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       NIGERIA    
                                       
picture of passionfruit

picture of a manatee		 picture of men's dance festival
                          
 
 

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in another country?  How your life would be different?  What name you would have? What language you would speak? 

 
Well we are about to take a Webquest journey to Nigeria!  You will give yourself a Nigerian name, discover what language you would speak if you were living there and many more fun and exciting things!  Scroll down to review your task!
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Task

  

The task of this project is for you to create a book with all of the information you collect throughout this experience.  You will draw a picture of you in Nigerian clothing on the front cover of the book and write down the following three components: your Nigerian name, its meaning, and your regular name.  Then for each of the individual tasks you will use a different page in your book.  For each of these you will need to draw a picture that applies to the category of each page and then write a 1-2 sentence description of why you chose whatever you chose or something you learned about it.  There will be a page for each of the following and the pages should run in this order:

 


Continue Scrolling to find a more in depth description of exactly what you will write on each page and some websites and pictures to help guide you on your way!
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Nigerian Names!


picture of African woman                                       picture of African man

       Have you ever wanted to change your name?  Well here's your chance!  Below if you click the link there is a list of African boy and girl names.  You now have a few decisions to make.  The first big decision is whether you would like to be a boy or a girl.  Once you have figuryou need to make and then you simply pick out a letter on the webpage and begin viewing all sorts of names and their meanings.  Pick one and write down the name and the meaning so that when you begin your book you will have what you need for the cover.

 

http://www.swagga.com/fname.htm


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Clothing!

pictures of different parts of clothes

       Did you ever play dress up when you were younger?  Ever imagined how you would look in clothes from a whole different country?  Click on the links below and find your favorite Nigerian outfit.  Be sure to remember to make it appropriate for you if you decided to be a boy you need to find boy clothing, a girl vice versa.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/PhotoView.jsp?Uc=5fwwcsl.xao8uvt&Uy=bakj8m&Upost_signin=BrowsePhotos.jsp%253FshowSlide%253Dtrue&UV=268521156116_51461660210&Ux=0&collid=79946632110.99946632110.1143507769460&photoid=62479202905&view=2&page=&sort_order=&albumsperpage=&navfolderid=2004 This site offers you a variety of pictures of Nigerian outfits.

 http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/attire.html
This site will give you some more information about things that Nigerians wear that we do not (also shown in the above picture).

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Language!

picture of language

      Next  you will use the links below to find out what kind of languages they speak in Nigeria.  Choose one to write about in your book and for this page of your book you also need to pick out a word or phrase in that langauge.  The third website will allow you to do that.  If you just scroll down far enough and find your language it will tell you how to write down a word or phrase, just pick the one you like best from that page!

 
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.univie.ac.at/afrikanistik/Borno/klb.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.univie.ac.at/afrikanistik/Borno/languages.html&h=647&w=905&sz=81&tbnid=WnRHmEXk3rCFuM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=146&hl=en&start=8&prev=/images%3Fq%3DNigerian%2BLanguages%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Nigeria 

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/languages.html


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Festivals!

picture of agaba festival

Agaba Festival

      Have you ever wondered what celebrations were like in other countries?  Most of you probably do not even know what a festival is!  A festival is an occasion for feasting or celebration, especially a day or time of religious significance that recurs at regular intervals.  Since we do not have these for the most part here, I would like you to both see some pictures of festivals and for whatever festival you pick, make sure you can not only write why you chose it but a one or two additional sentence description of why the festival is celebrated.  Do not forget to put in the date of  the festival you chose as well!!

http://umunne.org/page8.html (some pictures of the festivals)

http://www.onlinenigeria.com/festivals/

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/festivals.html(descriptions of them)


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Holidays!


picture of nigerian christmas card

A Nigerian Christmas Card

      Holidays are one of the most exciting times of year here.  Now let's see what holidays that we both celebrate and what holidays Nigeria celebrates that we do not.  For this project I would like you to focus on the ones that are not celebrated or as fully celebrated here for your book.  Pick out which holiday you think you would like to celebrate and write about that one in your book.  Maybe draw a picture of what you think it would look like celebrating that holiday.  Just don't forget to include the date of the holiday you chose as well!!

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/holidays.html 

http://usembassy.state.gov/nigeria/wwwhhol2004.html


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Animals!

picture of dama gazelle                                                 picture of an elephant                                    picture of a red monkey                                                                                                                       
       Dama Gazelle                                                               African Elephant                                           Red-bellied Monkey

       There are a lot of animals that could be found in Nigeria but we are going to focus on the endangered and vulnerable since they may not be around for as long as the others.  Pick whichever animal is your favorite that can be found in Nigeria and draw it in your book.  Don't forget the name of your animal.

 

http://www.animalinfo.org/country/nigeria.htm

(Only the animals names that are highlighted in blue can be clicked on and show you a picture.  It would probably be easier if you selected one of the ones that has a picture for you to draw for your book.  In order to see the picture you need to click on the name highlighted in blue first.  Then you will see the word picture in parenthesis next to the word profile, click on that.  It will bring you down to the Profile page and there will again be the word pictures with blue highlighted names of whatever animal you chose, click on that and you will see the picture.  Just raise your hand and ask one of the teachers if you need any help!  It is a little tricky:)

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Food!

picture of minyando

Minyando

      If you were to grow up in Nigeria what food do you think you would be begging your mom to prepare for you or take you out to dinner so that you could eat every night as you do here with perhaps pizza.  Use the following websites to pick out a food that you think you would like eating, if you lived in Nigeria.

 

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/food.html

http://community.webshots.com/slideshow?ID=32770972&key=TOlPAY
(some pictures of the food they eat there)
 

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      Now that you have obtained all of the information that you need.  Head back to your desks and begin creating your book.  If you forget what something you need looks like or how to spell something just come back to your computer and refresh your memory.  There are also three of us teachers walking around so just raise your hand and we can help you as well!  These books are going to be displayed in our room when we have all of the other classes come in here for our own Nigerian Festival so be sure to work hard and carefully on your books so that the other students will enjoy each and every one!

checklist picture..

Just a little check list for you to make sure that you got all of the pieces in your book and that they are in the correct order!
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Evaluation
Needs Improvement
1
 Satisfactory
2
 Good
3
 Excellant
4
Required Elements
 Book is missing several pages.


Title page is incomplete missing several elements.


There is a 1-2 sentence description on less than half of the pages.
 Book is missing more than one page.

Parts of the title page are also missing.


There is a 1-2 sentence description on most of the pages.
 Book  includes all  required pages except one.

Title page is missing one of its parts.



There is a 1-2 sentence description on all but one page.
 		Book includes all 5 required pages.


Title page includes student's name, African name and a drawing of them in their Nigerian clothes.

There is a 1-2 sentence description on every page.
Organization Book is completely disorganized.



Almost all pages are messy and not pieced together in a very messy way.
 Book exhibits acceptable organization of elements though it may appear disorganized.

Some pages have the pictures and descriptions pieced together nicely, others are simply disorganized.
 Book  exhibits  organization of elements


All of the pages are in order with the picture and description  except one.
 Book exhibits exceptional organization of elements.


All pages are in order with a picture and descirption of the picture set up nicely on each page.
Neatness Book is very messy or poorly designed.  Barely anytime has been spent on each page and it is very obvious by just looking at the front page.
 Book is acceptably attractive but appears a little messy.  Not enough time spent on making pages look as good as they possibly could.
 Book is attractive in terms of neatness and design.  Adequite time has been spent on each of the pages and it shows.  Book shows some appeal.
 Book is exceptionally attractive in neatness and design.  A lot of time has been spent on each page which is visible just by looking at it, and the front cover is extremely appealing.
Content Accuracy Less than 80% of the facts in the book are accurate.
 89-80% of the facts in the book are accurate.
 99-90% of the facts in the book is accurate. 
All of the information in the book is 100% accurate.



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LESSON PLAN


Writing

Grade 2

 

Lesson Topic: A Day in the Life of a Nigerian

 

Lesson Objectives:

 

 

Instructional Technique: Group work (partners) through a Webquest Program, an assignment following included.

 

Instructional Materials: The Webquest and some paper and crayons for them to create their own books about the information they have obtained on the Webquest journey.

 

Theoretical Perspective: This is important for my students to learn because there is a whole world out there outside of this classroom and this is enabling students to get another perspective of how some other children live.  The way that Nigerians dress, the language the speak, type of animals they see where they live, the names they have, holidays and festivals they celebrate and lastly the food that they eat.

 

ISTE Standards: This relates to the third standard of ISTE which is Technology productivity tools.  This is because the students are using technology tools to enhance their learning.

 

Curriculum Frameworks: 19.2-Dictate sentences for a story and collaborate to put sentences in chronological sequence.

 

Procedure:
    1. <>I will first go over the assignment on the Webquest to the children. Following that I will have them each sit at a computer with a partner and tell them to take a quick look at the webquest page in general and when they have viewed it thoroughly enough to know what they have to do to raise their hand.<>
    2. <>Once everyone's hand is up we will the discuss what they are going to be doing with the information, and be sure to answer any questions any of them have before they start their projects.  I will make sure that they all understand that they need to compile a book of all of their information.  It will consist of their favorite food, the language they would be speaking there, one phrase or word in that language, favorite holiday (and date of holiday), animal and festival (and date) and on the cover will be a picture of them in “Nigerian” clothing and their African name, meaning of African name, and their real name. 
    3. <><>Once they seem to fully understand what they are about to do, I will let them begin and inform them one last time that there are three teachers that will be walking around the entire time and if any of the students need any help, to just raise their hand.
    4. <><>They will be graded on whether or not they have put the right information into their books and if they have written underneath each picture the required 2-3 sentences of why they chose each as their favorite, I will be using the rubic to do this and more.  While the students begin finishing they can return to their tables and do their work.  If they forget what their animal looks like or the clothing they have decided on they can just return to the computers and find them again.

 

Evaluation:

 

  1. I will determine if the students have met my objectives on the following day by using the rubric which can be found above on the webquest page or if you simply click Evaluation on the bar below.
  2. A concern that I have for this lesson is that I am teaching it to young children so they may have trouble in working the internet and or computer.  I think in giving them each a partner to work with it should help and having me, the teachers’ assistant and the computer teacher available throughout the time they are going to be working on these projects should make this hopefully run smoothly.
  3. The other concern I have is that 2nd graders are not the best readers so I think that they may struggle with that as well but again with me, the teachers assistant and computer teacher and their partners I’m hoping that they will be able to get a lot out of this activity and not struggle or get hung up with things such as reading.

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