Webquest for 10th grade Global History
Designed by
Ms. Bautista
"In overthrowing me,
you have cut only the trunk of the tree of liberty. It will spring again from
the roots for they are numerous and deep."
--
Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1802
Slave revolt,
massacre of owners & burning of the plantations
Toussaint L'ouverture
Introduction:
How many of you heard about the Haitian
Revolution? I’m waiting….. Well that is because it is practically ignored! Your job as historians is to correct this
oversight. A colony populated predominantly by plantation slaves overthrew both
its colonial status and its economic system. As a result of imperialism the
people in
The Task:
You and your partner our
expert historians. You were hired
by the historical society to prove to the authorities that this revolution is
important to world history. You must let
them know that this part of history deserves more than a few paragraphs in the
text book!!! Your web research is to find out the
motivation that propelled the Haitian plantation workers to revolt against the French and what the
effects of this revolution were. You must also make a comparison with another
revolution in order to make your case.
For
this project you are using the 5-step Global History Public Policy
Analyst approach in order to complete the following tasks:
1. Identify the Problem by describing three factors
that helped bring about the Haitian revolution.
2. Gather the Evidence that would prove that a
problem did indeed exist in colonial
3. Determine what
the Factors helped to bring about
the French Revolution. This would
include who were the key figures involved.
4. Identify and
explain at least one immediate effect
and at least one long-term effect of
this revolution.
5. Do a comparative analysis to another such
revolution.
6. You are using
these five steps in order to complete a thematic essay.
The Process:
1.
You will be
completing the five step Global Public Policy Analyst
with a partner.
You must be
able to define public policy
in order to understand the five steps of the public policy analyst.
2. Complete Worksheet 2: Gather the Evidence (MSWORD Version )in order to guide you in
gathering evidence.
2. In order to
help guide you in identifying the causes complete
Worksheet3: "Determine the
Causes"(MSWORD
Version)
3. In order to
determine the long term and short term effects it is necessary to evaluate the
policy, in this case that of the Haitian revolution itself, you must
complete Worksheet4: "Evaluate the
Policy"(MSWORD Version)
4.
Using your notes and/or textbooks you
must determine one particular revolution to compare this one to. Once you and
your partner have determined that revolution then you can complete Worksheet5: "Comparative
Analysis"(MSWORD Version)
6. Hand in the worksheets for evaluation.
7.
Using the information in the worksheet individually you must complete
the following thematic essay
Theme:
Change
Throughout global history, there
have been major political, economic, social, and cultural revolutions. These revolutions can be defined as major
public policy. In addition they have had
complex causes and left lasting impacts on people’s lives.
Task:
Ø
Define Public Policy and the revolution
Ø
For the Haitian revolution that you have studied in the webquest describe three of the factors that helped to bring
about this revolution.
Ø
Identify and explain at least one immediate effect and at
least one long-term of this revolution on people’s lives.
Ø
Compare this revolution to one other
Resources:
To
identify the responses for the five steps you must refer to the following sites
for guidance in answering your worksheets refer to the following sites:
1. To learn of
the leaders and some causes of this revolution
refer to The Early History of Haiti
1.
For a brief history and a map of
2.
To learn more about one of
3.
To understand the causes of the revolution refer to Professor Bob Corbett’s Four-Part Essay on Haitian history
4.
To gather reasons for
5.
In order to gather some information of the effects refer to The Haitian Revolution
6.
http://abe.www.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/haiti/history.html
7. http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/haitian-revolution.htm for pictures.
8. http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/DIASPORA/HAITI.HTM
9. http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Search
Engines:
http://www.altavista.com/
http://www.lycos.com/
http://www.yahoo.com/
http://search.msn.com/
http://www.google.com/
http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html
Evaluation:
Your worksheets will b given a group grade.
Your thematic essays will be graded individually using the
following rubric:
Generic Scoring Rubric
Social Studies Thematic Essay
Score of 5:
Ø Shows a thorough
understanding of the theme or problem
Ø Addresses all aspects of the
task
Shows an
ability to analyze, evaluate, compare and/or contrast issues and events
Ø Richly supports the theme or
problem with relevant facts, examples, and details
Ø Is a well-developed essay,
consistently demonstrating a logical and clear plan of organization
Ø Introduces the theme or
problem by establishing a framework that is beyond a simple restatement of the
task and concludes with a summation of the theme or problem
Score of 4:
Ø Shows a good understanding
of the theme or problem
Ø Addresses all aspects of the
task
Ø Shows an ability to analyze, evaluate, compare and/or contrast issues and events
Ø Includes relevant facts,
examples, and details, but may not support all aspects of the theme or problem
evenly
Ø Is a well-developed essay,
demonstrating a logical and clear plan of organization
Ø Introduces the theme or
problem by establishing a framework that is beyond a simple restatement of the
task and concludes with a summation of the theme or problem
Score of 3:
Ø Shows a satisfactory
understanding of the theme or problem
Addresses most aspects of the task or addresses all aspects in a limited way
Ø Shows an ability to analyze
or evaluate issues and events, but not in any depth
Includes
some facts, examples, and details
Ø Is a satisfactorily
developed essay, demonstrating a general plan of organization
Ø Introduces the theme or
problem by repeating the task and concludes by repeating the theme or problem
Score of 2:
Ø Shows limited understanding
of the theme or problem
Ø Attempts to address the task
Ø Develops a faulty analysis
or evaluation of issues and events
Ø Includes few facts,
examples, and details, and may include information that contains inaccuracies
Ø Is a poorly organized essay,
lacking focus
Ø Fails to introduce or
summarize the theme or problem
Score of 1:
Ø Shows a very limited
understanding of the theme or problem
Ø Lacks an analysis or
evaluation of the issues and events
Ø Includes little or no
accurate or relevant facts, examples, or details
Ø Attempts to complete the task, but
demonstrates a major weakness in organization
Ø Fails to introduce or
summarize the theme or problem
Score
of 0: Fails to address the task, is illegible, or is a blank paper
Social Studies Standards
This webquest
focuses on the following Social Studies Performance Standards:
Standard
2
Students
will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the in world
history from a variety of perspectives.
Standard
3
Students
will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
the geography of the interdependent world in which we live-local, national, and
global- including the distribution of people, places, and environment over
earth’s surface.
Books in the Walton library:
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/testing/socstre/gh&usinfo.html
Conclusion:
At
the end of this project, you should have accomplished the following:
1.Written a Regents
Essay. (Good practice for your test in June)
2.Be able to tell
anybody who will listen how the Haitian Revolution has affected the world as we know it!!!
3.Learn how to use
the internet and library as vital sources
4.Completed the TIPS
Public Policy Analyst as it relates to global history.
In August 1791, a massive
slave uprising erupted in the French colony Saint-Domingue,
now known as
ignited by a Vodou service organized by Boukman, a Vodou houngan (High Priest). Historians stamp this revolt as the
most
celebrated event that launched the 13-year revolution which culminated in the
independence of
http://www.albany.edu/~js3980/haitian-revolution.html