Flowers for Algernon Intro Webquest
You already know Daniel Keyes is the author of Flowers for Algernon, but what do you know
about him? Read his biography to find out. List five facts about him.
http://www.danielkeyesauthor.com/dksbio.html
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This site will tell you a little about the history of intelligence testing. Answer these questions:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0858853.html
1. Who developed the first intelligence test?
2. What is an average IQ score?
3. What is a major criticism of intelligence testing?
4. What types of tests are being used instead of IQ tests now?
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Mental Retardation
1. We have all heard the word intelligence used many times but what does the word
intelligence really mean? www.wordcentral.com
Read the following questions. Go to the website, read article, use the information to answer
the questions.
2. What is mental retardation?
3. People with mental retardation have trouble learning. What are some things that take
people with mental retardation longer to learn?
4. What causes mental retardation?
5. What are “life skills”?
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/birth_defect/mental_retardation.html
Read the following questions. Go to the website, read article, use the information to answer
the questions.
6. What percent of the population is affected with mental retardation?
7. What are the symptoms of mental retardation?
8. What are the exams and tests indicators of mental retardation?
9. What is the primary goal of treatment?
10. Complications vary, but they generally fall into what three categories?
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/mental-retardation/overview.html
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Go to the website to take a survey on multiple intelligences. Then complete the two page
handout that accompanies this activity.
http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html
Here’s another great cite on MI.
http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/curriculum/MISmart/mi_smart.html#the intelligences
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6. What is a Rorschach or inkblot test?
http://www.thematzats.com/algernon/rorschach.html
7. On this site for question #6 you will find five inkblots or Rorschach tests. Look at each inkblot
and write what you see in each of them. If you are working in a group, you may have more than one
answer.
Inkblot #1
Inkblot #2
Inkblot #3
Inkblot #4
Inkblot #5
Personal Response
8. If you could have an operation to change one thing about yourself, would you? If so, what type of
operation would you have and why? If not, why not, and what do you feel about others who would?
This should be about a paragraph long.
9. What do you think the story ‘Flowers for Algernon” will be about?
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Just for fun:
Misunderstood Minds
This website gives you the opportunity to see what it would be like to have a learning
disability.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/
1. Go through the various tabs, starting with Attention.
2. For each tab there are Experience First Hand Activities. Click on the activities one at a
time.
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Test your personality in color.
http://www.colorquiz.com/
There is a page of printable results. You may print it if you like. Make sure you are only printing
ONE page.
Take this personality quiz . What did your results say? (Put them in the box below.)
http://similarminds.com/jung.html
Extrovert
Sensing
Thinking
Judging
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Introvert
Intuitive
Feeling
Perceiving
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YOUR TYPE IS _______ ________ ________ _________
Description: (copy)
Algernon's job was to get through the maze ... try one for yourself!
http://www.apollowebworks.com/russell/java/maze/maze.html
How do you think you would feel if it was very difficult and people were watching and timing you as
you did it?
Creativity Tests
Take both tests below. Click on the links and answer the questions. Share with me.
1. How creative are you? Find out.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110299/interact/interact.php?creativity
2. Are you right brained or left brained? Find out.
http://www.wherecreativitygoestoschool.com/vancouver/left_right/rb_test.htm