A WebQuest Adventure!

I am not sure yet if I bit off a little more than I can chew with the GoogleSites assignment, but we'll see.  I really wanted to make sure that since I am spending time making something that it be something that I can actually use with my students.  For my GoogleSite, I decided to take on the challenge of creating a Webquest.  We have a social studies unit on Native Americans, with a focus on three specific area groups (Northwest Coast, Great Plains, and Southwest).  The unit can get quite long because of the constraints on our classroom schedules and things that come up, so I thought this might be a nice way to slim down the unit a bit and still keep the main learning points as the focus.  I am using it similar to a "flipped" classroom style.  I will be having the students split up into small groups, but have teams within the group.  Group A will study a Native American group through the webquest, while the Group B uses the class text book or other supplemental readings or videos to learn the same material.  Then, the two groups will come together and compare findings of how the Native Americans from an area use natural resources to survive and what the main resources used are.  The groups will take turns working/learning via the webquest and text book/other material, and continue to meet, compare, take notes until all three Native American groups are covered.  The assessment will be a final project where the group complies and presents their findings (along with rubric).  Each group will have a choice on the format and style that they share and present (paper, digital story, poster, etc).  There will also be group and individual evaluations along the way.  Fingers crossed this works!