World Geography Unit:
Webquest
This proposal is a project for a World Geography Unit dealing with
countries around the World. This is a detailed plan for PBL type of Unit for a
High School level classroom. The students will create a passport for a
Countries Day that will include information that they have learned from this
assignment. This Webquest project proposal will be broken down into four
major topics which include the Introduction, Recommendations, Timeline,
and the required Software/Hardware.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Recommendations
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Countries:
o United Kingdom
o Germany
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Mexico
Japan
Canada
Africa
Italy
Timeline 9-10
Software/Hardware 11
Contact Information:
Katie Dwyer
KatieKatD@aol.com
(304) 541-8807
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Webquest
Introduction
In this unit students will learn about some of the major countries
in the World. The main purpose is to allow students the opportunity to
watch videos of actual people from that country. My hope is that with
the handful of countries that are picked I will be able to find an actual
person from that country to interview. In the interview questions about
their culture, area, growing up, and special traditions will be asked,
while being filmed. If an interviewee is not available I will create a
short video to go with that country. The unit will cover all the basic
information such as history, culture, interesting facts, currency, and
major landmarks. The countries are United Kingdom, Germany,
Mexico, Japan, Canada, Africa, and Italy. These might change if the
possibility of another country interviewee will become available. The
unit will include a small Webquest for each country and a PBL project
at the end for the student. This will be intended for a high school World
Geography class.
A website will be created on the site Weebly to allow easy
access for students to view the needed information. At this time, most
of the information will be up in the air until I start the internship at
Disney in two weeks. The people from different countries will most
likely be interviewed at Epcot, which is a theme park at Walt Disney
World.
World Geography Unit:
Webquest
Recommendations
The main purpose for this project is to allow students to see other parts of the
world and the people that live in them. This will be a World Geography Unit based on
seven different countries. Each will have their own short Webquest assignments that
students will have to complete and will make a traveling passport. They will have the
option to create a stamp for each country. The countries listed below will each have a
site dedicated to it. The site will consist of information about that country, pictures, and a
video about that country. The students will have a questionnaire that must be filled out
that will include information such as countries flag, currency, language, etc. Each
section will have directions and supplementary materials to help students with the
Webquest. The questionnaire will have between 8-10 different questions that will pertain
to the information on the website and the interviews.
Countries:
o United Kingdom
o Germany
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o
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Mexico
Japan
Canada
Africa
Italy
The interviews are a huge part of this project. The major problem with this is
finding willing members to partake in the interview process. At the most, the interviews
would be between 5-10 minutes with each person interviewed. The possibility of
interviewing more than one person is also an option. The questions will be very broad
such as what is a special tradition that you have been involved in or what was it like to
grow up in insert country here. Food, culture, traditions, and language will be some of
the topics involved. If the possibility arrives that I will not be able to interview someone
from that country I can either create a video about that country or ask someone that has
visited it. An example, I have a friend that lived in Japan for five years. If the person
does not want to be in the video I will also add their commentary to a video. The great
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Webquest
thing about Epcot is there should be a ton of different options for interviews. The one
major thing I need to make sure that it will not infringe upon Disney trademarks. This
includes any pictures that are used. For instance, the pictures taken at Epcot will be
included in a Photostory option. The pictures shown below are from the United Kingdom
area and will be included in the project. The best way for students to view all of the
great pictures is in a Photostory video.
The one aspect of the project that will be student centered is the Project Based
Learning project. After students have finished the Webquests and created a Passport
with all of the assignments. The students will be given a country and will pick a popular
city to create an informative project on. For instance, if a student is given the United
Kingdom they might pick London. They will create a project trying to encourage travel to
London. They will incorporate some of the most popular attractions, history, and
information about that city. They will use what they found on the site to create this
project. A day will be set up for the students to show off their projects for parents,
students, and other teachers. They will set up a table with different things they have
created. The options are Power Point presentation, info video, poster board, and they
will discuss what they learned to the other guests. They will create a stamp for each
passport to make sure they visit every station.
EXAMPLE:
Webquest Questionnaire:
Name:________________
1.)Draw a picture of the Flag for Japan
2.) What are 5 major cities in Japan?
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Webquest
1.)
2.)
3.)
4.)
5.)
3.) What is one popular attraction in Japan?
4.) What is the currency used in Japan?
5.) What are two major holidays/traditions in Japan?
6.) What are some popular foods in Japan?
7.) What is traditional attire for Japan?
8.) What are three historical events that impacted Japan?
World Geography Unit:
Webquest
Images of Weebly Website:
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Webquest
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Webquest
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Webquest
This is the front website with the Weebly account WebQuest. (Photo
1-2) The side site for the United Kingdom is also included (Photos 34). I am going to set it up so that all the great pictures I took at
Epcot will be included in a separate video photo story as shown
above. It will also include music from that area, such as the Beatles.
The picture shown below is the template for the Passport that
students will create with their own picture.
World Geography Unit:
Webquest
Timeline
Deadline
Jan 19
Jan 26
Assignment
Start Here Activities Topic
Message/Chat
Project Proposal Draft 1
Project Deliverables
Notes
Project Proposal
Website
Organization of
information
Feb 2
Project Proposal Draft 2
Revisions to Draft 2
Feb 9
Project Summary Disc
Create Section for
United Kingdom
Feb 10
Discussion Round 1
Create Section for
Germany
Feb 16
Continue Disc for Round 1
Create Section for
Mexico
Feb 24
Progress Report/ Round 2 Disc
Create Section for
Japan
March 1
Continue Disc 2
Create Section for
Canada
March 8
Progress Report 2
Create Section for
Africa
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Creation of Weebly
Webquest site
Set up Site and Intro
Material
Finish Set up of
materials
Start interview process,
make questions,
search historical
information, etc.
Start interview process,
make questions,
search historical
information, etc.
Start interview process,
make questions,
search historical
information, etc.
Start interview process,
make questions,
search historical
information, etc.
Start interview process,
make questions,
search historical
information, etc.
Start interview process,
make questions,
search historical
information, etc.
World Geography Unit:
Webquest
March 9
March 22
March 29
Round 3 Disc
Create Section for
Italy
Start interview process,
make questions,
search historical
information, etc.
SPRING BREAK
Progress Report 3
Create PBL project
for students
Webquest
assignments for
each country
Finish any other
activities and
interviews
Make Final
revisions
All final revisions
and project will be
turned in
Create Power Point
Presentation explaining
project
Finish any leftover
interviews
April 5
Continue Disc
April 12
LAST Discussion
April 19
Project DUE!
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Webquest
Software/Hardware
Iphone 6s (my phone)
o Video and picture purposes
o Digital Camera will also be used in case there are issues with phone
Dell Inspiron Computer
o Windows Movie Maker
o IMovie (for the Apple products)
o Itunes (Music for the videos)
o Photo Story
o Paintbrush
o Adobe Photo Editor
o PicMonkey (Will be testing this feature out!)
Internet
o Weebly
o Google (Search Images)
Microsoft Office
o Word
o PowerPoint
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