A 11^th Grade WebQuest

Jessi Reifsneider

Introduction:

There is a significant rise of abuse in your community and not enough help provided for the victims. You and some your fellow employees decide to leave the clinic you are currently employed at and open one of your own to help with the demand. You will need to create a brochure to get the word out about services you offer and what exactly constitutes abuse.

Task:

Each small group will be assigned one of the following types of abuse to create a brochure on:

A. Family Abuse

1. Physical

2. Sexual

3. Emotional

4. Neglect

B. Dating Abuse/Rape

1. Physical

2. Sexual

3. Emotional

4. Neglect

Process:

The first thing you will need to do is to pair up and come to me, to discover what your assigned topic will be. You may request a specific topic, but it will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. Each group will research their topic. Your group will need to decide what you will call your center for abuse. You must provide statistics on your type of abuse and be able to describe what factors are involved in your type of abuse. You will need to come up with ways to help prevent your type of abuse, as well as provide information about the help victims and perpetrators can receive from your center. You may include pictures, but if you are not sure about their appropriateness come to me first. Your brochures should be neat, informative, creative and free of errors. You will be presenting your brochures to the class. It should be about a five to ten minute presentation. You project will be broken up into pieces and certain pieces will be due on the following dates:

Topic and Name for Center due on day 1

First part of research due day 4

Completed research and pictures you plan to use due day 10

Rough draft of brochure due day 13

Final draft of brochure and presentation due day 23

***I have provided you with the following websites to aid you with you research

Dating Abuse:

http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/cool_stuff.asp

http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/stophate/dating/

http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_2002/tows_past_20020228.jhtml

All Types of Abuse:

http://www.vachss.com/help_text/ca_physical.html

http://www.bcifv.org/hottopics/elders/2.html

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/nfntsabus_e.html

http://www.vachss.com/help_text/ca_emotional.html

Family and Child Abuse:

http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/abuse/breakfree/friends.html

http://www.healthpartners.com/Menu/0,1598,1846,00.html

http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/chldabus.htm

http://nccafv.org/

Sexual Abuse:

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/bouverie/sexualabuse/

Emotional and Same-sex Abuse:

http://www.womanabuseprevention.com/html/emotional_abuse.html

Prevention and Survival:

http://www.betterendings.org/justice/allegati.htm

Evaluation:


Making A Brochure : Abuse Will Turn Your World Upside Down



Teacher Name: Ms. Reifsneider


Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Knowledge Gained	All students in the group can accurately answer all questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	All students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	Most students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	Several students in the group appear to have little knowledge about the facts or technical processes used in the brochure.
Content - Accuracy	All facts in the brochure are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	89-80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.
Sources	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 95-100% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 94-85% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 84-75% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Sources are not documented accurately or are not kept on many facts and graphics.
Graphics/Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has well-organized information.	The brochure's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Writing - Grammar	There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure.	There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure after feedback from an adult.	There are 1-2 grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.	There are several grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.

Total number of points possible: 24X2=48+10 for yours presentation (58)

** Your presentation will be graded on the information presented, as well as the clarity of your voice. You will also be graded on how creative your presentation is!!!!

Conclusion:

After completing the WebQuest you will be able to describe all the different types of abuse and what they involve. You will be able to provide others with important information on how to get help and will know the warning signs to look for.

Questions to think about:

After completing this project have you found that any of your friends have displayed any of the warning signs? Do you feel more confident in approaching someone that shows many of the warning signs?