Creating a History Museum: One Year in Czech
History
WEBQUEST
Introduction
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Task
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Resources
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Evaluation
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Conclusion
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Teacher’s Page
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Congratulations! You and your
friends have been elected as the curators of the one year of the Czech History
Museum. The Museum has the following rooms so far:
·
The
Politics Room
·
The
Science Room
·
The
Music Room
·
The
Room of your choice.
Get into
groups of three or four.
Here are
your tasks:
Find websites that demonstrate your
interpretation of these events.
7. Prepare
a PowerPoint presentation for the year(s) you have chosen.
Are
they reliable? Are they interesting? User-friendly? Make a list of websites you
found interesting. Share it with your friends.
You can use
books you may find in your school or local library and you can also talk to
your History teacher.
Here are
some of the websites you can use:
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Chronology/timelinetwentiethcentury.htm
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/prague/history.htm
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/categories/czhistbio.html
Your work
will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
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Poor |
Good |
Excellent
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Value |
Teamwork |
not
working well with others and not following directions; not completing tasks
assigned |
completing
the task; however disagreements in the group and or not getting along as a
team; task complete but the work is not evenly distributed in the group; |
completing
all tasks; working together as a group and following directions; all members
aware of the topic and information; |
25 |
Research |
inadequate
resources; no evidence of source; |
few
resources; little evidence of source |
adequate
resources; plenty of evidence of source; accuracy of information |
15 |
Paper |
no works
cited; abundance of grammatical errors; no clear thesis; paper does not agree
with research done |
works
cited page is included; few grammatical errors; content is good but does not thoroughly
support research |
works
cited is included; little to none grammatical errors; paper is thorough with
research; thesis is clearly stated; meets all the requirements |
25 |
Powerpoint/Presentation |
presentation
confusing / not clear; no use of images; no eye contact and enthusiasm |
presentation
understandable; minimal use of images; little eye contact and enthusiasm |
presentation
clear and understandable; good eye contact and enthusiasm; good usage of
images; |
35 |
Total |
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100 |
I hope,
that by doing this WebQuest, you have learned a bit more about the Czech
History and found some interesting websites you will be able to use in your
work.
Now it is
time to think about how you were working. How easy was it to find the
information on the Internet about the subject that interested you? How did you
work as a team? How do you evaluate your teamwork? Did you take an active part
in the project activities ? How did your cooperation work? What year would you
add to the Museum?
Past is everywhere around, it influences the present. The Czech nation has a rich history, so a virtual
history museum will help you go step by step through centuries.