WebQuest Tasks

Last updated 11/22/2008

For the purposes of this assignment, you as an individual, or with the work group you are assigned to complete research and a project on documenting the traditions which have been brought to this country from other parts of the world.  Your current assignment is to document the traditions and information involving the Italian waffle cookie known as the Pizzelle for the basis of completing a project for an electronically based display at the Smithsonian Institution.

 This display will run in the form of a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation which will be played in a continuous loop on a flat screen monitor in the cultural wing of the Smithsonian Museum, as well as available on their website to virtual visitors and also run at other partner locations around the world.

Deliverable items which are due upon completion of this WebQuest are as follows:

Research and produce an in-depth reflective report covering the following topics and sub topics and reflecting the newly acquired Subject Matter Knowledge:

Topics and Sub-Topics

1-History and Origins of Pizzelle

      -Country and Region where Pizzelle originated

     -Genealogy traced from the native area of the Pizzelle to the United States 

     -When Pizzelle were first recorded in history

2-Traditions or Customs Involving Pizzelle

     -Native traditions or celebrations involving Pizzelle

     -American traditions or celebrations involving Pizzelle 

3-Types or Styles of Pizzelle

     -Different types of cookies based on Dough or Batter based recipe

     -Different types of Irons

     -Cooking methods 

4-Status of Modern Day Pizzelle

     -Homemade Pizzelle

     -Commercial Pizzelle 

     -Recipes 

Once subject mastery, research, and reporting activities are complete, create a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation which will run in a continuous loop, lasting approximately 15 minutes from start to finish, including some popular flavors and some newly imagined ones.