WebQuest

Where Would You Like To Live?

A WebQuest for Family and Consumer Sciences

Revised by: Carolyn Cotton, FACS teacher

Introduction

You have just graduated from college and secured your dream job. You have been given the opportunity to live in any one of eight great cities. Where would you like to live?

The Task

You have just graduated college and have accepted a job with a large bank. You are single and will be earning $42,000 a year. The bank gives you the option of working in any one of eight cities in the United States. These cities are Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, New York, Miami, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. You will propose a ninth city you would like to consider. Your decision will be based on the following criteria listed in order of their importance to you: crime rate, weather, commute time, cost of living, salary comparison, and recreational opportunities. Your assignment is to fill out a chart for each city on the given criteria (ex. the city with the lowest crime rate would receive a score of eight, the city with the highest rate would receive a one. After completing the chart you will be expected to rank your cities from one to nine with one being the most desirable choice for you. You will be expected to present your results to the class and be prepared to defend your rankings.

The Process

1. Find information on crime rates, weather, commute time, cost of living, salary comparison and recreational opportunities for the cities being considered. Add 2 other categories of your choosing.

2. Student will find pertinent information and write it down for comparison purposes. Turn this data in to support your ranking.

3. Student will compile their rankings in a chart form. (example provided)

4. Student will rank the cities in order of their appeal (ranking #1 is best). Support your rankings.

5. Student will submit a written summary of why they would or would NOT want to live in each of these cities.

Resources:

· Money Magazine’s Best Places to Live http://money.cnn.com/best/bplive/index.html

· Electronic Library listing on Cities http://mel.lib.mi.us/reference/REF-cities.html

· Yahoo U.S. States and Cities search site http://local.yahoo.com/u_s__states

· The Salary Calculator http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html

· Use selected search engines to compare cities – example: Google http://www.google.com/

Evaluation

CITY COMPARISON CHART

Cities Rank Crime Weather Commute Cost of living Salary Comp. Recreation

Chicago
Los Angeles
Seattle
Dallas
New York
Miami
Philadelphia
Atlanta

? ____________

Grading Rubric

Criteria

Points

	1	2 – 3 – 4	5 – 6 – 7 – 8	9 – 10
Find and Compare information about assigned cities	Did not complete	Completed information research for some of the cities	Completed information research for most of the cities	Completed to specifications	____
Compile information in chart form	Did not complete	Completed chart for some of the cities	Completed chart for most of the cities	Completed to specifications	____
Ranked cities based on personal appeal	Did not complete	Ranked some of the cities	Ranked most of the cities	Completed to specifications	____
Submitted written summary of evaluation based on ranking of cities	Did not complete	Discussed reasons for ranking for some of the cities	Discussed reasons for ranking for most of the cities	Completed to specifications	____
Submitted information in an organized and thorough way.	Did not complete	Some of the information was organized.	Most of the information was neat and organized.	Completed to specifications	____
				Total---->	____

Teacher Comments:

Conclusion

This activity allows students to practice the skill of evaluating and comparing data from various sources. Also, it provides students with the opportunity to discover ways the Internet may be helpful in determining where they want to live and work.

Credits & References

Adapted from WebQuest originally developed by Steve McGrath
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq28/city.htm

Last updated July 2002. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page