2. Dear Artist,
You have just received a very sad and
unexpected letter from a long lost
relative, an Uncle from the island-
without-any-art. The letter stated that you
were the beneficiary of all his
belongings, including;
money, cars, mansions, swimming
pools, and horses. In order for you to
enjoy this luxurious way of living you
will need to fulfill your uncle’s one last
wish. If you want to spend money, drive
fast cars, live in enormous homes and ride
horses all day then I suggest you continue
this quest by following the instructions
included in his letter.
3. Your journey will be long, but well
worth the contribution that will be
made to the people on the
island-without-any-art. GOOD LUCK!
Your task is to convert one of the many
mansions your Uncle owned on the
island-without-any-art (hereafter
called IWAA) into an Art Museum.
Continue reading for further
directions.
4. You will first have to create an
Art History Timeline so you
know how many rooms will be
needed to accommodate the
History of Art. The timeline you
create should include art images
from the periods as well as brief
descriptions of the time period
and images depicted.
Keep reading!
5. Resources
Go to this page for a nicely compiled list
of sites you can visit to help you find
pictures and information from each time
period throughout history:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~newhaven/
WEB%20QUEST%20RESOURCES.html
You will need to continue reading to
find out the rest of your uncle’s
instructions.
6. Directions:
STEP ONE:
Upon the completion of reading the
introduction and the task components
to the web quest, students will select a
partner. Partners should work together
on reviewing the www resource page
and preview what they would like to
incorporate into the art museum that
best represents the Art History
timeline.
7. STEP TWO:
Partners should begin searching
immediately on the www resource
page and select images that they feel
best represents a period in Art History.
Partners should save images into a
student folder they specifically create
for this assignment.
8. STEP THREE:
Partners will work together arranging
the images that they have selected into
a Word document clearly following an
accurate historical timeline. Each time
period should be briefly explained.
Images will be accompanied by short
summaries of the artwork , including:
Artist, Date, Title, and a brief history
of the artwork (if known.)
9. STEP FOUR:
Partners will need to conclude how
many rooms will be needed which will
be determined by the amount of art
work they select to best represent the
Art History timeline.
10. STEP FIVE:
Partners will share the presentation of
the Art History timeline to the class in
a Power Point format. Partners should
demonstrate an understanding of the
chronological order of the art periods
and their timeline should prove to be
useful in a museum and to the people
on the IWAA. A Word document will
be given to the teacher.
11. HOORAY!
You have accomplished your goals. If
completed successfully you should be
able to live off of your uncle’s good
fortune for the rest of your life.
Congratulations, in advance, on a job
well done!
12. Grading Rubric
(how to earn a high score!)
5 POINTS 3 POINTS 1 POINT SCORE
Use of Partners Partners used Partners used
utilized at least 50% of ten or less of
resources
majority of www the www sites the www sites
sites provided provided provided
Accuracy Partners Partners Partners did not
followed the followed the use www
of timeline
www resource www resource resources and
page and page but the completed an
completed an chronological inaccurate,
accurate order was incomplete
timeline incorrect timeline
Presentation Partners worked Partners Partners did not
well together and worked well work well
of timeline completed an together but the together and
organized
document as well
presentation the
as Power Point was presentation
presentation unorganized or was incomplete
missing some
parts
