After the Tsunami

A Webquest on Southeast Asia

Introduction

As you know, on December 26, 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused a Tsunami killing over 140,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. As if the physical damage wasn't bad enough, the economic damage will impact this region for years since fishing boats and tourist resorts were both destroyed in the tsunami.

The governments of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Malaysia are desperately trying to help their economies recover as fast as possible, and they need your help. Together with your group, you will research one of these countries and come up with a promotional campaign to help attract tourists back to the country.

Task

Each group will have 5-6 people. Here is what each person needs to work on:

Group 1 will find information related to the geography and climate of the country. They will create a map showing physical and political information.
Group 2 will find information related to the people of the country. They will find information about the population, culture, languages, religions, food, economic activities and other cultural information about the country.
Group 3 will find information related to the history of the country. They will find information about significant historical events from ancient times, how the country gained its independence, what type of government they have, and recent issues facing the country.

After researching, your group needs to create some type of visual display to help bring tourists back to the country. You may choose to make a poster or a PowerPoint. You will present your findings to the class in a 3-5 minute presentation. Everyone in the group must take part in this presentation.

Process

On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we will be in the LRC researching.

Help each other out. If you find something that might help one of the other groups out, then help them!

While you are in the LRC, use the resources that you can't access anywhere else.

Resources

Here are some links that might help you:

You can also use the books in the LRC as well as the ones that are in my black crate.

Evaluation

Your final product - poster or PowerPoint will be graded according to the rubrics below.

Poster/PowerPoint Rubric

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Content - Accuracy	All facts in the poster/PowerPoint are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the poster/PowerPoint are accurate.	89-80% of the facts in the poster/PowerPoint are accurate.	Fewer than 80% of the facts in the poster/PowerPoint are accurate.
Attractiveness & Organization	The poster/PowerPoint has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The poster/PowerPoint has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The poster/PowerPoint has well-organized information.	The poster/PowerPoint's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Spelling & Proofreading	No spelling errors remain after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the poster/PowerPoint.	No more than 1 spelling error remains after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the poster/PowerPoint.	No more than 3 spelling errors remain after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the poster/PowerPoint.	Several spelling errors in the poster/PowerPoint.
Knowledge Gained	All students in the group can accurately answer all questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure/website.	All students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure/website.	Most students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure/website.	Several students in the group appear to have little knowledge about the facts or technical processes used in the brochure/website.
Graphics/ Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure/website seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.
Sources	8 sources used. At least 3 non-Internet sources used. All sources correctly cited.	Only 6 sources used. Only 2 non-Internet sources used. All sources correctly cited.	Only 4 sources used. Only 1 non-Internet source used. All sources cited correctly.	Less that 4 sources used. Sources not cited correctly. 0 points given for no work cited.

Total Points ________/ 24

Oral Presentation Rubric

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Content - Accuracy	All facts in the presentation are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the presentation are accurate.	89-80% of the facts in the presentation are accurate.	Fewer than 80% of the facts in the presentation are accurate.
Knowledge Gained	All students in the group can accurately answer all questions related to facts.	All students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts.	Most students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts.	Several students in the group appear to have little knowledge about the facts.
Time	Presentation is between 3-5 minutes.	Presentation is 2-3 minutes or 5-6 minutes.	Presentation is over 6 minutes.	Presentation is less that 3 minutes.
Well organized outline.	A script or detailed outline was done. The events of the skit make sense and are logical.	A script or detailed outline may have been done, but the events are not in a logical order.	A very limited script or outline may have been used, but it appears that events are very random.	Are you serious? This does not show that any thought was put into this presentation.
Use of Time	Used time well during each class period (as shown by observation by teacher, and documentation of progress in journal) with no adult reminders.	Used time well during most class periods (as shown by observation by teacher, and documentation of progress in journal) with no adult reminders.	Used time well (as shown by observation by teacher and documentation of progress in journal), but required adult reminders on one or more occasions to do so.	Used time poorly (as shown by observation by teacher and/or documentation of progress in journal) in spite of several adult reminders to do so.
Participation	All members of the group were involved. Speaking parts are close to equally divided.			All members of the group were not involved equally.

Total Points ________/ 24

Conclusion

You will present your information to the class next Wednesday, January 19. You are the experts who need to help your classmates understand the country you have researched. Now more than ever, we need to understand the countries who have been so devastated by this disaster.