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The question marks in the name of your team ARE a hint. They match the number of letters in the name of your team.
The picture on your webquest group page IS NOT a hint. It's just a picture of a National Treasure in Washington, D.C., and is not specifically related to your webquest.
CLUE #8
“A house of no color, no color at all, the presidents live here – it’s not very small! It has red rooms and green rooms, blue rooms and gold, a bowling alley, swimming pool, and a secret underground hole where the president stays safe if the bad guys come – but they also have soldiers, to put the guys on the run! It’s beautiful, spacious, palatial, and gracious – it’s the seat of power, it has really cool showers – what is the name of this beautiful house?”
Let's get started ! You can record your research information in a Microsoft Word document and then print it when you are ready to put your power point together. Click on the Word Icon, click "new" to open a new document, and then click on "Save As" and type in the name of your group. Make sure you save your work!
Go to the Google link and begin your quest by typing in the question, “What is the name of the house where presidents of the United States live”?
Once you have found the answer, use the information you located to answer to the following questions, or use the link under each question to help you find your answers.
http://www.google.com/
QUESTIONS
1) What is the name of the house in the clue?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
2) Why do you think they call it by that name?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/fun-facts
3) When was it built? Who designed it?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/monuments/whitehouse/
4) Who was the first president to live in it?
http://whitehouse.georgewbush.org/history/index.asp
5) The house has burned at least once. Who burned it and why?
http://www.kingsown.net/hist_white_house.htm
6) Find pictures of the red room, blue room, green room, etc. Why do you think the house has “color” rooms?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/history/rooms
7) Find some fun and interesting facts about the house.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/fun-facts
8) Find a video about of the house. Be prepared to play them for the class. Copy and paste the URL onto a blank document and have it printed out, and be prepare to find it quickly for your presentation using the Smart Board. You may link the video to your power point if you like.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/04/29/west-wing-week-final-adjustments
9) Is the president allowed to keep pets in the house?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/presidential-pets
10) Find some pictures of pets who have lived in the house.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/presidential-pets
11) Find some interesting and fun facts about the house.
http://poolandpatio.about.com/od/outdoorlivinghardscaping/tp/whitehousetrivia.htm
12) Are there any ghost stories about the house?
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/the_white_house_ghosts.html
13) Are children allowed to live in the house?
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_classroom/classroom_4-8-firstkids.html
14) Find some pictures of children who have lived in the house.
http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/html/children.html
15) Why do you think the president needs such a fancy house? Think about it. Discuss it with your group. List your ideas for your power point.
16) Using the Google maps link, find the location of the house in Washington, D.C. Include a map in your power point presentation by copying and pasting.
http://www.maps.google.com/
Now that you've completed your research, it’s time to create your power point. A tutorial that will show you how to do a power point is located on the tutorial page. Click on the tutorial page to learn what you need to know in order to complete a power point.
You will need to include a video about this monument/person/building in your power point, as well as several pictures of the person/monument/building.
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A tuorial that will show you how to do a power point is located on the tutorial page. Click on the tutorial page to learn how to do a power point.
You will need to include a video about this monument/person in your power point, as well as several pictures of the person/monument.
Here is a check list of what you need to include in the power point.
1) An introduction that INCLUDES your clue. You may copy and paste the clue from your webquest page.
2) 15 slides MINIMUM
3) Answers to all the questions in your web quest.
4) Relevant clip art or photos on each page
5) Videos about the person/ monument/ and house.
6) A conclusion
7) No goofy colors or funky backgrounds. Make your power point look professional.
8) Map showing location of monument or other required information.
9) Correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
In addition to your power point, please work together to complete the following assignment.
Using a famous speech or sayings of this person, create a Reader's Theatre style presentation for the entire group to perform Provide teacher with a copy of your script. Your final draft should be a document in Microsoft Word. You will present the script as a group. Google "Reader's Theatre scrips" to find some examples.
When you complete your webquest, go to the Evaluation page and click on "Extra" if you would like to solve some more riddles for extra credit. No power point involved, just the fun of solving the clues. Do not work together - work by yourself to find the answers to the clues. Write them down and turn them in on presentation day.
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Congratulations on finding such fabulous National Treasure!