Vermont Covered Bridges
WebQuest!
Ms.Ericson
Mrs. Parker's 4th Grade Class



Covered Bridge Picture

1. Your Challenge:

A. Hello Little Historians! Here's your chance to become experts on Vermont's covered bridges! There is so much to learn about them! Vermont might not have the most covered bridges in the United States but it is most known for the over 100 beautiful covered bridges it has all around the state. Have fun!

B. Go through each part of the webquest and click on the websites that are highlighted dark blue and underlined (they start with http://www). Each section will take you to a new level of learning all about Vermont's covered bridges! On your handout sheet, answer the questions that are being asked of you at each part of this webquest. This will help you learn all you can and remember it later!
2. Your Journey:

A. Learn about Covered Bridges
Click on these websites to find out about covered bridges. Answer the questions on your covered bridges
worksheet.

1) Go to  http://www.vtonly.com/brdgcovr.htm. On a seperate sheet of paper, write 2-3 sentences about what some of the wives' tales are on why  people used to cover bridges.

2) Think about, and write down why you think we don't have as much of a use for covered bridges now.

3) What are Kissing Bridges? Find out at http://www.vtonly.com/lorejun7.htm and write your answer on your covered bridge worksheet.

B. Covered Bridge Scavenger Hunt
Using the Virtual Tour of the covered bridges around the area at http://www.virtualvermont.com/coveredbridge/,  find the following bridges and answer each question below.
             
              Find these bridges:
                       Pulpmill Bridge
                       Gates Farm Bridge
                       Stowe Hollow (aka Emily's Bridge)
                       Fisher Bridge
                       Lord's Creek Bridge
                       Creamery Bridge

             Answer these questions:
                  1) What town is the bridge in?
                      2) What county is the bridge in?
                      3) What bridges are close by (in the same town or the closest town)?
                      4) What body of water is the bridge over, or what road is it on?

C. The Haunted Bridge!

Find out more about Emily's Bridge by going to http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/paranormal/emilysbridge.html

React to what you have learned about Emily's Bridge. Include information such as where you would find Emily's Bridge, what are some ideas that Emily haunts the bridge, or what are some things that Emily does to passengers of the bridge?

D. The Longest Wooden Covered Bridge in America!
(Half of it is in  Vermont!)                                                                    

Find more about it at http://www.virtualvermont.com/coveredbridge/windcorn.html

Answer the following questions on your Covered Bridge Worksheet:
                       1) What is the bridge called?
                       2) What two towns is the bridge in?
                       3) How long is the bridge?
                       4) How wide is the bridge?
                       5) What river does the bridge cross over?

To get even more information, use these key words with search engines:

Vermont bridges            Vermont covered bridges             Historical Vermont bridges