Webquest+Year+7

**III TERM**

**__Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn WEBQUEST__** Before you start reading this novel, you need to have some background information about the author, time, place and others to understand the novel. Let's begin gathering information!

//**Adventure 1 – Who was Mark Twain?**// Click the link below, read carefully, and use the information you need to answer the following questions: []

1. What was Mark Twain’s real name? 2. Where was he born? 3. Where did he grow up? 4. What work did he do on the Mississippi River? 5. What does “Mark Twain” mean? When was this name born? Why did he use that name? 6. When was Huck Finn published? 7. At the time of publication, why was the book attacked by critics? 8. After the 1950’s, why was the book once again attacked?

//**Adventure 2 – Mississipi River** // Click the links below, read carefully, and use the information you need to answer the following questions: [] [] []

What is the history of Mississippi River? Why is this river important? What means of transportation were used in Mississippi River?

//**Adventure 3 – Mark Twain and Halley’s Comet** // Go to GOOGLE and type in “mark twain halleys comet” (in quotation marks). Follow an appropriate link to discover what the connection is between the two. Include the web address of the site on which you found your information. // <span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">First of all, look up the definition of “satire”, because that is the purpose of much of the language in Mark Twain’s novel. Secondly, use any search engine to find out about the critics about this book.
 * Adventure 4 – Is Huck Finn a racist book?** //

<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">1. Write a definition of “satire” that you understand. Give an example if you want. <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">2. Summarize why the critics feel the novel is racist.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES-PE;">When you are finished, play <span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: ES-PE;">[|Mark Twain's Memory Building Game] <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ES-PE;"> to see how much you've learned!
 * //<span style="color: #006666; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Final adventure – How much have you learnt? //**