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Discovering Spain

A Web Quest for 6th Grade

English Language Arts/

Social Studies

Kimberly Slaughter-Hannah slaughterhannahk@shawnee.edu

Megan Tackett tackettm3@shawnee.edu

Jessica McGlone klinej@shawnee.edu

Sonia Llacer llacers2@shawnee.edu//A:

DISCOVERING SPAIN

Introduction Task Process Evaluation

Conclusion Teachers' Page Credits

Introduction

Spain is a small country smaller than Texas, but bigger than Ohio. It's located in the European Continent. Today, we are going to learn about this culture. We are going to learn about the major cities, bodies of water that surround Spain, and the countries that border it. Imagine that you have a pen pal from Spain, and he/she is planning to visit with your family for a week. You are in charge of introducing his/her culture to your family and friends.

Task

The task will be divided in two sections.

First task: the students will be grouped to work in a PowerPoint presentation. There will be four students per group. Each group will investigate about languages, religion, festivals, and food from Spain. Students will have one week to research the topics, and create the PowerPoint presentation to present in front of the class. Each presentation should be 15 to 20 minutes long, including a handout for each student and an additional two questions to be tested on a later day.

Second task: students will work independently to complete a blank map of Spain and surroundings. Each student will label the blank map by using the giving clues. They will locate the following countries, bodies of water that surround Spain, and the countries that border it: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Pamplona, Cordova, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Strait of Gibraltar, Andorra, Portugal, and France.

Process

1) When creating your PowerPoint project your group must include language, religion, festivals, and food.

2) The first part of your presentation must discuss the different languages spoken in Spain. You can research about the languages using the following links:

Languages spoken in Spain

Castilian Catalan Galician Euskera

3) The second part of the project will include the different types of religion in Spain using the following links to create your PowerPoint.

Religion

4) The third part of the project; your group will choose two different festivals to include and explain in your PowerPoint. You can gain access to the festivals using the following five links.

Festivals of Spain:

TOROS REYES MAGOS SAN FERMINES

FALLAS TOMATINA

5) For the last part of your presentation, you will be required to choose two different kinds of the following Spanish foods.

Food

Paella Tortilla de Patatas

Tapas Olive Oil

Fast Food

6) When creating your PowerPoint you need to consider your grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Be creative and original as possible.

7) After completing your project, you will required to present it to the class in a 15 to 20 minutes oral presentation.

1) Upon the completion of the PowerPoint presentations, each student will be required to complete the following individual task.

2) Each student must printout the following blank map of Spain.

Map of Spain

3) The blank map must be filled out with the following cities, bodies of water, and countries. You can use the information provided in the links below to complete the map.

Cities: Madrid Valencia Barcelona Cordoba Seville Pamplona

Bodies of water: Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean Strait of Gibraltar

Countries: France Portugal Andorra

Evaluation

The students will be evaluated by two different rubrics. The group project evaluation rubric is shown below:

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Presentation	Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.	Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.	Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time.	Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.
Requirements	All requirements are met and exceeded.	All requirements are met.	One requirement was not completely met.	More than one requirement was not completely met.
Originality	Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive.	Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights.	Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking.	Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit.
Content	Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.	Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.	Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.	Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Mechanics	No misspellings or grammatical errors.	Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.	Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.

The individual assignment will be evaluated with the following rubric:

Individual Task Evaluation Rubric

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Number of items	The display has 5 or more different, but related, items in good condition.	The display has 4 different, but related items. At least 3 of these items are in good condition.	The display has at least 3 different, but related, items. At least 2 of these items are in good condition.	The display has less than 3 items OR the items are all the same OR are in poor condition.
Display	The map is attractive and well-organized. The items are neatly and securely attached to the display. The display is covered with Plexiglas or some other transparent material.	The display is attractive and well-organized. The items are neatly and securely attached to the display.	The display is somewhat organized. The items are securely attached to the display.	The display is not organized OR the items are not securely attached to the display.
Knowledge Gained	Was able to accurately answer at least 5 questions about the topic without reading the labels.	Was able to accurately answer at least 4 questions about the topic accurately, without reading the labels.	Was able to accurately answer at least 3 questions about the topic accurately, without reading the labels.	Had trouble answering questions about the topic without using the labels in the display.
Spelling/ Capitalization	95-100% of words on the map are spelled and capitalized correctly.	94-85% of the words on the map are spelled and capitalized correctly.	84-75% of the words on the map are spelled and capitalized correctly.	Less than 75% of the words on the map are spelled and/or capitalized correctly.

Conclusion

Upon completion of the following two assignments, the students will have a better understanding of Spain's culture, religion, language, festivals, and food. They will also have greater knowledge of the major cities, bodies of water and surrounding countries of Spain. Now the students will have a better understanding of their pen pal's background and culture.

Teachers' Page

The teachers' objectives: each student will be given a blank map of Spain, and he/she will write the correct countries, cities, and bodies of water in the corresponding location. The students will be grouped in order to gather information from internet-based resources to create a PowerPoint presentation about cultural aspects of Spain: religion, languages, food, and festivals.

Alignment with Ohio Academic Content Standards. According to the Ohio Academic Content Standards under the indicator of geography a sixth grader should be able to place countries on which they are located. Under the indicator of research a sixth grader should be able to generate a topic, gather information from multiple sources, such as school library catalogs, online databases, electronic resources, and Internet-based resources, use quotations to support his or her ideas; and the students will correctly use an appropriate form of documentation to acknowledge sources.

Credits

We would like to thank the following references and websites for helping us with the template, design, and decoration on our Webquest, and for providing useful information to create this Webquest.

http://www.donquijote.org

http://www.festivals.com

http://www.globosapiens.net

http://www.dtg.org.uk/reference/ref_gifs/spain_icon.gif

http://www.le-guide.com/casamatilda/photos/barcelona.jpg

http://www.wayoutthere.com/around_the_world/images/madrid.jpg

http://www.dsic.upv.es/~west/IWSQE'02/Dibujo2.jpg

http://www.google.com

http//www.eurotravelling.net/gibraltar/gibraltpics/strait.jpg

http://www.joramon.com/guia/navarra/pamplona.jpg

http://www.ole.ae.wroc.pl/images/tomatina7.gif

http://www.morosicristians.com/images/Kabilas/Fallas.jpg