webquest

Trip to Kyoto

Introduction

Student is pretend to visit Kyoto , Japan for trip.  Student has to make a reserch what they going to do in Kyoto. Student is required to make a presentation about it and tell their plans to other students.  They are expected to understand especially in temple and shrine.

Kyoto is an old capital of Japan. There are a lot of temple, shrine, traditional food and cultures. Main idea is to get to know about temple and shrine.

Task

You will make a group of 4 people and make your trip plan to Kyoto.  Then each group have to make a reserch for one topic. After that you have to make a presentation about it.Then leader from one group gather and make one trip. You have to visit at least two temples or shrine. You have to describe some main things about that.

Process

You will use an internet to search your plan.  After you decided the one day plan, you will tell teacher. 　Answer all these questions below. This question will be devided to 4 groups.

1.       By what you are going?

2.       What are you going to eat?

3.       Which temple or shrine are you going?

4.       Some easy phrase that you need with your travel

Evaluation

	Beginning	Developing	Qualified	Exemplary	Score
Research	Research was incomplete	Completed a little	Almost complete	Completed
Understanding of culture	Lack of knowledge	Describe some culture	Analyze culture	Teach other student about culture
Understanding of temple and shrine	Research was incomplete	Describe about temple or shrine	Tell other people about temple or shrine	Describe both temple and shrine
Understanding of dialect	Only one word	greetings	Can hear and understand dialect	Can communicate only in dialect
Presentation	Incomplete	Completed a little	Almost complete	Completed

Conclusion

You finished your travel plan to Japan. Did you find some interesting culture? What was the most interesting temple or shrine? What is that temple or shrine for? What is the most exciting thing when you visit Kyoto?