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A common activtiy for fourth grade students in Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia is a Colonial Fair, where students can share their knowledge about colonial life. This year's Colonial Fair will host several special visitors. The guests will be some famous Virginians that you know: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, James Madison, James Monroe and Patrick Henry. Your tasks are listed below.

You have two tasks to choose from with help from your teacher.

1. Play the parts of a famous Virginian and Interviewer who will conduct an interview during the Colonial Fair.

2. Create a poster and brochure to advertise the interviews.

Process:

TASK 1: Sixpairs of students will choose one of the famous Virginians. One of the members of the pair will play the part of the famous Virginian. The other will play the part of a TV reporter. The pairs will use the resources listed here to find information about the famous Virginian and write a list of questions and answers to be used in an interview to be conducted during the Colonial Fair.

You will need to know the following information:

• Tell biographical information about the person (such as where and when he was born).
• Tell what jobs he had
• Tell why he was important
• Pay particular attention to the major accomplishments in the person's life and to his contributions to events leading up to the American Revolution and the beginnings of the new nation of the United States.
• It would also be interesting to include stories about the person's experiences.

TASK 2: The rest of the class will have the task of introducing a famous Virginian to the people attending the Colonial Fair. You will work in pairs and use the resources listed here to find information about the famous Virginian you choose and create a brochure with information about the person and a poster announcing the event.

Your brochure:

• Include biographical information about the person (such as where and when he was born), what jobs he had, why he is important.
• Pay particular attention to the major accomplishments in the person's life and to his contributions to events leading up to the American Revolution and the beginnings of the new nation of the United States.
• Include pictures. You may draw them, print them from the Internet or use postcards or other pictures that you find elsewhere.
• Create your brochure on the computer.
Your poster:
• Include an announcement of the event (date and time)
• Include pictures
• Make it attractive and inviting

This WebQuest was created by Carolyn Thalman,

Teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools and

Graduate student in Instructional Technology at George Mason University.