Links for Country Research Project

http://www.timeforkids.com/

http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_social_studies_countries.shtml

http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/


http://countries.mrdonn.org/brazil.html


http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/br/Brazil





http://travel.discovery.com/

            http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html

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

            http://www.countrywatch.com/

            http://www.excite.com/travel/regions/

http://www.nationbynation.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.your-nation.com/

Website Evaluation

Look at these two websites.
Complete the evaluation checklist for both.

1.) http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blogs-page-1.html

2.) http://australia.gov.au/about-australia

Country Research Project 2

1. CIA World Fact Book:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html

2. National Geographic People and Places

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/Encyclopedias

3. National Geographic Country Guide

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/?source=NavTravCount

4. World Travel Guide:

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/

http://xaaa.calypso.scoolaid.net/bin/vrc/openVrc?id=153

http://xaaa.calypso.scoolaid.net/bin/vrc/openVrc?id=120

 

Country Research Project

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html

Shsdb

http://culturegrams.es.vrc.scoolaid.net/


http://fofweb.es.vrc.scoolaid.net/WGCO/default.aspx?ItemID=WE39

Moez and Noor

NYSESLAT Test Prep Webquest

Moez and Noor

1.) Complete at least 2 Medium listening activities from this site:
http://www.esl-lab.com/

2.) Complete the Present Continuous Quiz from this link. Record your score.
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm


3.) Complete the Sentence Quiz here. Record your score.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/gr8/0801/03.html?qseq=3,1,8,0,9,2,5,4,7,6&at=0&curq=0&score=0


4. and 5) Pick two quizzes of your choice from here:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/

Record the scores on your score sheet.

6.) Watch this grammar video.
http://www.grammarbook.com/video/this_that_these_those.asp

Write down the rules for This/That/These/Those.

NYSESLAT Test Prep Webquest

Gul/Cherine/Andriy/June

1.) Complete at least 2 DIFFICULT listening activities from this site:

http://www.esl-lab.com/

2.) Complete the Run-On Sentence Quiz from this link. Record your score.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/run-ons_add2.htm


3.) Complete the Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz here. Record your score.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add2.htm


4. and 5) Pick two quizzes of your choice from here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

Record the scores on your score sheet.

6.) Watch this grammar video.
http://www.grammarbook.com/video/this_that_these_those.asp

Write down the rules for This/That/These/Those.





Rudy and Alihan
http://www.esl-lab.com/

1.) Complete at least 2 EASY/MEDIUM listening activities from this site:
http://www.esl-lab.com/


2.) Complete the noun quiz here. Record your score.
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=2&Topic=Nouns


3.) Complete the sentence quiz. Record your score.
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=1&Topic=The+Sentence&x=41&y=12


4. and 5) Pick two quizzes of your choice from here:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/

6.)Watch this grammar video.

 http://www.grammarbook.com/video/here_and_there.asp

Write down the rules for here and there.

Anne Frank Webquest

Hello! Today you will be exploring the secret annex that Anne Frank lived in, along with Anne Frank herself.

1.) Take a tour of her secret annex here:
http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/Enter-the-3D-house/#/house/20/help/

Please take some notes on what the annex looked like.
a.) What where the living conditions like for Anne Frank?
b.) How might someone survive those hardships?
c.) Draw a picture of the floor plan.

2.) Pick two Anne Frank Quotes and analyze them. What do they mean? Do you agree with this quote? Use the form I have provided. You can type your answers.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/annefrank/a/AnneFrankQuotes.htm


3.) Take a look at pictures of Anne Frank's diary.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/artifact_1_0.html

Read some passages from her diary. Then you must create your own diary entry.
http://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank/diary-excerpts/
 






Choose from the topcis below:

What If? What if you were forced from your home, separated from your family, put in a cattle car, and dropped off at a concentration camp? How would you cope with the situation? Do you think something like the Holocaust could happen in America today? Why or why not?

                                    -OR-

Describe how you would feel if the government forced you to wear a symbol on your clothes       EVERYDAY to let people know that you belonged to a certain race, religion, etc.