A Long Walk to Water WebQuest - Research Activity for Setting, Culture, & More!⭐
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♠️ A Long Walk to Water WebQuest
Do you want a way to create planning time for A Long Walk to Water that also creates a meaningful experience for your students?
This WebQuest does both!
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♠️ What You Get
This A Long Walk to Water WebQuest takes students on a brief but in-depth sojourn through the geography, history, culture, and language of the novel by Sue Park.
For about two days of independent or group work, students will engage with the setting of the story and learn important background information that will help take this novel from foreign to relevant!
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THIS MULTIMODAL RESOURCE INCLUDES:
⭐ Four pages of differentiated questions about the Dinka and South Sudan;
⭐ More than 15 vetted online resources (websites, maps, photos, and videos)
to research;
⭐A comprehensive Answer Key;
⭐ An opportunity for students to use both color and writing to show what
they have learned;
⭐ Four clear sections - Geography, History, Culture, and Language. This
makes the material easy for students to flex their independent research
muscles or to divide & conquer the material within small groups!
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Sample Testimonials
"We used this to build our background knowledge about South Sudan and it was really helpful since my students had little to none. The seller was also very helpful in answering questions and taking feedback."
- Alexandra B.
"I am so thankful this resource exists. I had students each take one page of the resource, and then share with each other what they learned. It saved me so much time to be able to give my students this resource as a starting point."
-Demi B.
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Suggested Use
This A Long Walk to Water WebQuest gives you options:
➡️ Use it as a pdf or a PowerPoint;
➡️ Post it on your Smartboard for reference;
➡️ Post the document on Schoology, Edmodo, or Google Docs so
students can easily access the links on laptops and type their
answers*;
➡️ Print this resource to make A Long Walk to Water worksheets for each
student to complete by hand;
➡️ Instruct students to work together in a jigsaw format and teach one
another;
➡️Combinations of the above!
⭐ You can also access the Answer Key in a separate file from the questions.
Please note: The Internet being the Internet, once in a while a link will break without my knowledge. If you find a broken link, please let me know so I can amend the situation. Thank you!
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➕ Other Helpful WebQuests
If you like this A Long Walk to Water WebQuest, check out my other helpful WebQuests, including those for the following novels and short stories:
- Night,
- Inside Out & Back Again,
- Esperanza Rising,
- My Brother Sam is Dead,
- The Outsiders,
- "Three Skeleton Key,"
- Rikki Tikki Tavi,
- Wonder ... and more!
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➕ More for Your A Long Walk to Water Novel Study
While your students are reading A Long Walk to Water, use differentiated comprehension questions for novel study, writing prompts, or as a great way to spark an insightful Socratic Seminar discussion!
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