Dražen Petrović, the Croatian Mozart of Basketball

Introduction

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of distinguished Croatian basketball player and the greatest European basketball player of all times, late Dražen Petrović.

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Task

1) You will visit Dražen Petrović Memorial Museum official site http://www.drazenpetrovic.net/museum/  to find the answers to the questions below.

 

2) You will create a digital poster using canva or any other digital tool for posters with some photos and some notes about Dražen Petrović.

 

Process

1) Visit Dražen Petrović Memorial center official webpage: http://www.drazenpetrovic.net/museum/. Browse the website too in quest for the answers to the following questions:

a) When did Dražen Petrović live?

b) Where was he born?

c) Did he have any siblings?

d) How come he started playing basketball?

e) Which national and international  clubs did he play for?

f) How did he earn the nickname Mozart of Basketball?

g) Why is it said that his legend is now frozen in time?

h) What was he like from an early age to adulthood - what were his character traits?

i) What do you find most interesting about him, either in his personal life or his professional career?

 

2) Decide which facts about Dražen Petrović you find most appealing. Search the internet for Dražen`s photos. Finally, create a digital poster in canva or a tool of your choice. What do you want the world to know and remember about Dražen Petrović?

 

3) Practise presenting your poster and your findings several times. Try to sound as entertaining as possible.

 

Evaluation

SELF-EVALUATION or PEER EVALUATION

   

 

3 POINTS (outstanding)

2 POINTS (good)

1 POINT (poor)

 

 

PRESENTATION

  • speaks clearly and loud enough
  • correct, precise pronunciation
  • uses rich vocabulary
  • speaks clearly most of the time
  • pronounces most words correctly
  • does not explain vocabulary that audience can understand
  • mumbles or speaks too quickly
  • uses poor vocabulary
  • incorrectly pronounces a lot of words

 

 

POSTER

 

  • poster has no misspellings or grammatical errors
  • contains at least 2 photos or illustrations
  • visually the poster is neat and appealing

 

  • poster has up to 3 misspellings or grammatical errors
  • contains only one photo or illustrations
  • visually the poster looks appealing but a little messy/not well organised

 

  • poster has a lot of misspellings and grammatical errors
  • does not contain any photos or illustrations
  • visually it looks badly organised and not appealing at all

 

Conclusion

The aim of this webquest is to learn about the life of distinguished basketball player Dražen Petrovićand to spread the word via digital posters about his remarkable life and legacy. Students and people in general ought to find a role model in this basketball legend.

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