Posted on May 14th, 2007 by misskprimary
[from Junior Education, August 2006, p.18-19]
Let the children choose a country that really interests them – perhaps China or India, Spain or Brazil, USA or Egypt – and set them off on their quest for exciting items for their resource box.
Collect:
large-scale map, national flag, coins, stamps
national animal and/or flower
traditional items that highlight national identity
musical instruments
small [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2007 by misskprimary
I’ve set up another blog for my class:
http://class5k.edublogs.org/
This one will be used to set tasks for them as part of their independent research. They’ve each chosen a country to research and are going to do a short presentation at the end of term. I’m hoping that the blog will encourage them to continue with their [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2007 by misskprimary
I’ve just found a website with links to various webquests. These may come in useful when I am thinking about independent research tasks for next year (more on that later!). The website includes information on how webquests link to the TASC wheel (Thinking Actively in a Social Context).
It includes a webquest about countries, in which [...]
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