By Faye Klementowski

THE POWER OF WEBQUESTS FOR TEACHING

CONTENT-BASED LANGUAGE

WebQuestA research activity that requires the learner to collect information about a subject by using the web

Dinosaurs

Elephants

Volcanoes The Solar System

The Goal To motivate students to learnTo develop critical thinking skills so students can solve problems and create projects

What do you want

to learn

about?

What We Know

Many students use computers regularly for social/recreational activities:

. Email

. Social Networking

. Online Chats

. Gaming

What We Don’t KnowMany students lack the necessary skills to utilize the internet for:

. Professional Use

. Academic Purposes

UsesSocial/Collaborative Skills Professiona

l Development Activities

Oral Language Development

Students learn to effectively interact and collaborate with:

. The Computer

. Other Students/Users

Let’s

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arc

h the

web

!

Social/Collaborative Skills

. Simulate real-life situations. Are meaningful. Promote content-based learning

Professional Development

Activities

Oral Language Developme

nt. Reading. Vocabulary. Interaction (Written & Oral)

Motivation Student Directed Interactive Accommodates: • Preferences• Language

Acquisition Skills•

Academic/Cognitive Abilities

Rosa ReviewMake your choice. Click on the question to find out if your answer is correct. 1. Rosa Parks is known as the

A. Mother of SegregationB. Mother of Modern-day Civil Rights MovementC. Mother of African AmericansD. Mother of Freedom

 2. Where did Rosa Live?

A. Montgomery, AlabamaB. Jackson, MississippiC. Tallahassee, FloridaD. Kansas City, Missouri

 3.Rosa worked as a

A. HousekeeperB. WaitressC. CustodianD. Seamstress

 

 4.Rosa was arrested forA. Drinking from a ‘Whites only’ water fountainB. Refusing to give up her seat on a busC. Sitting in the wrong section of a movie theaterD. Hitting a white man

5.How did the African American citizens of Montgomery respond to Rosa’s arrest ?

A. They beat up the bus driverB. They stopped going to churchC. They boycotted the bussesD. They vandalized the local police station

6.What is the name of the African American minister who encouraged African Americans to protest without violence ?A. Richard NixonB. John F. KennedyC. Martin Luther King Jr.D. Raymond Parks

7.What was the final result of the Montgomery bus boycott ?

A. People of all races held hands and sang Kum-bai-yahB. Segregation was abolishedC. The first African American president was electedD. Women were given the right to vote