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Curriculum Standards

This WebQuest will support the following English Language Arts Curriculum Framework Standards:

Language Strand
Standard 1: Discussion	Students will use agreed-upon rules for informal and formal discussions in small and large groups.
Standard 2: Questioning, Listening and Contributing	Students will pose questions, listen to the ideas of others, and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions or interviews in order to acquire new knowledge.
Standard 3: Oral Presentation	Students will make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and the information to be conveyed.

Reading and Literature Strand
Standard 10: Genre	Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the characteristics of different genres.

Composition Strand
Standard 24: Research	Students will gather information from a variety of sources, analyze, and evaluate the quality of the information they obtain, and use it to answer their own questions.

Media Strand
Standard 26: Analysis of Media	Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the conventions, elements, and techniques of film, radio, video, television, multimedia productions, the Internet, and emerging technologies and provide evidence from the works to support their understanding.

This WebQuest will support the following Instructional Technology Curriculum Framework Standards:

Standard 1.7	Collaborate with classmates to use teacher-selected web sites.
Standard 1.25	Identify and use navigation featurs of browser (e.g., "go," "back," "forward").
Standard 1.27	Identify basic elements of a Web site (e.g., URL, hyperlinks, site map, etc.).
Standard 2.1	Follow classroom rules for responsible use of computers.
Standard 2.2	Develop understanding of the school's rules for safe and ethical Internet use.
Standard 2.4	Develop understanding of how the computer is a tool for learning.
Standard 3.1	Explore and develop understanding of how to gather information from a variety of electronic sources, including teacher-selected Web sites, CD-ROM encyclopedias, and automated card catalog.