Introduction
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To learn well in school, to participate in sports and other
extracurricular activities, to get along well with people who live in my
neighborhood, and to get along well with people in general, it helps to
have an understanding of cultural differences. By studying cultural
differences found on the continent of Africa and comparing them to my own
culture, I can get along better with people around me.
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Task
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Using the five themes of Social Studies, your team will investigate a
specific region of Africa. The final task of this unit is to prepare and
present a PowerPoint presentation
of your investigation to your classmates. The PowerPoint presentation must
have a minimum of seven slides - a title page, a page for each of the five
themes, and a bibliography page. Each student must participate in the
presentation in some way. Each student will be responsible for at least
one of the five themes - although the investigation of each theme should
be a cooperative effort involving all team members.
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Themes
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Process
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Step 1: Pick one of the five themes to begin your investigation.
Step 2: Click on the appropriate theme in the block above.
Step 3: Using the questions and/or directions, proceed to investigate your
assigned region using the resources listed for this theme.
Step 4: Complete the PowerPoint Worksheet for this theme.
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Teacher Tips
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1. Remember that you will be preparing a PowerPoint presentation based
on your research. As you find interesting pictures or graphics,
right-click on the item and click on Save Picture As... You may save these
items to your folder on the server or to a floppy disc so that you can insert them into you PowerPoint
presentations later.
2. Once you have gone into a site on the Internet and are ready to
come back to the WebQuest, click on the Back button in the upper left
corner.
3. Click here
to get information on citing your Internet sources!
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Evaluation
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Excellent
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Good
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Fair
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Unsatisfactory
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Cooperative Learning
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Students do an excellent job of getting along and sharing
responsibilities
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Students get along, but do not always share responsibilities
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Students have some problems getting along and/or sharing responsibilities
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Students do not do well in getting along and/or sharing
responsibilities and the teacher must intervene
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PowerPoint Worksheets
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Shows excellent and strong effort
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Shows a good amount of effort
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Shows inconsistent effort
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Shows unsatisfactory effort and/or is not complete
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PowerPoint Presentation
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Each task is completed, shows an understanding of the theme,
contains interesting and meaningful pictures and information
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Each task is completed, shows an understanding of the theme,
contains pictures and information, but are not particularly
interesting and interesting
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Each task is complete with minimal information and pictures.
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All tasks are not completed and/or shows little effort
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Presentation to Class
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Each member participates equally, concepts are explained
clearly, interest is maintained throughout
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Each member participates, but not equally, concepts are
explained, but interest is not maintained
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Not all members participate but all concepts are explained,
interest is lacking or minimal.
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Not all members participate and/or not all concepts are
explained, interest is lacking or minimal.
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Conclusion
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Upon completion of this unit, you should examine the purpose of this
assignment as described in the introduction. Hopefully, you will see some
examples from your own life, where what you have learned from this unit
has helped you to get along with others. Share and discuss this with other
participants in this project.
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