This web quest was created for middle school students specifically for understanding of the 7th grade Georgia Performance Standards.
Georgia Performance Standards:
SS7H1 The student will analyze continuity and change in Africa leading to the 21st century.
a. Explain how the European partitioning across Africa contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries.
Georgia Performance Standards:
SS7H1 The student will analyze continuity and change in Africa leading to the 21st century.
a. Explain how the European partitioning across Africa contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries.
Differentiation:
This learning experience could be delivered through a level approach to meet the needs of different levels of learners. The levels are listed below:
Level 1: This task could include just the completion of research notes.
Level 2: This task could be completion of research notes and enrichment activity.
Level 3: This task could be completion of research notes and Enrichment Activity.
Time Frame:
4 Lessons at 50 minutes each.
Materials:
Computers with internet access
NET-S Standards:
1. Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
2. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
c. Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
3. Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
4. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
This learning experience could be delivered through a level approach to meet the needs of different levels of learners. The levels are listed below:
Level 1: This task could include just the completion of research notes.
Level 2: This task could be completion of research notes and enrichment activity.
Level 3: This task could be completion of research notes and Enrichment Activity.
Time Frame:
4 Lessons at 50 minutes each.
Materials:
Computers with internet access
NET-S Standards:
1. Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
2. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
c. Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
3. Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
4. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.