Process
Introduction ~
Task ~ Process ~ Conclusion
~ Evaluation
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You must complete the following activities. ~
1. As a team, write a report about the areas you researched.
2. Print a picture or create your own picture to go with each area you learned
about.
3. As a group, come up with five items that should be displayed in or outside
of the home to remind us of
the Witting family. Describe these items in the final paragraph of your report.
4. Create a flyer in Publisher advertising your bed and breakfast. Use the information
you gained from your report to persuade people to visit your hotel.
~ You will do research
in one or two of the following areas. ~
Job Descriptions
Agent 1: Will report on Maine
Agent 2: Will report on Old West Kansas
Agent 3: Will report on transportation in the late 1800s-Early 1900s
Agent 4: Will report on wildflowers
Agent 5: Will report on seashell
Maine
State of Maine: http://www.state.me.us
Maine (History-encyclopedia.com): http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/maineus_history.asp
The Center of Maine History: http://www.mainehistory.org
50 States ~ Maine Information: http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/states/maine.html#me
Old West Kansas
Old West Kansas: http://www.vlib.us/old_west/
Old West: http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/owfrm.htm
Kansas History: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/history/
Transportation
Encyclopedia Smithsonian (Transportation History): http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/transportation.htm
Showroom of Automotive History: The Model T: http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/showroom/1908/model.t.html
Railroads in Kansas: http://www.ku.edu/heritage/research/rr/rrhistory.html
Wildflowers
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses: http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/
Celebrating Wildflowers and Grasses: http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/northwest/com.htm
Seashells
Seashell Photographs: http://www.conchologistsofamerica.org/home/
Seashell Information: http://www.seashells.org/
e-Nature Shell Guide: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=9