Introduction
By Aline Matuck
Founded after the end of the Second World War, the United Nations is an international organization committed to maintaining international peace and security.
The UN Headquarters
Every day the UN works to tackle global challenges and deliver results for those most in need. Giving life-saving support to populations hit by humanitarian crises, helping build and keep the peace in conflict-ridden areas, supporting governments and their citizens to advance development and fight poverty, and promoting human rights worldwide are the core pillars of the work of the United Nations and the mandates it receives from its Member States.
Task
Students will write a summary about the United Nations video. They will also choose a country, member of United Nations, to do a cultural research and present it to the class.
After learning the history of the United Nations on the website, students will take an online quiz and create a word map with all the new vocabulary.
Process
Step 1:
Students must watch a video about the United Nations Organizations as a warm up:
and individually write a summary about it using Padlet:
Step 2:
In groups of 5, the students should choose a country, member of United Nations, and do a cultural research using Power Point and present it to the class.
Step 3:
Students will visit the UN website: http://www.un.org/en/about-un/index.html to learn about its history. Then, all class will play an online game (quiz) as a review of the content: https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/20158417-33b4-4241-bd29-671709dec4b4. PIN 275862
Step 4:
Students will create a word map using Wordle ( http://www.wordle.net/) with all the new vocabulary learned.
Evaluation
This is how students work will be evaluated:
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Beginning 1 |
Proficient 2 |
Exemplary 3 |
Results |
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Research and the content of presentation |
Messy presentation with no chronology; colors not used |
Organized presentation and visually appealing |
Organized presentation; visually appealing; easy to follow. |
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Vocabulary and grammar |
Poor use of the language and vocabulary while presenting and on paper |
Good use of grammar or vocabulary while presenting but not on paper or vice versa |
Excellent use of grammar during presentation and on paper |
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Group work (participation of each member) |
1-2 members did all the group work |
Shared responsibilities for most of the time |
All members participated equally |
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Conclusion
After finishing the task, the students will have learned a lot about UN and its countries members. They will also have improved their general knowlodge of the English language and language skills.
Credits
I would like to give special thanks to my teacher Cintia Rabello, for helping me create this WebQuest and also some website creators:
http://www.un.org/en/about-un/index.html
https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/
Author Biography
I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I'm an English teacher. I've been teaching for about 10 years. I love teaching, it's my passion. I have a degree in Languages, and also in Speech Pathology but I don't work as a Speech therapist anymore. I teach at public schools and language courses. I'm currently doing my post graduation in English Language Teaching.