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Students will engage in the study of the historical truth and legend of Annie Oakley.

Students will create a timeline of US/Ohio events and events in the life of Annie Oakley.

Students will use the Web to gather information about US/Ohio events and about Annie Oakley.

Students will create a "marker" artifact to demonstrate understanding of truth and legend.

Students will be encouraged to work cooperatively to complete the tasks.

Students will complete an activity that demonstrates creativity and imagination about their study of Annie Oakley.

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Print out the Timeline & the Resources activity sheets for Task 1 from Resources (below).

Print out the Truth/Legend Historical Marker template for Task 2 from Resources (below).

Go through the Resources section in the student portion of the WebQuest to see that all links are working.

Demonstrate the WebQuest using one computer and a projector.

Explain requirements and expectations for each section of the WebQuest including the rubric.

Review cooperative learning and behavior requirement, AUP, and general conduct.

Explore your school and local libraries for additional resources including books, video tape, CD-ROMs, DVDs.

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RESOURCES -- Items to Print

You'll probably need to print these items for students to complete Task 1 & Task 2.

She Shot The Ashes Off The Kaiser's Cigarette

http://www.cowgirls.com/dream/cowgals/oakley.htm

Long – not 4 th grade reading level -- pix

http://www.dorchesterlibrary.org/library/aoakley.html

Women in History

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/oakl-ann.htm

3 rd grader

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/oakley.html

From B. Bill Historic center

http://www.bbhc.org/bbm/biographyAO.cfm

Fast facts

http://www.ohiobio.org/oakley.htm

4 PIX

http://hem.passagen.se/topic/annieoakley.html

Good source – easy reading & 1 PIX

http://www.geocities.com/paris/concorde/9203/annieoakley.html

Women’s Hall of Fame – short – easy to read

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=114

Short & motto

http://www.darkecountyohio.com/coc/sons_daughters.html

Mentions date for Edison film

http://members.aol.com/kitecd/wmhist.htm#OAKLEY_A

Excellent source corrects record & Includes pix & Edison

http://www.pssatrap.org/webmaster/annieoakley.htm

Facts about Wrights

http://members.aol.com/kitecd/invent.htm#WRIGHT_BROTH

The Truth About Annie Oakley

http://www.cods.org.uk/annie_oakley.htm

Facts about Edison

http://members.aol.com/kitecd/invent.htm#EDISON_T

Famous Ohioans 4 th grade webquest

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~bgargas/webquest-web.htm

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov

State Historic Marker

http://www.ohio200.org/markers/detail.asp?PID=32

Short reference written by a student

http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/WH/jrm/jrm.htm

Folk tales (newspaper)

http://www.4yi.com/1997/1110folktales/s1.html 

Includes a timeline

 http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/women/annieoakley.html

Letter to president about helping in war

http://www.undelete.org/exhibits/exhibits8.html 

Kasper, Shirl. Annie Oakley. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1992.

Macy, Sue. Bull’s-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC. 2001.

Sayers, Isabelle S. Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Dover Publications, Inc., New York. 1981.

Swartwout, Annie Fern. Missie: An Historical Biography of Annie Oakley. The Brown Publishing Company, Blanchester, Ohio, 1947.

ANNIE OAKLEY: AMERICAN TALES AND LEGENDS. Platypup Productions, Inc. 1998.

ANNIE OAKLEY: CRACK SHOT IN PETTICOATS. A&E Home Video. 2001.

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This WebQuest addresses Ohio’s fourth grade curriculum guidelines/standards in social studies and in Ohio history with additional curriculum integration possibilities with language arts, music, and minority/women’s studies.

This WebQuest addresses Ohio’s technology standards – "technology experiences with application in computer and multimedia literacy, information literacy, and technological literacy."

This WebQuest addresses the following ISTE NET*S – (1) Basic operations and concepts, (3) Technology productivity tools, and (5) Technology research tools.

EVALUATION -- Rubric for Timeline Activity

Activity 1

EVALUATION -- Rubric for Truth/Legend Activity

Activity 2

EVALUATION -- Rubric for Your Choice Activity

Activity 3

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Researching other important people in Ohio history during the late 19th century would be a natural extension. (Example: Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison)

Researching other important people from Annie Oakley's past would extend this study. (Example: Buffalo Bill Cody, Sitting Bull)

Information learned from this WebQuest could be shared with any "e-pals" any place in the world.

Attention to citing sources of pictures in the WebQuest could serve as a forum for discussion of Fair Use, copyright, AUP, citing sources, and plagiarism.

Students could attend a local theater production of "Annie, Get Your Gun" or view the movie.

Students could make a study trip (field trip) to the Garst Museum and Annie Oakley sites of interest in and around Greenville, Ohio.

Students could share their experience about the Annie Oakley WebQuest with the local newspaper or local Access TV.

Students could identify other local heroes from the past or the present to study.

Students could create a mural depicting events in Annie Oakley’s life.

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