Student's page | The conclusion | The assessment | Activities | procedures |
The
title of the web quest is :
Medieval Spain
The level :The seventh class
In this web quest students need to know more about this interesting lesson which
depends on their historical culture and if they know nothing they have to search
learn conclude and then be multicultural student. In the same time they have to
learn about the simple past and irregular verbs
procedures
Students are divided into six groups each group has four students and it's
better to focus on distributing the roles between them in each group and they
have to know that they work as a group so they have rights and duties towards
each other to work as one unite. The students should search in the given sources
and they can use their book to get what they need to do and know. Students should
be encouraged to discuss and exchange the roles working in the team spirit without
selfishness and they should be careful to finish their task in the definite
time. After that students save their work in word , power point or front
page files so each group can show its work to the others explain ,
discuss and answer their friends' questions and then ask comprehension questions
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Activities
group 1
by using the sources and their book, students
have to look for information about how was life in Cordoba including the
population, the public buildings and schools and they have to choose the
suitable tense to write and speak (Past simple) tense
group 2
this group has to find something about agriculture in
Spain at that time and kinds of plants they have taken from the Arab. Of course
they have their own source and their book they have to use the past simple tense
group 3
This group has to find out information about music and
musical instrument which were used in Spain at that time
The suitable source is given they have
to use the past simple tense
group 4
Here they have to speak about arts and they have to use
the past simple tense. The suitable source is given
group 5
This group
has to speak about Science and Astronomy in Spain at that period they have to
use the past simple tense. Of course they have their own source and their book
group 6
This group is going to find out information about
mathematics and medicine in Spain at that time. they have to use the past simple
their source is given and their book is with
them
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The assessment
Acceptable
|
Good |
Excellent |
level |
Little information |
General information |
Accurate information |
Scientific level |
Very slow writing and searching |
Good writing but slow searching |
Fast searching and writing |
skills |
Not cooperative Not active |
Quite cooperative |
Active and cooperative |
cooperation |
The title of the source | the source | the description of the source |
Muslim Heritage |
http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=355 |
this source speaks about different points in Cordoba |
Muslim Heritage |
http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=454 |
this is another source which speaks about Cordoba |
Muslim Spain and European Culture | http://www.xmission.com:8000/~dderhak/index/moors.htm |
this source gives wide information about Muslim Spain in different points |
Al-Andalus |
http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Agriculture_and_cuisine |
this source speaks about agriculture in Medieval Spain |
Al-Andalus |
this source speaks about music |
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astronomy and science |
http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/sciencemath/Science2.html |
this is a very useful source about science and astronomy in Muslim Spain |
Al-Andalus |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Astronomy |
this is another source from wikipedia that speaks about astronomy |
Al-Andalus |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Medicine |
this source is also from wikipedia which speaks about medicine |
Muslim Heritage Art and architecture |
http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=2&TaxonomySubTypeID=17 |
this source speaks about arts and architect in Muslim Spain |
Al-Andalus |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus the main source |
this is the main source which gives me the whole sources in music astronomy and medicine |
science and mathematics |
http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/sciencemath/Math.html
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this is a very useful sours that speaks about mathematics in Muslim Spain |
science and medicine |
http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/sciencemath/Science3.html
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this is also another URL from the same source but different page which speaks about medicine and science |
Science & Mathematics in Medieval Islamic Cultures
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http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/sciencemath/Science_and_Math.html the main source |
this is very important source that speaks about science in Muslim Spain and it gives me a lot of sources in different subjects in medicine science and mathematics ...etc |
The conclusion
In the conclusion there is an open question the students
are supposed to answer it at home by using their own group e-mail , the
discussion forum and the blog
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