Blessed Sacrament School - Web Quest Project C

A Day in the Life

A WebQuest for 7th Grade on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Designed by:

Emily Carroll

Analisa Price

Anne Ruoff

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits

Introduction

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to suddenly move to a completely different country during a time of hate and conflict? In the book Habibi, by Naomi Shihab Nye, Liyana, an American born Arab, spent her life in the freedom of America. One year her family moved to Palestine, where her life changed. Palestine is in the middle of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. You will learn what life would be like in her position.

The Task

Pretend that you are Liyana (girl) or Omer (boy). Write a journal about your life during the Arab-Israeli Conflict. How does it affect your life personally and your life style? Also, write about what was going on during the war.

The Process

First, pick one of the following wars as a setting.

War of Independence - 1948

Sinai War - 1956

Six Day War - 1967

Yom Kippur War - 1973

Research your chosen war so that you have a background of what the war was about. Links that might help you are listed under Resources.

Next, start writing a journal entry that begins on a Monday. Write an entry every night for one week. Your last entry should be written the following Sunday. The journal entries should be at least four paragraphs long, making a total of 28 paragraphs.

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While writing your journal really try to place yourself in Liyana or Omer's position. It would be helpful to read the book Habibi. Write about what you would feel, see, do, and how your life would be different during the war, which would include food, clothing, friends, family, and basic lifestyles and chores.

Evaluation

Grades will be decided on the performance of each student's work and whether all the requirements are met. A score of a 4 is an A, a 3 is a B, a 2 is a C, and a 1 is a D. If the student fails to do any of the assignment it is a 0 score, or an F.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Has a journal entry for each day of the week, starting with Monday and ending with Sunday, making a total of seven entries. And all entries have at least 4 paragraphs (a total of 28 paragraphs).	Has at least 3 entries and 8 paragraphs.	Has at least 5 entries and 18 paragraphs	Has all seven entries and has at least 22 paragraphs.	Has all seven entries and has all 28 paragraphs total.
Mentions Criteria	Tells about 2 of the objectives written 3 spaces to the right.	Mentions 4 of the objectives written 2 spaces to the right.	Tells about 6 of the objectives stated 1 place to the right.	Mentions your feelings, food, clothing, friends, family, and basic lifestyles and chores.
Has an appropriate setting.	Did not pick a war setting and entries mention characters living in a different country.	Has a war setting but the time period does not agree with what is written	Has a war setting but the time period does not agree with some things written (mentions things that haven't been invented or discovered)	Has a war setting and is appropriate to the time period.

Conclusion

When you finish the Web Quest you should have an understanding of life in the Middle East for a child.

Credits & References

War of Independence:

http://www.yahoodi.com/peace/warindep.html

http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middlleeast/Arab-Irsraeli

http://arabterrorism.tripod.com/FAQ/war1948.html

Sinai War:

http://onwar.com/aced/chrono/c1900s/yr55/fsinai1956.htm

http://www.minndakjcrc.org/educatorsResearchIsraelSinai.htm

Six Day War:

http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/9999/6day1967.htm

Yom Kippur War:

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/webchron/MiddleEast/YomKippurWar.html

Food:

http://www.arab.net/cuisine/

About the Arab-Israeli Conflict:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teachers/citizenship_11_14/subject_areas/conflict_resolution/newsid_2036000/2036641.stm
(visit all the children's stories for the link above)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,720353,00.html

http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/2002/April/Pale.html

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/MiddleEastConflict.html

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,218393,00.html

The book Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye

The encyclopedia (look up middle east)

Middle East (a book about the area)

This Web Quest was made possible through a "Teaching with Technology" grant received by Mrs. Maria Gomez and Mrs. Barbara Blair from the North Carolina Association of Educational Communications and Technology and a grant from the National Catholic Education Association.

Thank you for visiting our Web Quest. We hope you had fun and learned a lot.

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