Summary
Students were presented with the following challenge: A nation of your choosing needs your help! They have asked you to create an informational website informing possible visitors and tourist about the culture. Your goal is to create a website that is packed with helpful, fun, and useful information that illustrates the culture of your choice. When you present your website to the country ambassadors you will also provide them with a sample of food from the nation. The teacher explained students must use the IB design cycle to develop their site and be able to provide feedback to other students regarding the design specifications of the task.
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Approaching: Students used previously modeled search strategies to find information about the country they chose. Students then analyzed the information and decided how the information related back to the challenge. Research was summarized and assembled cohesively within the student created website.
Developing: Students were asked to evaluate peers websites, using the teacher provided rubric, and provide feedback to the students. Students were given positives about the websites and ways to improve the site to closer fit the requirements of the rubric. The teacher modeled examples of appropriate and inappropriate feedback related to the assignment.
Approaching: The task required students to investigate a country of their choice, make decisions on the content to include on their created site. Students also planned and sketched out their site before creation which caused them to critically think about placement and organization of the content prior to creation. Throughout the task students were asked to fully justify their decisions and how that would affect the overall outcome of the challenge.
Approaching: Students were tasked to create a site about a country of their choice. Students analyzed other websites to brainstorm ideas for constructing their own website. Students were asked to organize the site to appeal to tourist visiting their country which prompted students to stretch their creativity to make their site “catchy and interesting”.
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Contents:
- H21 Lesson Plan
- Diversity Awareness Brief
- Diversity Awareness Rubric
