Introduction: Welcome to the Famous Georgian Search   You and your team are about to discover Georgia's greatest asset- It's people! You are on a mission to decide whom you think is Georgia's greatest historical figure! The research is on and it begins with you!

The Task: You will be working with a team. Your task is to find information about 7 Georgia residents. You will write facts about each person and then discuss among your team, whom you think should be named Georgia's most famous resident. Your team will then create a poster titled:   The Best Georgian!

The Process: Mrs. Sage already has your websites ready for you to explore. 1) First you will be assigned to a team of four students- 2) Each team member will have a specifc role to do                 Reader/ Writer/ Computer Engineer/Time Keeper 3) You will locate the follwing websites and decide what you think are the most important details about that figure 4) The team will decide what facts to write about each figure 5) Once all 7 Georgians have been located, discovered , and reviewed- your team will decide whom they think is "The Best Georgian" 6) Your final project will be to create a poster of the Greatest Georgian complete with facts and pictures of him/her.

Here are our 7 candidates for Best Georgian     Sequoyah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoyah Chief Tomochichi http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-689&pid=s-52 General James Oglethorpe http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/people/oglethorpe.html Mrs. Mary Musgrove http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-688 Mr. Jackie Robinson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson President Jimmy Carter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

Objective: Aquired basic factual knowledge on Georgia's historical figures (GPS SS2H1) Needs Improvement   1 Developing   2 Accomplished   3 Score Totals General James Oglethorpe         Mary Musgrove         Chief Tomochichi         Sequoyah         President Jimmy Carter         Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.         Jackie Robinson                   Poster of The Best Georgian         Title of Character spelled correctly         Facts and information are correct         Poster is appealing to the audience         Group worked well together         Evaluation Rubric

Conclusion and References By completing this WebQuest, you have learned several facts about many important figures in Georgia's history. You have worked in a group and shared ideas and opionions. You have made decisions and friends. Excellent Work!   References and Credits: All clip art images came from http://build.tripod.lycos.com/trellix/sitebuilder/f_edit_page.html References Used: http://en.wikipedia.org http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org http://ourgeorgiahistory.com