From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

• The whole class will read From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
• Next, utilizing the websites listed on this WebQuest you are to research the following information to create a "file" on each subject.
• Create a word document using your name as the title.
• Organize the data collected for your "Files" in a bullet format.

 Task One

1. Visit the Arms and Armor collection at the museum and select a peice of armor that Claudia and James might have seen in the museum. Add this picture and information including: date, name, culture its from, and a brief description to a word document.

2.Claudia chose to visit New York City. What route would you take to get there? Use Google maps to find a route from here to New York City. Save the map and post it into your word document.  Write in your word document what would be two interesting things to do in New York City? Use the link below to research New York City and find two interesting things to write about.

3. The Sistine Chapel was the most challenging work for Michelangelo. Use the link below to find out: How long it took him to paint it, where it is located, what year did he start and finish it, name two pictures painted in the chapel. Write these answers in your word document.

4. Is there an Angel Statue? Using the link below "The Mixed-up Files"issue of MuseumKids, explain the mystery behind the Angel Statue and answer the following questions. Record the answers on your word document. Does the Metropolitan Museum have a work of art created by Michelangelo, if so, what is its title? Where is the work located?

Task Two

On a new page in your word document, write your response to the following passage.

What is Mrs. Frankweiler saying about learning in the passage below?

I think you should learn, of course, and somedays you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything. And you can feel it inside of you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It's hollow.

How can it "swell up inside of you?" What is the difference between accumulating facts and learning? What do you think Claudia has learned on her adventure? What have you learned from reading this book?