Blessed Sacrament School - Web Quest Project D

Middle East Travel Brochure

A WebQuest for 7th Grade on the Middle East

Brittany York and Gregory Cales
Zippyangel1223@aol.com

Introduction

You have just been chosen by the World Wide Travel Agency to create a travel brochure of the Middle East. In this brochure, you will tell the travelers all about the wonders of the Middle Eastern Countries. Have Fun creating your brochure and good luck! See Ya!!

The Task

For your task, each member of your group has to get information and discuss your plan with each other. In your brochure, make sure that your information is persuasive and accurate. Also, add plenty of color and pictures to the background so those people who will be looking at your brochure will enjoy looking at it. Font is also an important part of your brochure.

In your brochure you will need the following in your brochure.

Maps
Flags
Attractions
Religions
Places to Visit
Currency
Climate
Languages
Cultures
Government
Land Regions
Landforms
Population

The Process

You and your group will find websites to get information for your travel brochure. Make sure that all of your information is accurate. Also, make sure the brochure is attractive, interesting, and something that would make someone want to visit your country again.

Choose one of the following countries

Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen

Evaluation

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Stated Objective or Performance	Gather all the information from the task table for 1-4 countries.	Gather all the information from the task table for 5-8 countries.	Gather all the information from the task table for 9-11 countries	Gather all the information from the task table for 12-14 countries

Conclusion

When you are finished with your brochure make sure that you have enough information to finish your webquest, and that it looks attractive. We hope that you have enjoyed learning how to create a webquest.

Credits & References

*Map/Government-

http://www.greatestcities.com/middle-east/Saudi_Arabia.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps

* Currency/Climate/Language/Land Regions/Landforms/Population/Religion/Flag

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

*Places to Visit

http://www.saudicaves.com/

http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=online/news/ossuary

http://www.kuwait-info.org/Travel_Information/places_to_visit.html

*Culture

http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/cultural/oldworld/middle_east.htmlhttp://emuseum.mnsu.edu/cultural/oldworld/middle_east.html

*Books*

Grolier Incorporated, "Lands and Peoples"

Silver Burdett Press "People and Places Middle East"

Keith Lee & Philip Steele " Ultimate Atlas of the World"

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.

Based on a template from The WebQuest Page