Webquest
Ellie Smith
12th Grade Government and Civics
Congratulations!
You have been contracted to create an infomercial describing a countrys
economy, culture, government, and current events. Remember to
highlight the good qualities of the country that you choose! The main
objective is to get people to live in that country! At the end of all the
presentation, we will vote and discuss on the better country based on
each of the qualities above.
Before you go choose your roles in each group, first pick a country out of
the list below and get it approved by Ms. Smith.
The countries one can pick are as following:
China
France
Canada
Brazil
Australia
The Anthropologist
The role of the Anthropologist is to record the culture and the
history of the country you choose. Make sure to include:
significant figures in the nations history, the society, the culture
of the past and present and describe the class structures.
Here are the links for you to use
China: http://www.livescience.com/28823-chinese-culture.html
France: http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/France.html
Canada: http://www2.viu.ca/homestay/CanadianCulture.asp
Brazil: http://www.brazil.org.za/brazil-culture.html#.VFaMllPF9uA
Australia: http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/people_culture.html
From:http://thearticulateceo.typepad.com/my-blog/2011/08/cultural-differences-high-context-versus-low-context.html
The Economist
The role of the Economist is to record the nations current
economy. Make sure to include: history of industry in that
country, current economy, and describe where the majority of
the nation in is what economic class.
The Reporter
Image from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lewi
sdvorkin/2013/05/20/insideforbes-whats-it-take-to-be-agreat-reporter-today-here-are-4leading-the-way/
Process
Once each member in your group as chosen a specific task, you will
then begin researching your country using the links on the task that
you chose.
After you research your assigned country, you all will come
together and discuss everything you have learned.
Once everyone has shared, you are to create an infomercial
describing the country that you researched. Make sure to keep your
infomercial around 4-5 minutes. Please highlight everything about
the country (good and bad). While the object of this activity is to
convince students to live in your country, it is important to add
everything that you have learned. It will help with discussion later.
Evaluation
Little conversation
was held in the
group.
The conversation in
the group was not
focused on the
project.
The conversation
was focused on the
project and the
group worked
together well.
No infomercial was
presented.
Infomercial was
about two minutes.
Infomercial was
about 3 minutes.
Infomercial just
under 4 minutes.
Infomercial was
right in the middle
of 4-5 minutes.
The infomercial
contained little
information from
the group.
Discussion
Now that all the infomercials have been watched,
we will discuss as a class which country is the best
in each section. Then, we will try to create a
government using the best examples in each
section.