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This Spanish Artist Project WebQuest was created to facilitate student exploration of art within the Spanish-speaking world. The intent is not only to familiarize students with some artists and their artwork, but also to impart the notion that history and culture are inseparable from art, and that one must understand these realities in order to understand art and the artist. The goal is for students to research and analyze these elements and then draw their own conclusions about the relationships therein. |
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This WebQuest was designed for learners of high school age that have completed at least 1 year of Spanish. It could also be used as Art History class assignment, although the Spanish PowerPoint requirement would need to be modified.
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Students participating in this WebQuest should have completed at least one year of high school Spanish.
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As a result of completing this WebQuest students will:
- Have a detailed understanding of the life and artwork of an individual that interests them.
- Understand the connection between art, the individual, society, and politics.
- Understand the significance of art as an historical record.
- Understand the difference between traditional and modern art.
- Be able to create a PowerPoint slideshow incorporating text and images.
- Become more comfortable presenting information to their peers.
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The set of standards selected for this WebQuest are the: National Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century, published in 1996.
- Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
- Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
- Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
- Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
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This WebQuest follows the model developed by Bernie Dodge and Tom March. It contains the following sections for learners:
- Introduction: This section offers a brief yet electrifying introduction to the project along with a list of possible artists that students can choose to research.
- Task: This section gives an overview of the three components of the project: A 400+ word essay, a PowerPoint presentation with at least 10 slides and 8 images, and an optional extra credit art assignment.
- Process: This section lays out in detail the steps that students should follow to accomplish the assignment.
- Evaluation: This section presents two detailed scoring rubrics – one for the essay, and one for the PowerPoint. It also explains the extra credit art assignment. Total possible project points: 160/160. Total possible points with extra credit art assignment: 200/160.
- Conclusion: This section serves as a prompt for students to both reflect on what they have learned and to evaluate their own performance.
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Students will produce an essay, a PowerPoint presentation, and an optional extra credit art project. These elements will be assessed using the rubric located in the Evaluation section of this WebQuest. |
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