Web Quest was an interesting program to work with. My original idea was have my students fill in a map with all of the ancient cultures that we study throughout the year (about 5), but I didn't realize that the Web Quest was more of the instructions and didn't really have a place for the students to do there work in it. I started creating a Pixie that the students could use to fill in the map, however I had a hard time getting a picture that was the right size so that Rome and Greece weren't too tiny to fill in. I kept stretching it bigger, but then ran into another snag when I was looking for resources on the Web Quest site. I realized that I was trying to get them to put way to much information on the same map (the modern countries, what they looked like in the past and important places/trade routes like the silk road) and I was worried that it would become jumbled and not useful. I backed up and thought about what I could do to make it simpler for my students, include more higher level thinking, and was working on standards we hadn't covered yet so that I could still use it with my kids this year. I came up with the following Web Quest about enduring contribution for Ancient Rome. Enjoy!
Ancient Rome
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