Discover Puerto Rico

Introduction

Did you know Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico on his voyage to discover the New World? Puerto Rico is located on the Caribbean Sea, it is about 1,000 miles south east of Miami, FL. The capital of Puerto Rico is Old San Juan. The island is a total of 3,459 miles. Although Puerto Rico is a Spanish speaking country and lies in North America it is an American holding, so it falls under U.S jurisdiction but it doesn’t follow under our president.

Task

You and two team members will conquer the island by finding out the answers to the questions. 

Task #1:  Label and draw ~ The Map and Flag

Task #2:  Create a Post Card

Task # 3 Important People

Task#4 Explore the Rain Forest

Task #5 The salesman

Process

Task 1: You and your team will research and find where all the cities, lakes and rivers are located in Puerto Rico and label the map.

Next, your team will find the Puerto Rican flag (a blank copy) and print and neatly color it.

Task 2:

You are learning about the rich culture of Puerto Rico, keeping in mind that Indians use to live on the island before the Spanish settled there; choose images that reflect some pre-Spanish settlement and some after-Spanish settlement.  Some areas of investigation could be architecture, arts (including ceramics and sculpture), food, clothing and costumes. 

You need to choose four images and put them on post-cards.  Be sure to tell about the cultural significance of each image.  You may draw or download images from the Internet.  Be sure to cite sources used.  

For each post-card that you make be sure to explain the significance of the image.  Include facts such as name, location, what it is used for, cultural significance and why you deem it important.

Task 3: Puerto Rico has been home to many important people throughout the years.  Your task is to research important people who have been born in Puerto Rico.  List such things as:  who they are, what contributions have they made to society, where do they live now, an interesting fact about their life.

Task 4: Did you know that Puerto Rico is home to the only Rainforest on U.S. soil?  In turn this Rainforest is home to some pretty spectacular creatures.  Your task is discovering them. 

Task 5: Your task is to “sell” other people on PR or a tour of Puerto Rico.

Evaluation

Beginning

1

Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4

Score

The Map and Flag 

You have nothing on your map.

You have most of the map filled out.

The map is filled out; a few cities were left out.

The map has every city located and labeled.

 

Creating your post card

 

You have one of four pictures and your paragraphs have no details at all.

You have two of four required pictures and your paragraph does not give much detail.

You have three pictures and your paragraph was not detailed enough.

You have all four pictures and a detailed paragraph.

 

Important people

 

You have given one or two people and gave no details in your paragraph.

You picked only certain people, and gave minimal description with not many details.

You have a lot of people, and not a greatly descriptive paragraph.

You have a lot of important people on your page, and gave fully detailed description.

 

Exploring the rainforest 

You have given under five details and they were not very good facts.

You have a good few details not as many details as you should have.

You have given a good amount of information and facts about the rainforest.

You have given wonderful facts and details about the rainforest.

 

The salesman

You have not “sold” your audience. You needed better facts and details.

You have not “sold” your audience completely you needed better details.

You have given great details you barely “sold” your audience.

You have “sold” your audience to go to Puerto Rico, you did really well, your facts were very good.

 
Conclusion

Felicidades! You have become an expert on Puerto Rico. On this adventure you have accpolished the tasks at hand. I'm very proud of you, I hope you like the history and culture you've discovered about Puerto Rico. Dont let the adventure of Puerto Rico stop here! The island is awaiting!

Credits
Teacher Page

This webquest was designed to help first year spanish students to understand a culture that is not their own. This webquest touched base on a few different subjects such as: Geography, Art, Spanish, And Language Arts.

I gave the students a few weeks to complete the tasks. The teacher must be avaiable to students to answer questions.