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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


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The sources

The title of the source the source the description of the source

Muslim Heritage
Cordoba in the middle ages

http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=355

this source speaks about different points in Cordoba  

Muslim Heritage
Cordoba

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Music
 

this source speaks about music

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

 

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

 

this is also another URL  from the same source but different page which speaks about medicine and science

Science & Mathematics in Medieval Islamic Cultures

 

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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