Name: ____________________
Date: __________
Period: __________
Webquest Directions: Visit the following websites and analyze the Prezi presentations. Then
answer the questions that follow IN COMPLETE SENTENCES or with THINKING MAPS. Answer
the questions on pgs. 33-34 of your ISN.
PART ONE | Rats Prezi
(pg. 33)
https://prezi.com/cu30abagcn5b/rats/
1. Summarize the Black Plague in 2-3 COMPLETE SENTENCES.
2. Explain the role rats played in the Black Plague. In other
words, what did rats have to do with the Black Plague? Your
answer should be AT LEAST TWO SENTENCES LONG.
3. If you had several rats living at your house, how would you
get rid of them? Base your answer off what you just learned,
and write your answer in 2-3 COMPLETE SENTENCES.
4. Compare and contrast the breeding process of a rat to that of
a human. What are the similarities (comparisons)? What are
the differences (contrasts)? Your answer should be a MINIMUM OF THREE SENTENCES.
5. Analyze all the information you just learned and write down TWO FACTS that you learned about rats. DO
NOT JUST COPY FACTS FROM THE PREZI!
PART TWO | Lighthouses Prezi
(pg. 34)
prezi.com/cofraoqmor8m/lighthouses-and-three-skeleton-key/
6. Visit the CarolinaLights.com website (from the Prezi) and
record THREE FACTS about one of the lighthouses in the
Prezi (Bald Head Island, Currituck Beach, or Cape Hatteras).
7. Compare and contrast the three different ways that
lighthouses have been lit up throughout history. Make sure
your answer explains ALL THREE OF THE WAYS discussed
in the Prezi.
8. Watch the video about the Pharos Lighthouse of Ancient
Egypt (in the Prezi), and summarize it in 3-5 COMPLETE
SENTENCES.
9. Using the knowledge you’ve acquired about lighthouses, infer what the exposition of the story will be.
HINT: exposition includes the setting (time AND place of the story), the main characters, and the main
conflict (problem).
Name: ____________________
Date: __________
Period: __________
Webquest Directions: Visit the following websites (make sure to type in the website addresses EXACTLY AS THEY
APPEAR) and study the Prezi presentations. Then answer the questions.
PART ONE | Rats Prezi
https://prezi.com/cu30abagcn5b/rats/
1. What are THREE DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES that describe the
picture of the rat in the Prezi?
_______________________
_______________________
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2. What did rats have to do with the Black Plague?
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3. If you had rats living at your house, how would you get rid of
them? Explain your answer in ONE COMPLETE SENTENCE.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Explain what rats eat.
5. Write down TWO FACTS you learned about rats. DO NOT JUST COPY FACTS FROM THE PREZI!
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PART TWO | Lighthouses Prezi
prezi.com/cofraoqmor8m/lighthouses-and-three-skeleton-key/
6. Visit the CarolinaLights.com website (from the Prezi) and
record ONE FACT about one of the lighthouses in the Prezi
(Bald Head Island, Currituck Beach, or Cape Hatteras).
_____________________________________________________________________________
7. Identify the THREE DIFFERENT WAYS that lighthouses have
been lit up throughout history.
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 _____________________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________________
8. Where was the first lighthouse (that we know of) located? ______________________________________________________
9. What do you think rats and lighthouses have to do with the story we are going to read?
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