From the Mixed-up Files
In this WebQuest, you will be using internet sites to explore two areas of interest from the book, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Before beginning your quest, explain the importance of each topic as it relates to the book.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
- Michelangelo
Now you are ready to begin your WebQuest. Follow the directions and answer the questions as you go.
A. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Click on "Frequently Asked Questions for Kids- From the mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler "
Click on each question individually to find the answers to the questions below.
1. If you went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art now, could you see the bed that Claudia and Jamie slept in or the pool where they bathed? Explain.
2. If Claudia and Jamie went to the museum now, do you think they could spend the night? Explain.
3. If you went to the museum, could you see Angel? Could you see any work done by Michelangelo?
Click on "Dining at the Met." Read the descriptions of the various restaurants.
4. Where would Jamie probably prefer to eat? Claudia? You? Explain.
While in the museum, Claudia and Jamie spent some time in the gallery of Egyptian Art.
Click on "in the Egyptian Art Collection Collection Highlights."
Click on any item of your choice. Notice that there is a list of page numbers at the top of the page. You can browse through all 9 pages before choosing an item.
After choosing an item, click on the icons for "zoom," "enlarge," and "alternate views" and see what happens!
4. Which item did you choose?
5. What is one thing you learned about this item?
6. Go to one other place of your choice on the metmuseum.org site. Where did you go and what is one thing you learned?
B. Michelangelo
Click on Early Life
Important Facts About Michelangelo
1. What are the dates of Michelangelo's life?
Read the Introduction
2. What is Michelangelo's full name?
Scroll down to "His Birth"
3. Where was Michelangelo born?
4. Who were the other members of Michelangelo's family?
Famous Works of Art by Michelangelo
Scroll down to "First Roman Sojourn."
In the sidebar, read the Question and Answer about "Angel."
Click on the link to "Angel Holding a Candelabrum."
Compare this statue to the description of Angel on pages 52 and 53 in the book.
1. Do you think this angel is the "Angel" in the story? Explain.
Read the first paragraph of "Pieta."
2. What is the Pieta made of? What is the subject of the sculpture?
Click on the link to the "Pieta."
3. Study the "Pieta" and make one observation.
Under "The Sistine Chapel Ceiling"
4. Study the picture and make one observation.
Link in sidebar to "detail - Creation of Adam: God"
5. Study the painting and make one observation.
Scroll down to "St. Peter's Basilica."
6. Make one observation about St. Peter's Basilica.
D. Vocabulary
Look these words up in the online dictionary and write an appropriate definition.
Click on the following link to get to an online dictionary:
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage
(click on Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner)
- 1. Renaissance
- 2. chapel
- 3. candelabrum
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