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Class: ..............................................................................................
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IT-time
Unit 2: The USA
1 Introduction
In this webquest you will learn something more about the USA.
In deze webquest zal je meer leren over de VS.
You will learn a few tricks to find info on the Net.
Je zal enkele tips krijgen om info op het internet te vinden.
2 Task
You will surf the Net and explore some websites to find the right information about the USA.
Je zal op het Internet surfen en websites verkennen om de juiste informatie over de VSA te
vinden.
3 Resourses
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a computer with internet access
a printer
a map of the USA from this CD-rom: you have to print it before you start or your
teacher will hand it out to you
some websites:
a search engine
http://www.google.be
b a video website
http://www.youtube.com
c an online encyclopaedia http://www.wikipedia.org/ (Dutch and English)
4 Process
Process
1 Read the questions on this web quest and open Internet Explorer in another window.
2 For part 2 you need the map on the USA.
3 Finished? You can check your answers. Print this task and add it to your course.
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Tasks
TASK 1: Facts about the USA
Use www.google.be (an Internet search engine (zoekmachine)) to find this information
about the USA. Use appropriate (passende) key words (sleutelwoorden) to look up the
information. Listen to your teacher’s tricks.
The USA stands for the U [invulruimte: nited] S[invulruimte: tates] of A[invulruimte: merica]
The American flag looks like this
Every state has its own capital city (hoofdstad). Use http://www.google.be to find the capital
cities of these states:
- Arizona : ...................................
- Ohio : ...................................
- Tennessee : ...................................
The national symbol of America is an animal: an ....................................
The Americans have a national anthem (volkslied). The name of the anthem is the StarSpangled Banner. You can listen to the anthem here: Christina Aguilera is singing it.
You can find the text and translation (vertaling) on http://nl.wikipedia.org , or click here
(onliggende link naar: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner )
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Children start the lessons at school by saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag.
http://www.hwupdate.org/update/images/pledge_of_allegiance_1.gif
Click here to watch the video.
TASK 2: Landmarks in the USA
In the video, there are a lot of photos about famous (bekende) places in the USA. These are
landmarks (een plaats of gebouw in een land met een grote historische of culturele
waarde).
This is a list of 9 landmarks:
Miss Liberty
Mount Rushmore
Niagara Falls
Las Vegas Strip
Grand Canyon
Mississippi River
Golden Gate Bridge
Rocky Mountain
Hollywood Sign
Let’s found out about a few important landmarks of the USA.
A Find some information about them using http://www.google.be. Where are they situated? In
what state? Locate them on your map. The pictures will help you. Add the names of the
landmarks to the pictures.
Use the map on the USA. Your teacher will hand it out.
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Evaluation
This task will be automatically corrected when you have finished. Print it and add it to your
course. Your teacher might ask you something about it on a test.
5 Reflection
Would you like to learn more about America?
Zou je graag meer leren over America?
Did you like this task?
Vond je dit een leuke opdracht?
Was it difficult?
Was het moeilijk?
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