter) will be accessing a 'Wikispace' (a site that I created for the students to open) and will follow guidelines and questions that help them navigate. Each page within this site has a link to an internet website that is age-appropriate and teacher approved for use by the students.
Below is a list of some of the links the students will be accessing. Feel free to look through these sites and ask questions by phone, e-mail or written letter through your child.
When (student's name) has completed the questions throughout the Webquest, they will be creating a Podcast in groups of 2 or 3. A Podcast is a media outlet that can be done in audio or video form. Your (son/daughter) will decide within their group which they would prefer to do. They will be creating a Podcast from the point of view of a Mother or Father of Confederation. Their character may be one of the Key Players of Confederation, or they may create their own. I am looking forward to an exciting Webquest for your (son/daughter) as they discover everything they need to know. While the students are working on their assignments I will be ensuring that they are remaining on the sites necessary for this project only.
Sincerely,
Rebecca-Lynn N. Keezer
(you will sign these in pen before sending this out)
Rue
Florenceville, New Brunswick
Code postale
Phone Number: (506) Fax: (506)
Principal: Linda Justason
Mme Terri Nevers
Grade 7 (D,E,F) Sciences humaines
E-Mail:
Direct Line: (506)
October 1, 2010 (give parents enough time to contact you with questions before the project is beginning)
To (Parent's Name, you want to individualize each letter for relationship building with them)
Beginning on October 18, 2010 (students name here) will be participating in a Webquest which will take at least four classes to complete. The topic of the Webquest is to learn about the events leading up to Confederation. Your (son/daughter) will be accessing a 'Wikispace' (a site that I created for the students to open) and will follow guidelines and questions that help them navigate. Each page within this site has a link to an internet website that is age-appropriate and teacher approved for use by the students.
Below is a list of some of the links the students will be accessing. Feel free to look through these sites and ask questions by phone, e-mail or written letter through your child.
Sites:
http://history.howstuffworks.com/canadian-history/history-of-canada4.htm
http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/fenian-raids-1866-1870.htm
http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/2._Causes_of_Confederation_1861-66
http://www1.canadiana.org/citm/reference/biographies1_e.html#durham
New Brunswick - 1867
Nova Scotia - 1867
Ontario - 1867
Quebec - 1867
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2500-e.html
When (student's name) has completed the questions throughout the Webquest, they will be creating a Podcast in groups of 2 or 3. A Podcast is a media outlet that can be done in audio or video form. Your (son/daughter) will decide within their group which they would prefer to do. They will be creating a Podcast from the point of view of a Mother or Father of Confederation. Their character may be one of the Key Players of Confederation, or they may create their own. I am looking forward to an exciting Webquest for your (son/daughter) as they discover everything they need to know. While the students are working on their assignments I will be ensuring that they are remaining on the sites necessary for this project only.
Sincerely,
Rebecca-Lynn N. Keezer
(you will sign these in pen before sending this out)