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Thailand

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Introduction

This WebQuest was made to give students an opportunity to learn about other countries and the culture of the people that live there.

 Learners

This WebQuest was designed for second and third grade, but can be easily adapted for grades two through five. This project integrates Science/Habitats--Social Studies/Cultures-- and Communication Arts/Reading, Oral Speaking/Writing and Technology.

California State Curriculum Standards

Addressed

History and Social Studies

Cultural Literacy 2.0

2.1 Students differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday.

2.3 Students explain governmental institutions and practices in the United States and other countries.

3.1 Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about different people, cultures, places, and environments in a spatial context

Reading and Language Arts.

2.0 Reading Comprehension

Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text

Letter/Paragraph/ Oral presentation of paragraph

1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions
Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions appropriate to this grade level

1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies
Students listen critically and respond appropriately to oral communication. They speak in a manner that guides the listener to understand important ideas by using proper phrasing, pitch, and modulation.

2.0 Speaking Strategies  Students deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience.

Goal 1
-Conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas.
-Use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information.
-Comprehend and evaluate written, visual and oral presentations and works.

Goal 2
-Plan and make written, oral and visual presentations for a variety of purposes and audiences.
-Exchange information, questions and ideas while recognizing the perspectives of others.
-Use technological tools to exchange information and ideas.

* Communication Arts
-Reading and evaluation nonfiction works and material.
-Writing formally and informally

-Letter writing and the use of electronic mail

* Social Studies
-Relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions.

* Science
-Changes in ecosystems and interactions of organisms with their environments. 

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Resources Needed

• Good resources to start off the WebQuest is the the reading and discussion with the class, the books Children Just Like Me (In association with UNICEF The United Nations Children's Fund) by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley.DK Publishing Book,New York 1995 and If the World Were a Village (A Book about the World's People) by David J. Smith. Kids Can Press Ltd.Tonawanda, NY 2002.
• The students will need individual, copies of the log to record information. Printed off directly from WebQuest.
• They will need 1-2x18 piece of poster board to make their window frame from.
• Notebook paper to write a group paragraph.

Evaluation

Evaluation of student achievement will be done mainly by the students themselves by using the point system rubric under "How did you do?". The teacher can evaluate the oral presentation of posters, paragraph and the letter or e-mail correspondence to check level of achievement.

Conclusion

This WebQuest was designed to answer the question "Would you like to trade places with another kid from another country?" "Why or why Not?

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