Mr.
Cohen
acac1984@yahoo.com
Webquest-
Religions
Islam
Hindu
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
I.
Introduction
II.
Task
III. Process
IV.
Resources
V.
Evaluation
VI.
Standards
VII. Conclusion
Imagine
being attacked or killed just
because of your religion?
During the Crusades, which lasted from the years 1095-1200,
Christians from
You are Foreign
Service officers of the United States State Department (which didn’t exist during
the Crusades). As a Foreign Service
officer, one of your duties is to investigate human rights abuses in other
parts of the world and report these abuses to Congress and the President. Congress and the President will then use
these reports to change American foreign policy and to try to help people that
are suffering throughout the world.
Your first
task is to complete the five step Global History Public
Policy Analysis, which is outlined in the PROCESS section below this one. This five step process, which also has five
separate worksheets, must be completed in a three student group. These worksheets will be distributed to
Congress and the President.
Your second
task is, in a group of three students, to make a power point presentation to
the United Nations detailing the religious killing that took place during the
Crusades. This power point presentation
must include appropriate maps and pictures, must be at least 8 slides long, and
must detail the religious persecution that occurred. Each of the five steps in the Global History Public
Policy Analysis (worksheets #1-#5) must be discussed in at least one
slide. This power point presentation
will be presented to the rest of the class.
Your third
task is to write a paragraph summary informing me of the work each group member
did for the first two tasks. Each group
member must sign this summary. You must
inform me if a group member is not contributing.
Make sure
all of the information you research on the internet is confirmed in the
textbook or other printed reference materials.
As a public
policy analyst, you need to develop the following policy skills:
Developing these skills will help you fill out the five
worksheets due as part of the second task.
Complete the worksheets using the Internet resources below, your
textbook and your notes. These
worksheets will help you complete the rest of the task. The links to the five worksheets are located
at the bottom of each page linked below.
1. IDENTIFY THE SOCIAL
PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUSADES. (Worksheet #1)
What happened to Christians, Jews and
Muslims during the crusades?
2. GATHER EVIDENCE OF
THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE CRUSADES. (Worksheet #2)
How do you know that this religious
persecution occurred?
3. DETERMINE THE CAUSES
AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ABUSES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE CRUSADES. (Worksheet #3)
Why did this religious persecution
happen? Look at the issue from all
sides: the Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
4. EVALUATE THE
EXISTING POLICIES THAT PREVENT ANOTHER CRUSADES FROM
Is it possible for another crusades
to happen or are there policies against such a practice?
5. COMPARE THE SOCIAL
PROBLEMS OF THE CRUSADES WITH OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN GLOBAL HISTORY. (Worksheet #5)
What situations in global history are
similar to the crusades?
I.
SEARCH ENGINES (to find websites on your own):
II.
WEBSITES
http://www.medievalcrusades.com/kingsofjerusalem.htm
http://www.likesbooks.com/crusades.html
http://www.jesuschristsavior.net/Crusades.html
http://www.mrdowling.com/606islam.html
http://www.crisismagazine.com/april2002/cover.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0814157.html
http://www.ragz-international.com/crusades.htm
III.
TEXTBOOK
IV.
NOTES
Each group will be graded according to the
following simple table:
Performance |
Excellent 5 |
Good 4 |
Satisfactory 3 |
Needs Improvement 2 |
Completion of Worksheets |
Fully understand the social problem, its causes and
public policy that arose from it, and fully completes worksheets |
Good understanding of social problem, causes, and public
policy. Completion of worksheets |
Satisfactory understanding of social problem, causes, and
public policy. Substantially completes worksheets. |
Minimal understanding of social problem, causes, and public
policy. Failure to complete worksheets |
Completion of Power Point Presentation |
Full completion of 8 power point slides with pictures,
graphics and meaningful text; discuss 5 step PPA process |
Professional looking power point presentation, with 8 slides,
plus some pictures, graphics, and meaningful text; discuss PPA process |
Completed power point presentation with some pictures,
graphics and meaningful text |
Partially completed power point presentation. Absence of sufficient pictures, graphics,
and text |
Oral Presentation (power point) |
Detailed presentation of power point slides. Each group member presents slides |
Full presentation of power point slides. Each group member present slides |
Satisfactory presentation of power point slides. Each group member present slides |
Presentation of power point slides. 2 of 3 group members present slides |
Organization |
Group worked diligently on all projects and handed in signed
group |
Group worked together on all projects and handed in signed
group summary |
Group worked together on most projects and handed in signed
group summary |
Group did not work well together (and did not speak to Mr.
Cohen regarding any group issues) |
A= 20-17
B= 16-14
C= 13-11
F= 10-1
This Webquest
responds to the followings curriculum standards:
Social
Studies: Standard 2
·
The student will use a variety of intellectual skills to
demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments and
turning points in world history, and examine the broad sweep of history from a
variety of perspectives.
Social
Studies: Standard 3
·
The student will use a variety of intellectual skills to
demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in
which we live- local, national, and global- including the distribution of
people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface.
English
Language Arts: Standard 1
·
Students
will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
English
Language Arts: Standard 4
·
Students
will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
The Crusades were a dark time in history where humans were
attacked and killed just because of their religion. Unfortunately, religious violence is still a
part of the world today and is a major problem in some areas of the world. Human rights are a never ending mission.
In this Webquest, you have used the steps of the public policy
analyst, and the internet, to research a historical social problem. You have also used your analytical skills to
compare the problems of the Crusades to a similar social problem.