INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WEBQUEST

The Industrial Revolution was a historical period from the second half of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In this period appeared the machines instead of the workshop and also appeared the factories.

In this Webquest you have some questions about the Industrial Revolution. Try to find the answers in the following links:

What were the causes of the revolution?

                                                Why was necessary a national commerce?


                                             What new energy was used in the revolution ?


                     What were the causes of the change of the rural society to the urban society?


                                                    What is the sequence production?


                               What were the most important inventions in the Revolution?


                                              Who were the owners of the factories?

WEBQUESTS

Questions:

1)What is it?
2)How to make one?

Answers:

1)WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. These can be created using various programs, including a simple word processing document that includes links to websites.
2)*When creating a WebQuests there are five pages to includes; an Introduction, Process, Task, Evaluation, Credits and a Teacher’s page. The teacher’s page is created to share with other teachers. It lets them know what the WebQuest is about.
A real WebQuest:
*is wrapped around a doable and interesting task that is ideally a scaled down version of things that adults do as citizens or workers.
requires higher level thinking, not simply summarizing. This includes synthesis, analysis, problem-solving, creativity and judgment.
makes good use of the web. A WebQuest that isn't based on real resources from the web is probably just a traditional lesson in disguise. (Of course, books and other media can be used within a WebQuest, but if the web isn't at the heart of the lesson, it's not a WebQuest.)
isn't a research report or a step-by-step science or math procedure. Having learners simply distilling web sites and making a presentation about them isn't enough.
isn't just a series of web-based experiences. Having learners go look at this page, then go play this game, then go here and turn your name into hieroglyphs doesn't require higher level thinking skills and so, by definition, isn't a WebQuest.

By Lucas Pujol and Camila Pérez.