Rural, Urban, or Suburban?

Before you begin, go to the evaluation page and look at your rubric. This will help you know what will be expected from you and see what you need to do to get a good score.

Task 1:

1. Go to the following website and read the first four paragraphs.

http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/communities/ruralsuburbanandurban/grownups.weml

2. After you finish, go to task 2.

Task 2:

1. Open attachment 1 on this page. It will be titled “Task 2 Questions.”

2. Print the questions.

3. Use the following 3 links to answer your questions.

Memphis, TN –
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12561

Olive Branch, MS –
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19958

Como, MS –
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19832

4. When you finish, hold on to your questions and turn them in to your teacher at the end of the Webquest.

5. Go to task 3.

Task 3:

1. Open attachment 2 on this page. It will be titled “Task 3 Questions.”

2. Print the questions.

3. Go to the following website to find the answers to the questions.

http://www.olivebranchms.com/OliveBranch/History/tabid/105/Default.aspx

4. When you finish, hold on to your questions and turn them in to your teacher when you finish the Webquest.

5. Go to task 4.

Task 4:

1. Open attachment 3 on this page. It will be titled “Task 4 Questions.”

2. Print the questions.

3. Go to the following website, click on “MILK” to start the tour, and then click on the green arrows to take you to the next part.

http://www.moomilk.com/tours/tour1-1.htm

4. Answer the questions on the worksheet that come from this website.

5. Go to the following website to help you finish answering the questions on the worksheet you printed out.

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,490931,00.html

6. When you finish, hold on to your questions and turn them in to your teacher when you finish the Webquest.

7. Go to task 5.

Task 5:

1. Write a paragraph that explains which type of community you would like to live in. Follow the guidelines given to you below to help you write your paragraph.
• Which type of community do you want to live in? (rural, urban, or suburban)
• Identify which community you researched that matches the type of community you selected.
• Explain why you selected this type of community.

2. When you are finished, turn all of your products in to your teacher.

3. Continue to the evaluation section of your Webquest to make sure you did what you had to do to get a good score.