Middle East Religion Webquest

Mrs. Ferree
Social Studies
Liberty Junior High

Objective:  To learn about the religions that have originated in the Middle Eastern region and to gain an understanding of the problems religious differences have caused in the region, students will complete a web quest.

Task: 

Each group member will choose one of the three religions that originated in the Middle East (Islam, Christianity, & Judaism). 

You will represent a religious leader or teacher from that religion.  You must therefore become an expert on the religion and then you will be expected to share your knowledge with your group.

You will each research, design, & write a web poster providing the main points of the religion to share with your group. 

Once you have finished your web poster you will complete the concluding questions as a group.

Procedure:

1)  Choose which religion each group member is responsible for.
2)   Complete the research guide provided. This will be turned in with your project. Use
the resources listed below for each religion to learn about the beliefs and practices.
             Research Guide
3)  Once the research guide is complete you will create a web poster.  Follow directions below in order to create your poster:
          a. Go to the following web site:  http://poster.4teachers.org/index.php
          b. Scroll down & click on Students: build a poster
         
c. You will need the following information to sign on and create your poster:
                   1. Your First name
                   2. My last Name:  Ferree
                   3. Class code:  Each class period has their own 
                                     Block 2- G2qY9z
                                     Block 4-5- rQ6kQ4
                                     Block 6- T7iV4m
                                     Block 7- eJ6gQ9
                                     Block 10-11- gU3eT9
                                     Block 12-eA9mT4
                   4. You will need to create your own password.  Make sure to write it down on your research guide so you will remember it.
                   5. Your area code
                   6. Once you fill in the personal information click next and enter the title of your page
                   7.  Begin entering text by following the Web Poster Outline
                   8.  Enter at least 2 links to web pages you used to research.
                   9. You must also include one picture related to the religion for your page. 
                  10. When you have finished click "build my page."  This will save your poster and give you a poster Id.  WRITE THIS DOWN ON THE RESEARCH GUIDE AND RUBRIC IMMEDIATELY.  You will need this # to edit your page and share your poster with your group.

4)  Once each group member completes their web posters you will share them with the other group members in order to complete the concluding questions which are to be done as a group. 

Resources:

Islam:  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/religion/Islam.htm
            http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/islam/geography.html

Judaism:  http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/judaism/judai1.html
                http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/religion/jewish.htm

Christianity:   http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/christianity/
                       http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/religion/christian.htm

Final Product:

Your final product must include the following:
       1)  A completed research guide with web poster password & id number
       2)  Your group concluding questions
       3)  Your rubric

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Final Product