Omaha History Tour: A Webquest for 3rd Graders

Designed by Christina Micek

Introduction   Tasks   Process  Teacher Page   Home

Looking east on Farnam Street Approximately 1860

Task One:

Visit these websites to fill in the dates on your timeline.  Be sure to visit them in order so that your dates on your timeline will be in time order.  Under the word date write one or two words to tell about the event that happened on that date.  Last, use the box underneath the date to draw a picture of the event.  Use the pictures on the website to give you ideas:

1822http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/books/ourbooks/fontenel.htm

1898 http://www.historicomaha.com/transmis.htm

1913http://www.nebraskahistory.org/conserve/exhibit.htm (On your timeline write the date that President Ford was born)

1913http://www.historicomaha.com/tornado.htm

1931http://www.joslyn.org/geninfo/geninfo.htm

1942http://www.nebraskahistory.org/museum/teachers/material/trailblz/21/page5.htm (This goes next to the year 1941 on your timeline.  Read about the Martin Bomber Plant in Omaha.)

1993 http://www.elmuseolatino.org/history.html

1999 http://www.historicomaha.com/fnb.htm

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Task Two:

Your next job is to find two pictures of important events or places to use in your museum exhibit.  Visit the site below to find LOTS of pictures:

http://www.historicomaha.com/hisomaha.htm

Your teacher will show you how to save a picture to a disk, or your teacher may want you to draw the picture you find on paper.  Listen carefully to the directions from your teacher so you know which to do.

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Task Three:

Now you will take the online tour of the Omaha History room at South High.  While you are visiting, pick one place that you are very interested in.  Write a 5 sentence paragraph on this place.  Save your paragraph for your museum exhibit.  Draw or print out a picture to go with it.

Omaha History Room Website:

http://www.ops.org/ooe/index.htm

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Task Four:

To complete your OMAHA FACTS PAGE visit the website below that will give you a short history of Omaha. 

http://www.historicomaha.com/hstrypag.htm

You may also visit the sites you went to complete your timeline if you need extra help.

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Task Five:

Now that you have completed some of the exhibits for your museum, it is time to advertise!  On a piece of construction paper, design a poster that advertises your Omaha History Museum.  Include a picture, details about what visitors will see, and the 4w questions!  (Where, when, why, what)  Make sure your poster is exciting, so it will attract many visitors.

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Task Six:

Almost finished!  Think about the places you have learned about.  Pick one building that you think is important to Omaha history.  Using the materials your teacher will give you, make a model of this building to display in your museum.  Visit these websites to get some ideas:

http://www.ops.org/ooe/structures.htm

http://www.historicomaha.com/hisomaha.htm

Congratulations!  You are finished, and should be all ready to welcome visitors to your museum.