TEACHER’S CULTUREQUEST GUIDE PLANNING FORM

 

ADAPT THIS TABLE TO PLAN YOUR PROJECT. “SELECT ALL” AND COPY TO YOUR WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM. THEN ADAPT FORM TO SUIT YOUR PROJECT. CHANGE ANY PART OF IT INCLUDING THE STEPS. CHANGE THE SUMMARY OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES TO THE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUR PARTICULAR PROJECT. THEN INDICATE WHEN THE ACTIVITIES IN EACH STEP WILL BE DONE (AND THE AMOUNT OF CLASSROOM TIME IT WILL TAKE), AND CHECK WHEN EACH STEP IS COMPLETED.

 

Summary of Steps

 

Summary of Major Activities & Tasks as Described in the Teachers’ Guide

Time-Table

Check-List

Teacher reads through CultureQuest Teachers’ Guide.

Use this form to adapt the steps, activities, timetable and checklist to your particular project.

 

Step 1. Key Concepts.

Examine hyperlinks, improve search skills, and get information on aspects of culture.

Step 2. Planning and

Pedagogy.

Select type of CQ project, list available resources, develop goals, objectives & standards, refine timeline and checklist.

Step 3. Developing a

“Country Profile”.

Create “hotlist” for students and introduce the study of the country. Discuss with students the research process. Students begin to collect information about the country using texts, Internet and other resources.

Step 4. Introducing the

Study of Culture.

Introduce students to the study of culture. Use videos, text and Internet materials so that students gain an understanding of what culture is and how it is studied.

Step 5. Select “Aspects of Culture and Form Groups.

Introduce the concept of “aspects of culture” through discussions, Internet materials and other materials on the CQ website. Students brainstorm aspects of culture they have an interest in and teachers form small groups based on student interests. Students view some sample CultureQuest projects online. Teams list questions they have about the topic and outline their ideas. Develop topic using “Inspiration” or other graphic organizer.

Step 6. Students Research Aspects Of Culture.

Teams begin doing their research using the Internet, texts, experts, knowledgeable adults, and peers in classes in the country being studied. A “hotlist” is built by each team using “Filamentality”. Teachers help students make sense of what they are learning, help them develop their ideas and the direction of their inquiry. Groups report to whole class periodically about their progress and what they are learning.

Step 7. Writing Up The

Research

 

Assist students in deciding what their group’s contribution to the web site will look like. Students then use the information they have collected to create their web pages. Students create “educational” web sites. Students should plan on less text than in a typical student paper, interesting graphics and pictures, and more hyperlinks to the web sites students found that the reader can look at for extra information. The student is often guiding the interested reader through the materials.

Step 8. Designing and

Completing the Web Site.

Students plan, design and create web site. Having the same fonts, colors, etc across groups lends unity and coherence to the look of the web site.

Step 9. Presenting and

Publishing Projects

Each group makes a formal presentation to the class of what they learned and may use PowerPoint or other presentation software. Teacher or students upload finished web site.