Jessie+Grovanz's+Final+Project

__ Pennsylvania Bucktails Webquest __  Introduction The Pennsylvania Bucktails played an important role in a major American war. We here in Cameron County have local connections to these men, but many of us aren't even aware that they ever existed. The Bucktails' impact can still be seen today in the names of local highways, towns, and in the form of local monuments that have been erected in their honor. These forgotten men are the topic of this webquest.

Task Your task is to discover just who the Bucktails were and learn as many details about their lives and era as possible. You will accomplish these things by answering basic questions, comparing, contasting, and analyzing photographs, maps, and other documents, and writing an essay personalizing your Bucktail experience.

Using only the websites listed in the Resources section below, complete the following questions and activities for this webquest: 1. Who was Thomas L. Kane? 2. What major group is Kane responsible for helping form? 3. Where did Kane live? 4. What is the highest rank that Kane received? 5. How many times was Kane wounded? List dates. 6. How is Kane connected to our area? 7. Which American war was Kane involved in? 8. Examine the cartoons of Abraham Lincoln and Kane's letters to Lincoln. In your opinion, did Kane feel the same way about Lincoln as the cartoonists did? How did you come to that conclusion? Support your answer with details from each selection. 9. How did the general public regard the Bucktails? What evidence do you have of this? Give detailed support for your opinion, and cite which websites you used. 10. Read the report on the Bucktails and their involvement at Gettysburg. Analyze the two maps of the Battle of Gettysburg. Which of these two maps is easier to use in connection with the report to see where the Bucktails were and what they did? Support your opinion with details from the maps and the report 11. Find a photograph of Bucktail men from Cameron County. Tell which website you used to find this photograph, and which photographs in particular you are looking at. Some photos have captions with names; if your photo has the men named, list their names. 12. Analyze the recruitment poster in the resource links below. Draw connections between it and the photo of the Cameron County Bucktail that you found. Compose an essay in which you assume the identity of one of the photographed Cameron County Bucktails. Using his perspective, write an essay on "your" reaction to the recruitment poster. Be specific! Write your essay as though you were the man himself.

Resources 1.  @http://pabucktail.com/ (Hint: Check under the "Research Information" link at the bottom of the page) 2. @http://www.smethportpa.org/pdf/bucktailbrochure2009.pdf 3. @http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveItems&ArchiveID=17&FID=1250493&LID=1250542&FL=K&Page=4 4. @http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200001178/default.html 5. @http://pabucktail.com/Newspapers/PhilaPress/12111861p2.htm 6. @http://www.pabucktail.com/Reference/dorn.htm 7. @http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd382/g3824/g3824g/cw0345500.jp2&style=gmd&itemLink=D?gmd:32:./temp/~ammem_LfzV::@@@mdb=gmd&title=Gettysburg%20battlefield%20today.%20Pennsylvania%20Railroad <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">8.@http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd382/g3824/g3824g/cw0331000.jp2&itemLink=r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3824g+cw0331000))&title=Field+of+Gettysburg,+July+1st,+2nd+%26+3rd,+1863+Prepared+by+T.+Ditterline.&style=gmd&legend 9. @http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/nhnycw/ac/ac03/ac03172v.jpg

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Process <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In order to complete this webquest accurately, you will need to first examine all the resources to see which one(s) will best suit your needs for the given tasks. PLEASE NOTE: SOME WEBSITES WILL NEED TO BE EXPLORED IN ORDER TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION/RESOURCE. This webquest is designed to challenge both your intellect and your researching skills. Some of the resources will be used more than once; others will only be needed for one task. All tasks need to be answered using complete sentences. Tasks 8-11 need to be answered using paragraph form. Task 12 is an essay question; see the rubric in the Evaluation section below for specific guidelines.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Evaluation <span style="color: #f948f9; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tasks 1-11 will be evaluated based on accuracy and use of complete sentences/paragraph form. Task 12 will be graded using the rubric below.



<span style="color: #066506; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Conclusion <span style="color: #24b224; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">After using this webquest, you should now have a better understanding of our area's history. Highways and towns named after this regiment and these men should come to mind more readily than before. The next time you drive towards Sinnemahoning using the Bucktail Trail, stop and think about just what the Bucktail Trail is and whom that names honors. Keep the past alive...