| Name: __________________________ |
Subject: World History |
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Date: ___________________ |
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Asian Webquest
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| Introduction: |
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For this next lesson, you will be learning about what life
was like in Asia from about the 600's through the 1300's.
You will be creating a PowerPoint that will be 6 slides (you
will need to print off the assignment as handout 6 slides
not 12 individual slides) Use the websites in the resources
section to help find your info. You can work with a partner
but you will only need to turn in one paper.
East and Southeast Asia is a unique and fascinating part
of the world, filled with interesting geographical features
and cultures. Your mission as World Investigators is to research
different countries in Southeast Asia and report your findings
back to the class in PowerPoint form.
You each will be assigned a partner(s) and will research one
of the following countries to learn more information about
their geography and culture in order to teach the class about
your particular country.
Countries we will research include:
- Laos
- Japan
- Nepal
- Philippines
- Malaysia
- Taiwan
- Vietnam
- South Korea
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka and the Maldives
- Bhutan
- Indonesia
- Bangladesh
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| Task: |
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Task 1 - Chinese inventions during the Tang and Song dynasties (1-2 slide)
Task 2 - Mongolians (3 slides)
Task 3 - Samurai (2 slides)
You will have two tasks:
Task #1
Work with your investigating partner to research the answers
to following questions about your country. You and your partner
will prepare a PowerPoint presentation that will be created
and presented in the order of the following information. Your
PowerPoint must make sense to you and the audience members
(other students and teachers) that you share it with.
1. Where is the country? tell its relative location in relation
to other nations, major landforms, and/or bodies of water
2. What is the physical geography of the country like?
What major landforms are in the country? What is the land
like?
3. What natural resources are found in the country?
4. What is the culture like?
Tell how 4 different elements of culture are seen in your
country.
5. Describe/share at least two historically significant events
in your country up to 2000.
6. Share at least one significant event that is currently
happening in your country or has happened since 2000.
Take notes on the NOTES SHEET provided or on loose-leaf (if
more space is needed – be sure to staple any loose-leaf
paper that is used to the NOTES SHEET). Then transfer your
notes from paper to your PowerPoint presentation. You and
your partner should arrange your PowerPoint in the correct
order above.
Task #2
Pretend you are visiting your assigned East or Southeast Asian
country. Since you miss your family or your friends you decide
to write them a postcard.
Please use the small postcard template available online to
complete this assignment. Your postcard is due when your group
presents your PowerPoint and will count as a homework grade.
On the Postcard Template, the right half of this page is reserved
for addressing and postage information. Please keep the right
half of this page blank.
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| Process: |
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Task 1 - you will need to find 4 Chinese inventions from the Tang and Song dynasties. Find a pic for at least 1 of the inventions and tell how we use each invention today
Task 2 - You will need to find the 5 w's for Genghis Kahn, Kublai Kahn, and Marco Polo. Tell how Marco Polo fits in with this group. You will also need a pic for each person.
Task 3 - you will need to find the 5 w's for a samurai and you need to include a picture. On the second slide you will write a Tanka poem (similar to a Haiku)Find the resource that explains the Tanka poem
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http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/how_to_write_a_tanka_poem.htm
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/chinahist/dynasties.html
http://www.suite101.com/content/china-a19916
http://www.yourdiscovery.com/ancient_china/inventions/index.shtml
http://wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM
http://www.biography.com/articles/Genghis-Khan-9308634
http://www.biography.com/articles/Kublai-Khan-9369657
http://www.biography.com/articles/Marco-Polo-9443861
http://samurai-archives.com/
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| Evaluation: |
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Rubric for Task #1
Exploring East and Southeast Asia Webquest:
PowerPoint Project:
I. Research:
Students researched all questions:
Yes- all (5 points) Most- (3 points) Some (1 point) None (0
points)
Notes taken were:
- Very thorough, complete and easy to follow (4 points)
- Accurate and easy to follow (3 points)
- Somewhat hard to follow (2 points)
- Difficult to understand and/or inadequate (1 point)
- Incomplete (0 points)
II. PowerPoint:
Students created a presentation for their country using PowerPoint.
Yes (5 points)
No (0 points)
Students used appropriate graphics to enhance the PowerPoint.
- Student used 2-3 appropriate graphics- (4 points)
- Student used 1 appropriate graphic- (2 points)
- Student did not use graphics or graphics were inappropriate
for assignment (0 points)
PowerPoint was clear, easy to read, and easy to follow with
accurate information:
- was well detailed and accurate very clear (4 points)
- contained some details clear (3 points)
- contained few details somewhat unclear (2 points)
- was difficult to follow very unclear (1 point)
III. Presentation:
Students presented their information to the class in a clear
and concise way.
- Presentation was clear, well-rehearsed, with good eye-contact,
strong voice, and appropriate use of the SmartBoard (4 points)
- Presentation was clear, rehearsed, with sufficient eye-contact,
strong voice, and mostly appropriate use of the SmartBoard (3
points)
- Presentation was somewhat clear, somewhat rehearsed, some
eye contact, soft voice, and some appropriate use of the SmartBoard
(2 points)
- Presentation is unclear, unrehearsed, minimal eye contact,
inaudible voice, and/or inappropriate use of SmartBoard (1 point)
- Presentation is off task (0 points)
Total _____ / 21 Points: Grade:______________
Rubric for Task #2
A:
1. Message is typed
2. Message includes a brief and very clear explanation of why
this person should visit your assigned
country.
3. Message tells about at least two specific places (landforms,
cities, historical sites, places of importance,
etc.) that you have visited and tells why I might want
to visit this specific place too; message describes
specific places thoroughly
4. Message clearly tells about at least two types of interesting
food you have tried
5. A picture of something unique about your country is included
on the front, and is clearly mentioned
in the postcard.
B:
Message is typed
2. Message includes a brief, clear explanation of why this person
should visit your assigned country.
3. Message tells about at least one specific place (landforms,
cities, historical sites, places of
importance, etc.) that you have visited and tells why
I might like to visit this specific place too;
message describes specific place
4. Message tells about at least one type of interesting food
you have tried.
5. A picture of something unique about your country is included
on the front, and is clearly
mentioned in the postcard.
C:
1. Message is typed
2. Message includes a brief, somewhat clear explanation of why
this person should visit your
assigned country.
3. Message mentions a specific place (landforms, cities, historical
sites, places of importance, etc.),
but does not explain what its like
4. Message mentions food, but does not give specifics about
what the food is like
5. A picture of something unique about your country is included
on the front, and is
clearly mentioned in the postcard.
D:
1. Message is not typed
2. Message includes a brief, somewhat unclear explanation of
why this person should visit your
assigned country.
3. Message does not mention a specific place
4. Message does not mention food
5. A picture of something unique about your country is included
on the front, and is clearly
mentioned in the postcard. |
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