Веб–квест «The Urals»

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Welcome
 

Welcome: The Urals 
Description: The Urals are the core of Russia, its spinal column, the support. Those who discover the Urals will discover Russia. The Urals are the cross-roads. They are of universal character, because they combine the past and the future, power and lyrics, mountains and steppes, techniques and culture, inhabited and deserted places. There are so many interesting places in the Urals and its capital – Yekaterinburg. 
Grade Level: College / Adult 
Curriculum: Foreign Language 
Keywords: Sightseeings, nature, famous people, art culture of the Urals 
Author(s): Елена Ваторопина

Introduction
 

The ancient ridge of the Ural Mountains stretching for two thousand kilometers presents a natural boundary between Europe and Asia, at the same time, a link, a steel seam, tying up the two parts of the world in a single grand Continent of Eurasia. The Ural Mountains, which are also called the Stone Belt, extend for2500 km from hot Kazakh Steppes to the frozen coast of the Arctic Ocean.

The Urals are the core of Russia, its spinal column, the support. Those who discover the Urals will discover Russia. The Urals are the cross-roads. They are of universal character, because they combine the past and the future, power and lyrics, mountains and steppes, techniques and culture, inhabited and deserted places. There are so many interesting places in the Urals and its capital – Yekaterinburg.

Task

You work as guides and you need to prepare a travel program for tourists from abroad, who are going to travel around the Urals.

You are going to choose the places you think our guests would like to visit; to gather information about those places and design the perfect program.

You can work individually or in groups of two.

The task is to create a PowerPoint Presentation "Welcome to the Urals" or a travel booklet about the Urals or Yekaterinburg. 

Process
 

You should follow the instructions given step by step.

Find some information about the Ural mountains (geographical position, climate, rivers, mountains, flora and fauna mineral resources, etc.) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_(region)

http://www.sras.org/the_urals

The history of the Urals:

http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/spectacular-ancient-megaliths-ural-mountains-002517

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_(region)#History

Cities and interesting places:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterinburg

http://www.russia-ic.com/travel/places/427#.VbeK1fntlHw

http://www.insightguides.com/destinations/europe/russia/the-urals

http://www.insightguides.com/destinations/europe/russia/the-urals/overview

Famous people of the Urals:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_people

http://askural.com/2011/08/founders-of-yekaterinburg/

http://www.bazhov.ru/

http://www.russia-ic.com/ppl_articles/in_depth/1443/#.VbeLmfntlHw

Art culture of the Urals:

http://www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/visual_arts/1006/#.VbeKj_ntlHw

The result in the form of a presentation or a booklet should be saved and presented to the teacher and the class for evaluation.

Evaluation
 

Look through the PowerPoint Presentations and travel booklets of your classmates and give them marks according to the listed below criteria. The winners will present their projects during our school conference.

Criteria

Content

• Content is minimal or there are several factual errors – 2

• Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors – 3 

• Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good – 4

• Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent – 5

Organization

• There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts – 2

• Content is logically organized for the most part – 3

• Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed – 4

• Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material – 5

Originality

• Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit – 2

• Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking – 3

• Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights – 4

• Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive – 5

Teacher Page

Students should be able to look for information in the Internet, because they will have to use basic internet sites, which are indicated during the steps of this web quest.

I used the links to other websites, which are a useful basis for students' researches.

http://zunal.com/teacherspage.php?w=291882