Period 1 – At Her Majesty’s Request WebQuest
Period 1 – At Her Majesty’s Request inspired WebQuest
Follow these steps in order to get this done in a timely manner (and to make sure you get full credit).
- Step One – Day 1 – Report Progress
- MOST IMPORTANT – Divide up the responsibilities for what needs to be posted and researched.
- POST RESPONSIBILITIES TO THIS THREAD.
- Pick a team of two.
- Pick a topic (below).
- Pick a tentative form for the final product. You are not tied to this, you may change this once.
- Pick a tentative grading rubric.
- Post all of the above (1-4) to this class thread. Remember the proverb, “The early bird gets the worm.”
- Report to Mr. Moshé. – GRADE
- Step Two – Days 2 to 3 – Report Progress each day
- MOST IMPORTANT – Divide up the responsibilities for what needs to be posted and researched.
- POST RESPONSIBILITIES TO THIS THREAD.
- Research and gather information.
- Begin creating the Bibliography.
- Post to the discussion any websites you find particularly interesting or full of information; especially websites appealing to children and young adults.
- Post vocabulary terms list (10-20 terms): Word, Part of Speech, Definition (with source).
- Post your team’s final decision on the form of final product.
- Post your team’s final decision on the gradig rubric to be used.
- Report to Mr. Moshé. – GRADE
- Step Three – Days 4 to 5
- MOST IMPORTANT – Divide up the responsibilities for what needs to be posted, researched and finalized.
- POST RESPONSIBILITIES TO THIS THREAD.
- Create the Final Product.
- Check to see if your product satisfies the rubric you have chosen.
- Give a blank copy of the rubric you’ve chosen to Mr. Moshé for grading.
- Present the product to the class/audience.
- Get feedback from the class and Mr. Moshé. – GRADES
Here is the list of topics for you to look over once again.
- Yoruba & Egbado
- Victorian Art
- Victorian Literature
- Victorian Games/Board Games
- African Art – Eastern
- African Art – Northern
- African Art – Southern
- African Art – Sahel and Savanna
- African Art – Central
- African Art – Western
- African Art – Egypt
- Victorian England
- Prince Albert
- Queen Victoria
- Victorian England Education
- Sierra Leone
- Walter Dean Myers
- Madeira
We got the words from the link to victorian art provided by Moshe.
The smily face is supposed to be the # 8, I have no clue how that happened.
The vocab, Victorian Art:
1)victorian art (n) – art done in the lifespan of Queen Victoria.
2)photograph (n) – an image of something or someone taken with a camera.
3)Queen Victoria (n) – a queen of England from the year 1837 – 1901.
4)Charles Wheatstone – Discovered stereoscopic projection.
5)William Henry Fox Talbot (n) – works to give proof of a way to capture images on paper.
6) The Niépce brothers (n) – initiate experiments to create images using light-sensitive materials
7)Nicéphore Niépce (n) – a French doctor, produces the world’s first photograph using pewter plates in a camera obscura.
8)Louis Desire Blanquart-Evrard (n) – improves and modifies Fox Talbot’s calotype process and sets up a printing business in Lille, France.
9)Thomas Young (n) – propounds the ‘three colour’ idea of light.
10)L.J.M. Daguerre (n) – produces the world’s first daguerrotype photograph with Niépce .
we want brochure rubric #1 please and thankyou =]
Mr.Moshe this is our vocabulary about Madeira.
*Madeira ,N-a group of eight island NW coast of Africa
*Cable car, N-A vehicle, usually enclosed, used on a cable railway or tramway
*tobaggan, V-to fall rapidly, as prices or one fortunes.
*Ferry, N-a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons
*subtropical, N-bordering the tropics,nearly tropical
*vacation, N-part of the year set aside when normal activities are suspended
*islands, N- an isolated hill
*poisonous, Adj-full of or containing poison
*histiry, N-branch of knowlegde pertaining to past events
*Funchal,N-a seaport in and the capital of Madeira islands.
THE END!!!
Kierra and Ajani are working on Victorian England.
Vocabulary:
1.)etiquette:
the rues for socially acceptable behavior.
2.)refreshments:
articles or portions of food or drink,sp. for a ligh meal.
3.)opera:
a musical drama.
4.)traditional:
a body of knowledge transmitted through generatios.
5.)tea service:
a set of matching cups,saucers,creamer,ec. for serving tea.
6.)servants:
one employed to assist in domestic matters.
7.)gallery:
the uppermost of such areas in a theatre,usually containing the cheapest seats.
8.)upperclass:
a class of people above the midde class,having the highest social rank or standing based on wealth,family connectionsand and the hike.
9.)wealthy:
posseessing riches;characterized by abundance.
10.)theatre:
structure or area for presentaion of entertainment,lectures,etc.
ALL DEFINITIONS WERE FOUND AT DICTIONARY.COM
1)Conspicuous-adj-easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable
2)tributaries-NOUN,ADJ-a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water
3)agriculturists-noun-a farmer
4)Analogous -adj- corresponding in some particular
5)efficacy -noun-capacity for producing a desired result or effect
6)armature-noun-a skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay, wax, or plaster figure is constructed
7) relics-noun-a surviving memorial of something past
8)precolonial-adj-of or pertaining to the time before a region or country became a colony
9)cult-Noun-The followers of such a religion or sect
10)geographical-adj-of or pertaining to geography
ALL DEFINITIONS WERE FOUND AT DICTIONARY.COM
1)Conspicuous-adj-easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable
2)tributaries-NOUN,ADJ-a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water
3)agriculturists-noun-a farmer
4)Analogous -adj- corresponding in some particular
5)efficacy -noun-capacity for producing a desired result or effect
6)armature-noun-a skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay, wax, or plaster figure is constructed
7) relics-noun-a surviving memorial of something past
Step 3 Responsibilities
Megan: Bibliography, print a blank rubric for Mr. Moshe.
Vlad: Print and make copies of Crossword puzzle
Vlad and I’s Final Product is going to be a Crossword Puzzle about Victorian Games.
Our grading ruberic will be the one from the home page blog for games.
This is me and Morgans vocab list.
Sierra Leone = noun = a republic in west africa.
Diamonds = noun = a pure or nearly pure, extremely hard form of carbon.
Slave = noun = a person who is the property of an wholly subject to another.
Mining = noun = an excavation made in earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coals, precious stones, etc.
Africa = noun = a continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Plateau = noun = a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
Mangrove = noun = any tropical tree or shrub put together.
Flag = noun = a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design.
Lyrics = adjetive = pertaining to or writing lyric poetry
Realm = noun = a royal domain
vocab words for egbado
**all definitions found at http://dictionary.reference.com/
1)slave trade-noun-the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves
2)-Nova-noun- The capital of Benin, in the southeast part of the country on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea. Probably founded in the 16th century, it was settled as a slave-trading center by the Portuguese in the 17th century. Population: 223,000.
3)Flank-A lateral part or side
4)tsetse fly-noun-Any of several two-winged bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, often carrying and transmitting pathogenic trypanosomes to humans and livestock.
5)protectorate-noun-the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls.
6)nepotism-noun-patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics
7)fragile-adj-easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container
8)Dahomey-noun- former native kingdom in W Africa
9)subsumed-verb-to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
10)formidable-adj-causing fear, apprehension, or dread
Vocabulay-
Sahel:adj-A semiarid region of north-center Africa South of the Sahara desert.
Jihads:noun-An individual’s striving for spiritual selfperfection.
Innovations:noun-The act of introducing something new.
Mosque:noun-A muslim house of worship.
Delta:noun-A deposit of sediment at the mouth of a river or tidal inlet.
Proselytize:verb-To induce someone to convert to one’s own religious faith.
Bamara:noun-A member of people of the upper Niger river vally.
Dogon:noun-People of the central plateau region of Mali, around Bandiagara.
Mossi:noun-People of Burkina Faso and other parts of western Africa ,mainly Mali and Togo.
Burkina Faso:noun-A landlocked country of western Africa.
Lobi:noun-An ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana.
Moba:noun-A town in the Democratic Republic of congo in the Northern-East part of Kantanga province.
Initiation:noun-A ceremony, ritual, test , or period of instruction with which a new member is admitted an oranization or office or knowledge.
Funerary:adj-Suitable for funeral or burial.
Mali:noun-A country of western Africa.
sorry, clicked submit comment unintentionally ( Mr. Moshej add an edit button if you can please. )
Architecture ( noun ) : the complex or carefully designed structure of something.
orientation ( noun ) : the determination of the realative postion of something or someone.
auspicious ( adjective ) : condutive to success: favorable.
spatial ( adjective ) : of or relating to space.
depicted ( verb ) : show or represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form.
done.
I Cameron is going to give 10 more words.
Zimbabwe ( noun & adjective ) : Landlocked country in southeastern Africa.
Sculptures ( noun ) : the art of making two- or three-dimensional represntative or abstract forms. esp. by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.
Symbol ( noun ) : a thing that represents or stans for something else, esp. a material object.
rectilinear ( adjective ) : contained by, consisting of, or moving in a straight line or lines.
astrology ( noun ): the study of the movments and relative position of celestial bobies interpreted as having an influence on human affaits and the natural world.
Architecture ( noun ) : the somplex or carefully
Vocab:
1. hemorrhaging:
noun/ To bleed in large amounts
2. hallucinatory:
adjective/ Pertaining to hallucination, visions
3. Khosian:
noun/ A family of languages found cheifly in southern Africa
4. Soapstone:
noun/ A type of stone with a soapy or greasy feel
5. Sakalava:
noun/ A traditional name for a group of people in Madagascar
6. surmise:
verb/ To guess
7. coiffure:
noun/ A style of arrangind the hair or headdress
8. funerary:
adjecture/ pertaing to a funeral
9. eland:
noun/ A speice of large African antelopes that have long winding horns
10. Madagascar:
noun/ An island about 240 miles off the coast of Africa
Hey, use this to create a puzzle for your vocab terms.
Glad I could help!!
http://puzzle-maker.com/
Kristen Jessica F.
VOCABULARY
1.impediment-something that impeds;Adindrance or obstacle
synonyms:obstacle
2.handwritten-to write by hand.
synonym: hand writting
3.Lurking-to lie in wait.
synonyms:hiding
4.Inadequacy-the quality or condition of being inadequate
synonyms:blemish
5.egbado-a tribe in southwest Nigeria Africa
6.Far East-the most resrructed sence, a region comprising the coutries of East Asia
We will have 4 later in the day.
10.Rugby- a game played by teams of 15 players each on a rectangular field 110 yards long with goal lines and goal posts at either end, the object being to run with an oval ball across the opponent’s goal or kick it through the upper portion of the goal posts, with foward passing and time-outs not permitted. Noun; answers.com
11. Golf- a game played on a large outdoor course with a series of 9 or 18 holes spaced far apart, the object being propel a small, hard ball with the use of various clubs into each with as few strokes as possible. Noun; answers.com
12. Tennis- a game played with rackets and a light ball by two plaers or two pairs of players on a rectangular court, as of grass, clay, or asphalt, divided by a net. Also called lawn tennis. Noun; answers.com
13. Horse racing- sport of running horses at speed. Noun;answers.com
14. Hopscotch- A children’s game in which players toss a small object into numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces to retrieve the object. Noun; answers.com
15. Charades- players act out a phrase for ohers to guess. Noun; answers.com
Me and Megan are splitting up the Vocabulary because there’s a whole lot! Here’s my part.
chess- a game played with 2 people, each with 16 pieces, on a chessboard. The object of the game is to capture the opposing “king piece.” When you say “checkmate” you win. Noun; dictionary.com/me
backgammon- A board game for 2 people, played with pieces whose moves are determined by throws of dice; Noun; answers.com
croquet- an outdoor game in which players drive wooden balls through a series of wicketsusing long-handed mallets; Noun; answers.com
cricket- An outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by 2 teams of 11 players each; Noun; answers. com
billiards- a game played on a rectangular cloth-covered table with raised cushioned edges, in which a cue is used to hit 3 small, hard balls against one another or the side cushions of the table; Noun; answers.com
checkers- a game also called draughts, played on a checkerboard by two people, each having 12 men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all of his men, or cannot move them; Noun; answers.com
darts- an indoor target game; it is played by throwing feathered darts at a circular board with numbered spaces. The board is divided into 20 sectors, valued at points from 1 to 20; Noun; answers.com
noughts and crosses- a game played by 2 people each trying to make a line of 3 X’s or 3 O’s in a boxlike figure with 9 spaces. Also known as “tick-tack-toe”; Noun; answers.com
peggy- the object of the game is to remove all pegs except 1 in the center hole; Noun; answers.com
Two websites that I found particularly interesting and full of information are www. nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vsport.html
and www. northwood.org.uk/victorian. They gave me a lot of interesting sports that were played in Victorian times. One such was “lawn tennis”; sounds wierd but it is actually interesting if you read about it!
Me and Myle are doing the project with the topic called Victorian English Education. ( sorry I am a little bit behind but I will catch up! Mark my words!!!! )
art- skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.
Egypt- an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta (Lower Egypt) and the area from Cairo S to the Sudan (Upper Egypt).
Dynasty- a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group
Hieroglyphic- Of, relating to, or being a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.
Artisan- a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
Pharaoh-a title of an ancient Egyptian king.
mummification-to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
papyrus-a material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
sphinx- a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion.
architecture- the action or process of building; construction
Step 2:Responsibilities
Megan- Vocabulary terms, Post to the discussion any websites you find particularly interesting or full of information.
Vlad- Bibliography, Research and gather information.
Dalenny and Alexandra will work together on our project. We will work on the African Art – Sahel and Savanna. We will use power point to make a slide show. We will us the Presitation Rubric for a slide show.
Amanda & Nicole (in p.2) asked: “Do we have to make brochures for everyone in the class?”
Make 7 minimum – This goes for comics, pamphlets, brochures, etc. that sort of thing…
Make 15 minimum – This goes for handouts (single page like crossword, word searches, etc.).
This is so that they -the audience- can look at and pass them around the room.
Make one extra special one and then try to duplicate it. Maybe at Kinkos, Office Depot or something.
Wherever you take it for copying, let them know it’s for school and that you’re poor, maybe they’ll give you a discount – hehe. You never know the amount of kindness kind words can pull out of a person. Kind words bring kind deeds and so on.
I, Vlad Korenblit and Megan Ginter are working together on our project. We will be doing it on Victorian Games/Board Games.
We will be using the grading ruberic of the board games listed on the main blog site.
Resonsibilities
Vlad- coloring and drawing
Megan- Game rules and game
I, Megan Ginter and Vladislav Korenblit are working together on our project. We will be doing it on Victorian Games/Board Games.
We will be using the grading ruberic of the board games listed on the main blog site.
Resonsibilities
Vlad- coloring and drawing
Megan- Game rules and game
Although I did not specify actual due dates, if you look over the THREE STEPS you will find that the assignment is laid out as a 5-DAY project (7-DAY if you include the weekend [and you know I include it]) with presentations ready to go on the fourth or fifth day. So, if Day 1 is Monday (5-day plan) then Day 5 is Friday. Step 3 could be broken down this way:
Step Three – Days 4 to 5
For those of you who post over the weekend, read this. . . .
Because there is an odd number of students in this class, I can allow one person to work as an individual. That person will be Victoria because she requested it first.
So, you have to post as follows:
1. Post team member names. BOTH members.
2. Post the topic claimed.
3. Post a tentative decision for the final product. You are not tied to this, you may change this once (WEDNESDAY).
4. Post a tentative grading rubric.
I will do the project on my own and I’m doing it on Queen Victoria.