traveling to egypt presenter: karen davies - buckley
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Traveling To Egypt
Presenter: Karen Davies - Buckley
Introduction
• Pack your bags and say “See you soon!” to your family. You are about to take a trip to a land far away – Egypt! Along your journey you will track and fill in your own map to bring back and share with the class. While on vacation you will be working with a partner. One of you will be the photographer (to bring us back pictures) and one the cartographer (to fill in the map information). You must work together to find information and cool pictures (related to your topic) to share and complete our own large map back here in the classroom.
Task
• The class will be split into 10 groups of partners.
• Each group will be given two topics related to our large blank class map of Egypt.
• Partners must find/share facts on the two topics, be able to locate and place them on their own map as well as our class map, and bring back pictures to share with the class.
• You may be traveling to cities, deserts, bodies of water, neighboring countries, or have topics related to our map in some other way.
• Don’t forget your sunglasses!
TOPICSCairo Mediterranean SeaSuez Canal Red Sea Sudan (Mrs.
DB)Libya Saudi Arabia LuxorMount Catherine Sinai Africa Nile River Lake Nassar JordanIsrael deserts Aswancompass rose land usemap key pyramidsother cities other mountains
Process
• Before you set off on your journey I will show you how I found my topic - Sudan, and the information I gathered there. Then I will locate Sudan on our class map, share some interesting facts I found, chart it on the map, and place a picture on the map as well.
• Photographer – Find 4 or 5 interesting pictures of each topic to share with us and then we will choose one for our map.
• Cartographer – Find the exact location of both of your topics, chart it on your map, and be prepared to chart it on our class map as well.
• Both – While on your journey find some interesting facts about your topics to share with the class as we fill in our classroom map!
• Suggestions for searching for information related to your topic: Look for facts, events, statistics, who, what, where, when, how, why?
• Websites to help you on your Journey (Resources):
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/af.htm
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_middle_east/atlas_middle_east.html#egypt
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/3499/page1.htm
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_egypt.html
Evaluation
• Rubric – Knowledge of map of Egypt, Individual map accuracy, key, title.
• Teacher observations:Is the student on task?Is the student using appropriate resources? Did the student cooperate/work together with the partner?Did the student do his or her share of the work?
• Quiz – Given a blank map of Egypt, label or state and
point to at least 10 features.
Lesson 2 – Where is Egypt and What is There?
Outstanding Good Work Fair Needs Improvement
Knowledge (Quiz)
When shown a blank base map, the student can
rapidly and accurately label at least 10 features.
When shown a blank base map, the student can
rapidly and accurately label 8-9 features.
When shown a blank base map, the student can
rapidly and accurately label 6-7 features.
When shown a blank base map, the student can
rapidly and accurately label fewer than 6 features.
Individual Map Labels/Accuracy
96-100% of the items are labeled and located
correctly.
80-95% of the items are labeled and located
correctly.
70-79% of the items are labeled and located
correctly.
Less than 70% of the items are labeled and located
correctly.
Individual Map Key
Legend is easy-to-find and contains a complete set of
symbols, including a compass rose.
Legend contains a complete set of symbols, including a compass rose.
Legend contains an almost complete set of symbols (missing 1 or 2), including
a compass rose.
Legend is absent or lacks several symbols.
Individual Map Title
Title tells the purpose/content of the
map, is clearly distinguishable as the title.
Title tells the purpose/content of the
map.Title is vague No title
Conclusion • Congratulations on your
return! I hope your journey through Egypt was a fun adventure! You are now ready to share and teach us what you have learned.
• As a team you and your partner will locate your topics on our large, blank class map of Egypt. The cartographer will fill them in, and the photographer will show us the pictures. You will both share some interesting facts you have learned on your journey and add the favorite picture to our map.
Please reflect on your journey to Egypt :
• What did you like about this journey?
• What did you learn? • What was most
interesting or surprising? • What was something you
did NOT like about your journey?
• What would you like to learn about using this WebQuest method again?
• Any suggestions?
References:http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/af.htm http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_middle_east/
atlas_middle_east.html#egypt https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html http://www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/3499/page1.htm http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/
country_egypt.html