The Peach
State
Georgia on my Mind WebQuest
Doyin Ayoola
Kennesaw State University
Table of Contents
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Top-Title Page
Overview
Introduction
Task
Process
Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion
What is my lesson about?
Standards:
SS2H1The student will read about and describe the lives of historical
figures in Georgia history.
a. Students will identify the contributions made by these historic figures:
James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia);
Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet); Jackie Robinson and Martin
Luther King, Jr. (civil rights); Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights).
ELA2W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The
student uses a variety of resources (encyclopedia, Internet, books) to research
and share information on a topic.
Grade Level:2nd Content Area: Social Studies/Language Arts
In this lesson, students will research different historical figures in Georgia.
They will create an interview that covers the figure’s important
contributions.
Introduction
A Blast into The Past!!
• You have been chosen for a very important mission! If you shall
choose to do it, you must gather a group of friends and travel back to
the past on a tour through the state of Georgia. You will investigate
and research historical figures in Georgia. Did you know there are
many famous people from the past that lived in the same state you
do? It is going to be up to you to study one of these famous
Georgians and learn about their accomplishments and what their
impact is on our life today!
Ready to Time
Travel?!
Task
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You and your team of 2nd graders
has been selected to become the
Georgia Daily news reporters from
Station GALS-TV and travel back
in time.
Once you get off the time
traveling machine, your team’s job
is to interview your assigned
historical figure for the Dateline
GBC program “Who’s Who in
Georgia?”
Your teammates will fill out a
Research Guide that has the
required information on your
figure that must be in the
interview.
You will put your information into
interview format and practice your
interview. We will tape all the
interviews and play them for the
class to see!
I can’t wait to find out
Who’s Who in
Georgia?!
Lights! Camera!
Action!
Process
Remember, Be as creative as possible!
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Your Georgia Daily News team from Station GALS-TV has been broken up into 5
groups of 4. Each group of 4 will research websites that focus on a different historical
figure that your Station Manager assigns you. The five news team’s jobs will be to fill
out a Research Guide on their figure as they look through their websites. Then, they
must create a 3-5 minute interview script on their historical figure based on the
information they gather for their Research Guide. The program “Who’s Who in
Georgia?” will have Dateline GBC network air the interview. People on your interview
team include the following:
– The Director: This member is responsible to make sure that everyone on the
team completes their work on time and he or she is in charge of the rehearsals of
the interview.
– The Actor: This member is responsible for making sure all the materials that are
needed are in place and he or she will play the part of the historical figure.
– The Reporter: This member is responsible for speaking and asking the questions
when the interview is presented.
– The Writer: This member is responsible for writing all the important findings
down in the Research Guide and then formatting the interview script. Click here
for the Research Guide.
You will use the website resources on the following page to research your figure so
that you can fill out the Research Guide and write your interview script.
– If you are your teammates has pictures or recordings to make the interview more
creative, please feel free to bring it!
– While everyone is presenting, you should be filling out the Research guide so that
you will have a completed research guide by the end of all the presentations.
Resources
Here are your assignments your Station manager (the teacher) has given you.
Click on the websites to research your historical figure and fill out your information sheet!
Accomadations/Modifications: Please don’t forget to ask your reading buddies or Station
Managers if you need any help reading!
News Team 1: Jackie Robinson
News Team 2: Martin Luther King Jr.
News Team 3: Mary Musgrove - Notable Women Ancestors
News Team 4: James Earl Carter, Jr.
News Team 5: James Oglethorpe
Evaluation
Here’s how you will be graded!
8-9 points=E 6-7 points=S 4-5 points=N
Click on title for
your
own copy!
Webquest Rubric
Historical Figure
Research Guide
Written Interview
Script
Presentation of
Interview
3=Excellent
2=Satisfactory
1=Needs
Improvement
Information Sheet
filled out
completely and
accurately
1-2 incorrect
pieces of
information on
information sheet
Completely
covers all
information from
data sheet and
puts it in
interview script
1-2 pieces of
information
missing in
interview script
3-4 pieces of
information
missing in the
interview script
Used creativity,
presented all
information
required
Used some
creativity, 1-2
pieces of
information
missing
Used little to no
creativity, 3-4
pieces of
information
missing
3-4 incorrect
pieces of
information on
information sheet
Conclusion
Congratulations! Click on the speaker for a round
of applause!
You have successfully completed your mission!
You have learned about some important figures in
Georgia’s history.You can extend your research to
learn even more about The Peach State by finding
the capitals that existed before Atlanta was our
capital, researching to find out what all of the state
symbols of Georgia are, and even going to research
about figures that came from a different state!