Using WebQuests in the Social Studies Classroom: A Culturally Responsive Approach [Paperback]

This unique guide offers practical strategies for using WebQuests to optimize learning in social studies, foster student inquiry and higher-level thinking, and promote greater intercultural understanding.This unique guide offers practical strategies for using WebQuests to optimize learning in social studies, foster student inquiry and higher-level thinking, and promote greater intercultural understanding. Founded on a well-established educational rationale, this book takes the critical and challenging step of helping teachers integrate culturally responsive education into their own practice. By using real student stories, the authors spin an engaging narrative that informs and entertains. Shows teachers how to create quality WebQuests using constructivist principles while also encouraging teacher reflection. The book has inspired me in my efforts to make my teaching responsive to students needs and the real-world requirements of our education system.
Offers endless resources for the novice or experienced teacher. In a culturally diverse classroom, WebQuests provide students with an opportunity to showcase their cultures and take pride in their learning. While the text is geared to the social studies teacher, the steps of the WebQuest are explained so that any teacher in any discipline may develop and utilize this resource in their curriculum. Preface
Why This Book?
Real Voices... Typical Classroom Challenges
Practical, Usable Curriculum Content
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. The Challenge of Culturally Responsive Teaching
Meet Harrison Songolo
The Need for a Culturally Responsive Context
The Larger Narrative
Powerful Social Studies... Powerful Citizens
Imaginative Entry
The Quest for Connections
2. The TechnologiclS¯