WebQuest: The Mongols

 

 

The task for this web quest is to create a PowerPoint presentation on the Mongols.

Each group will have a specific job and will create slides to address your assigned topic.

Then the slides will be combined and the entire PowerPoint presentation will be viewed in class.

 

 

Objectives:

1.     Biographies of Genghis Khan, Kublai Kahn, Hulagu, Batu, Marco Polo

2.     Description of military tactics and weaponry that made Mongol conquest possible

3.     Why didn’t the Mongols conquer Japan?

4.     Pax Mongolia and its effects

5.     Impact of Mongol rule on

a.      Russia

b.     Middle East

c.     China (should include a description of how was Mongol rule of China different than Chinese rule)

6.     Map(s) of Asia indicating what parts conquered by whom, when

 

Grading Rubric

 

Criteria

Score

Factual Content-The information included is accurate.  (This counts three times)

times 3

Sources-Several sources of information are used (e.g., drawings, maps, and quotations) to provide information to complete the brochure.

 

Organization-The presentation is well organized in a logical manner, making it easy to understand the information that is being presented.

 

Total

times 2

Each of these criteria will be rated according to the following point scale:

Score

Meaning

 

 

      3

Excellent-These criteria have been met in every possible way, and may even exceed expectations.

      2

Acceptable-These criteria have been mostly addressed; however, there is room for improvement.

      1

Sub par-Some elements have been met, but most of the criteria fails to be addressed.

      0

Incomplete-These criteria have not been addressed in any meaningful way or have not been completed.

 

 

©1998-2001 Thomas Caswell and Joshua DeLorenzo (used with permission)

 

Note:  Don’t spend too much time and energy on transitions, fancy fonts and the like it’s not in the rubric.

              

 

 

The Links

 

Genghis Kahn

 

·        Webpage w/ links to Temujin, including info on armor, Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty, and Marco Polo  http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/World/MongolAge.html

·        A good brief bio covering Temujin’s rise to power. Becoming Genghiz Kahn http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b3kahngenghis.htm

·        A personal website should be taken with a grain of salt but this one has some good maps http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2532/

·        A fairly good site with lots of links to many Kahns and other facets of the Mongol Empire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire

·        A link with imbedded links (repeated below under Kublai Kahn) http://www.mrdowling.com/613-khans.html

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Kublai Kahn

·        A link to both Genghis and Kublai with imbedded links to other sites http://www.mrdowling.com/613-khans.html

·        Probably all you’ll need to know about Kublai http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/China/KublaiKhan.html

·        A portrait of Kublai  http://www.chinapage.com/painting/kublai.html

·        A description of Kublai in battle by none other than Marco Polo  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/khan.htm

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Hulagu Kahn

·        A short but good introduction  http://www.bartleby.com/65/hu/HulaguKh.html

·        More details with links  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan

·        Some images from a google search  http://images.google.com/images?q=Hulagu&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

·        A scholarly paper complete with footnotes that will give you more information than you need – you’ll have to use a search engine to find some of these locations  http://www.transoxiana.org/Eran/Articles/venegoni.html

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Batu Kahn

·        A brief introduction containing a useful link  http://www.bartleby.com/65/ba/BatuKhan.html

·        Another wikipedia source with links  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Khan

·        Here’s a link to a painting, see if you can figure out which one is Batu  http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iranymagyarorszag.hu/de/Cikkek/Cikk1/K_MONGOL.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.iranymagyarorszag.hu/de/index.php&h=134&w=150&sz=4&tbnid=rMZn3IZftG4J:&tbnh=80&tbnw=90&start=20&prev=/images?q=Batu+Khan&hl%20

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Marco Polo

·        Everything you wanted to know about the man  http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml

·        Here’s a link to the Travels of Marco Polo (be sure to read the introduction before you use any of this info)  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/polo-kinsay.html

·        How about a link with imbedded links for elementary school teachers  http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/expolo.htm

·        Maps and images of Marco  http://images.google.com/images?q=Marco%20POlo&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi

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Mongol Tactics and Weapons

·        The importance of the horse (scroll down to number 3)  http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/War/Battle.html

·        This seems like a good site  http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/empsub2.html

·        More than you need for this job  http://www.coldsiberia.org/monmight.htm

·        Want more?  ::HOW DID THE MONGOLS LINK EAST AND WEST? ::

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Why didn’t the Mongols conquer Japan?

·        A good introduction  http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Mongol%20Invasion%20of%20Japan

·        Go ahead, wade through this in search of material  http://www.exwar.org/Htm/8000PopA6.htm

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Pax Mongolia

·        Here’s a map of the empire and a paragraph  http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/movement/glob2.cfm 

·        Here’s a very similar site  http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/interdependence/glob2.cfm

·        More than you need but it’s good reading  http://www.silk-road.com/artl/paxmongolica.shtml

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Impact of Mongol rule on
  1. Russia

·        Here’s a brief discourse to get started (scroll down to “Russia”)  http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/scholar1b.html

·        Here’s a look at the Golden Horde  http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/states3.html

·        This is a useful treatise; you’ll need to scroll down to “The Mongol Invasion”  http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Kievan.html

·        Here’s a site to study (good luck)  http://www.iusb.edu/~journal/2002/vogel_2/vogel.html

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  1. Middle East

·        Here’s a introduction  http://www.answers.com/topic/ilkhanate

·        This site has many links to other sites for even more information than you’ll need  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkhanate

·        To get info from this site you’ll have to scroll down to the paragraphs below the link for the Black Death  http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/mongols/ilkhanate.html

·        A complicated site focusing on art with many levels and links  http://www.lacma.org/khan/index_flash.htm

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  1. China

·        To study the impact of Mongol rule in China scroll down to “Yuan Philosophy”  http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM

·        On this site scroll down to “Golden Age of the Yuan”  Yuan Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

·        Here’s the answer to the question, how was Mongol rule of China different than Chinese rule  how was Mongol rule of China different than Chinese rule

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Maps

·        Here’s a good map  http://www.lacma.org/khan/map.htm

·        Here’s a Chinese map  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images/mongmap.jpg

·        Here’s several maps  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2532/

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