| Webquest Project: Notorious People, Crimes, and Cases
Found below is a list of notorious people, cases, or crimes. Your assignment is to use the internet to locate four (4) different appropriate news articles and collect information about this notorious person, case, or crime in order to make a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation to the class on Friday, January 20, 2012. NOTE: You cannot use websites like wikipedia, About.com, truTV.com, biography.com, etc. as one of your four sources. The articles you use must be NEWS ARTICLES. You must work in a group of two people maximum. No two groups can share the same topic in the same class. WHAT MUST THE PowerPoint PRESENTATION HAVE?
| Slide # | Contents | | 1 | Title Slide - Name of notorious person, case, or crime - Names of members in your group & class period, date of presentation | | 2-3 | Details of the Crime - Who/What/When/Where/How/Why - Use Questions 2a-2f of the Article Review Questions (ARQ, yellow sheet) to help collect your information from the articles. | | 4 | The Court Case: Significant Information that added to the case - Use Question 2g of the ARQ (yellow sheet) to help you present the information here. | | 5 | Forensic Science - Were any particular pieces of evidence collected at the scene of the crime important to the outcome of the case? - What Forensic Science techniques were important in helping solve the case? - Were any Forensic Science techniques called into question during the case? | | 6 | The Court Case: Outcome of the Case - Use Question 2h of the ARQ (yellow sheet) to help you present the information here. | | 7 | Case Updates: What has happened since the original court case took place? What has happened to the suspect(s) in the case? - Use Questions 4 & 5 of the ARQ (yellow sheet) | | 8 | Group Questions - What questions did you have that your group could not find the answer to as you were doing your research? - This is Question 6 of the ARQ - Minimum of 3 questions. | | 9 | Works Cited (Question 1 of the ARQ) For each article you used, you must list: - Name of the Article - Author - Date of Publication - Organization that published the article - URL to article (the link must work) | You must include a minimum of 2 different direct quotes from each of your 4 articles throughout your PowerPoint presentation. You must prove you got your information from your chosen news articles. By the end of class today (Tuesday, January 17, 2012), you must send an email to your teacher with the following information: - the first and last names of BOTH people in your group - the approved topic you chose from the list - the four complete URL links to the articles where you and your group mate obtained all your information. Periods 1, 2, 6: email Dr. Zurbano --> [email protected] Period 4: email Ms. Mejia --> [email protected] Your group’s PowerPoint presentation must be e-mailed to your teacher by the end of the class period on Thursday, January 19, 2012! Assignments e-mailed after the bell rings to end your class period that day will be considered late. Notorious People, Crimes, and Cases | Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler Albert Fish, the Brooklyn Vampire Amanda Knox Amy Bishop: The Deadly Professor Andrew Cunanan Anthony Sowell Assassination of President John F. Kennedy Beating of Brian Stow (Dodgers/Giants game) Bonnie and Clyde Casey Anthony Chandra Levy Charles Chi-tat Ng Charles Cullen Charles Manson & the Manson Family Clarence Darrow Colton Harris-Moore, the “Barefoot Bandit” Craiglist murder case David Berkowitz, The Son of Sam David Koresh Dennis Rader, The BTK Strangler Dr. Conrad Murray (Michael Jackson’s Doctor) Dru Sjodin Elizabeth Smart Jaycee Duggard Jeffrey Dahmer Jessica Lunsford Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown JonBenet Ramsey Joran Van der Sloot (Peruvian Woman Killing) Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo Kelly Thompson Beating Laci Peterson Murder (Scott Peterson) Long Island Serial Killer Mary Kay Letourneau Murder of Selena (singer) O.J. Simpson Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker Rodney King Beating Sam Sheppard Murder Case Shanda Sharer Ted Bundy, the Ladykiller Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber The Black Dahlia Murder Case The Hillside Strangler The Long Island Railroad Massacre The Menendez Brothers The West Memphis 3 The Zodiac Killer Timothy McVeigh Troy Davis William Bonin, the Freeway Killer | |
