karista lewis professor yang fall 2013. pack your bags because its your lucky day! have you ever...
TRANSCRIPT
Foreign Culture WebQuest
Karista LewisProfessor Yang
Fall 2013
Pack your bags because its your lucky day! Have you ever wanted to explore a foreign country? Have you ever wanted to learn about other countries traditions and cultures? Well today is your day!!!
Please Pick Your Destination:Italy, France, Germany, India, Australia, Japan, England, China, Russia, or Mexico
Introduction
Culture is defined as: the sum of the language, customs, beliefs, and art considered characteristic of a particular group of people.
A country is defined as: a large geographic region defined by political, natural, or cultural boundaries.
Today you will be learning the culture of the country you choose to visit!
What is Culture?
Today you will journey to the country of your choice
While there you will take notes about their culture including:
- Holidays- Traditions- Food- Music- Art- Sports etc.
Today’s Task
When you have finished your research you will present your findings in one of the following ways:
- PowerPoint Presentation- Poster Presentation- Essay- Travel Brochure
Tasks Continued
STEP 1: Select a country to visit: Mexico, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Australia, China, England, India, or Japan
Begin Research using one of the following search engines:http://www.google.comhttp://www.yahoo.comhttp://www.bing.com
Procedure
China: http://www.cultural-china.com/ Japan: http://
www.gojapango.com/culture/culture.html India: http://indiaculture.net/ Russia: http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_culture England:
http://www.englishlanguageguide.com/culture/
Specific Culture Websites
Australia: http://www.australia.com/about/culture-history/culture.aspx
Mexico: http://www.mexicoadventure.com/mexican-culture.html
Germany: http://www.germanculture.com.ua/ Italy:
http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/culture/ France: http://
www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/france-country-profile.html
Specific Culture Websites
STEP 2: Complete your culture worksheet shown below:
Procedures Continued
STEP 3: Completer project of choice Poster PowerPoint Brochure essay
Procedures Continued
Criteria Indicators
Needs Improvement0
Good 1
Very Good 2
Excellent 3
Form -Spelling-Grammar-Sentence Structure
5-6 errors
3-4 errors
1-2 errors
No errors and great sentence structure.
Concept Student includes the art, food, music, sports, holidays, and traditions of their specific country
Includes 0-1 of the concepts listed
Includes 2-3 concepts listed
Includes 4-5 concepts listed
Includes all listed concepts
Concept Students use creativity when creating and displaying their project
Student uses little to no creative expression with their presentation
Very little creativity, but project was developing
Student used some creativity but the presentation did not flow some details left out or repeated
Student used lots of detail and the project flowed nicely.
Evaluation
Now boarding Flight 103 back to Syracuse, New York. Once you have returned make sure to share your new found knowledge of your country. Your classmates and your teacher are very excited to hear about your adventure
Conclusion