WEBQUEST STANDARDS

Technology
T-H-ICP-S-I1
Students will apply, consolidate and extend the skills, knowledge and experiences acquired
earlier to exhibit competence in the use of technology

T-H-ICP-S-C2
Students will participate in electronic communities (e.g., virtual learning) as learners,
initiators, contributors and mentors

Social Studies
SS-H-GC-S-1
Students will demonstrate an understanding (e.g., illustrate, write, model, present, debate)
of the nature of government:
a) compare purposes and sources of power of various forms of government in the world,
and analyze their effectiveness in establishing order, providing security and
accomplishing goals
b) examine conflicts within and among different governments and analyze their impacts
on historical or current events

SS-H-CS-S-3
Students will explain or give examples of how communications between groups can be
influenced by cultural differences; explain the reasons why conflict and competition (e.g.,
violence, difference of opinion, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, genocide) developed
as cultures emerged in the modern world (1500 A.D. to present) and in the United States
(Reconstruction to present)

SS-HS-2.3.1
Students will explain the reasons why conflict and competition (e.g., violence, difference of
opinion, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, genocide) may develop as cultures emerge
in the modern world (1500 A.D. to present) and the United States (Reconstruction to
present).

Arts and Humanities

AH-HS-HA-U-1
Students will understand that the arts are powerful tools for understanding human
experiences both past and present.
AH-HS-HA-U-2
Students will understand that the arts help us understand others’ (often very different) ways
of thinking, working, and expressing ourselves.
Reading
EL-10-IT-S-3
Students will use text references to explain author’s purpose, author’s message or theme, or
supporting evidence

EL-10-RRT-S-3
Students will use evidence from text(s) to formulate and justify opinions about what is read
or viewed:
A. relate texts to prior knowledge, personal experiences, other texts or ideas
B. provide text references/evidence to support connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-
world)

EL-11-DCS-U-4
Students will understand that all citizens need to analyze a wide variety of media messages
(e.g., political, financial, social, environmental) in order to interpret matters of public policy
and personal interest.

EL-11-DCS-S-6
Students will analyze the effectiveness of literary devices or figurative language in evoking
what the author intended (e.g., picturing a setting, predicting a consequence, establishing a
mood or feeling)

Writing
EL-10-WC-U-1
Students will understand that there are many reasons for all high school students to write
including writing-to-learn, writing-to-demonstrate learning and writing for authentic
purposes and audiences.

EL-10-WS-U-3
Students will understand that structural elements such as context, meaningful order of
ideas, transitional elements and conclusions all help make meaning clear for the reader.

EL-11-WC-S-6
Students will select and incorporate ideas and information (e.g., making inferences,
predicting conclusions, evaluating contradictions, analyzing interrelationships, offering
support for conclusions, organizing prior knowledge about a topic)