Learning Goals Names

PARVANA: Afghanistan WebQuest Put your googling skills to the test and search the web for the answers

Learning Goals Names:

 Determine best sources  Locate the information within the sources  Take notes (remember--focus on your questions!)

Complete the following table in dot points

What do I already What do I want to What have I learnt know about learn about this topic? today, that I didn’t Afghanistan and the know before? Taliban?

WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN AFGHANISTAN? 1. What continent is Afghanistan located on? 2. What countries surround Afghanistan?

3. What is the capital city of Afghanistan? 4. What are the main languages spoken in Afghanistan?

WHAT ARE THE CLOTHING AND FOOD LIKE IN AFGHANISTAN? 5. Do you think people in Afghanistan wear the same clothing as us?

6. What food do you think people in Afghanistan eat? 7. What is the difference between a burqa and a chador? 8. What is a toshank? 9. What is eid?

10. What is a pakul?

1 11. Describe a shalwar kameez.

12. What type of food is nan? Describe it.

WHO ARE THE TALIBAN? http://www.factmonster.com/spot/taliban.html 13. Where have you heard of the Taliban before?

14. What is the Taliban?

15. What activities were banned under the Taliban ?

WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN BEFORE AND AFTER THE TALIBAN? See photocopied article attached title: “The Situation of Women in Afghanistan” 16. What was life like for women before the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan?

17. What is life like after the Taliban were overthrown in Afghanistan?

WHO IS THE AUTHOR-DEBORAH ELLIS?

18. Why do you think the author chose to write a novel on life in Afghanistan?

19. Would you want to write a novel on life in another country? Why/why not?

20. What inspired Deborah Ellis to write Parvana?

21. Where are all the royalties from the sales of Parvana going?

2 Student Self Evaluation

Name: Assignment: Date:

1. How much time did I spend on this assignment?

2. Describe the process you went through to complete this assignment

3. What problems did you encounter and how did you solve them?

4. Who gave you helpful suggestions? What were they?

5. What aspect of the assignment did you find difficult and or challenging?

6. What are the strengths of your assignment?

7. If you were to grade this assignment, what grade would you give yourself and why?

3 8. What new strategies or skills did you try and how successful was this attempt?

9. What did you learn in the process of completing this assignment?