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Explore some excellent examples of teacher Web Quests, student individual and cooperative learning projects, school projects and model school examples which can make a difference in your classroom.

Elementary WebQuests     Secondary WebQuests    Textbook Connection
Student Work Samples      Virtual Field Trips



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International Children's Digital Library Foundation An online collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world in every different language.

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network  iEARN is a non-profit global network that enables young people to engage in collaborative educational projects using the Internet and other new technologies to enhance learning and cultural understanding.  They have participating schools in over 90 countries.

General Classroom Sites

Internet activities for the Foreign Language Classroom This outstanding foreign language site, created by Lewis Johnson, offers online lessons, how to write activities for the web, favorite teacher sites and more.

Visit an Immersion School  

Fairfax County Public Schools This district offers extensive partial and full immersion programs for elementary, middle and high school students to learn mathematics, science and health through the medium of a foreign language.

Elementary WebQuests     

General
Culture Quest:Dispelling the Myth
(Grade 4 - 6) Heather Lynch and Stephanie Tennille, Phoenix, AZ. Explore and research Native American and Hispanic culture in the Southwest.

Immigration WebQuest (Grade 5) Donna Martin, Guilford County Schools, Greensboro,NC. Students study the greatest human migration period in the United States history as well as the events that took place at Ellis Island and understand why the United States is called the nation of all nations.

Secondary WebQuests

General
Bridging Cultures Through Stories (Grade 9 - 12) Though designed for adults, this WebQuest could easily be used by secondary students. It investigates common themes in tales and myths across cultures.

Das Wetter in Deutschland (Grade 6 - 8) Linda La Mattino. In this activity you will be visiting web sites for weather forecasts in German.

Wagner Festspiele (Grade 9 - 12 Level II,III) Daniella Griffin. Take a trip to Bayreuth, Germany to go to a Wagner-Festival and get information on how to get there, how to buy tickets, get lodging, information about performances.

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Textbook Connection

French
Allez,viens Holt, Rinehart and Winston exercises to accompany the textbook. 
(Requires Adobe Acrobat).
Discovering French
McDougal Littell site for textbook activities for French.
On y va! Prentice-Hall starting point for learning French (supplement to text).

German
Auf deutsch McDougal Littell site for textbook activities (password protected).
Komm Mit Holt, Rinehart and Winston exercises to accompany the textbook (Requires Adobe Acrobat).

Spanish
A bordo: Level 2 
Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
Bienvenidos: Level 1
Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
Bienvenidos: Level 1A Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
Bienvenidos: Level 1B Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
Buen Viaje: Level 1
  Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
Buen Viaje: Level 1A
   Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.  
Buen Viaje: Level 1B   Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
Buen Viaje: Level 2  Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
Buen Viaje: Level 3  Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
De viage: Level 3 Glencoe textbook supplemental materials for Spanish.
Ven conmigo: Level 1 - 3 Holt Rinehart and Winston exercises to accompany the textbook. (Requires Adobe Acrobat).
Dime McDougal Littell site for textbook activities for Spanish.
En espanol
McDougal Littell site for textbook activities (password protected).
Nuestro mundo McDougal Littell site for textbook activities (password protected).
Tu mundo McDougal Littell site for textbook activities (password protected).
Abriendo paso Prentice-Hall Spanish program designed specifically for High School students in level IV or higher in two volumes - Lectura and Gramatica.  
Paso a Paso Web Lessons  Prentice-Hall series for middle and high school Spanish. These activities augment the textbooks (Paso a Paso 1, 2 or 3)
Ya veras! Gold  Prentice-Hall series for middle and high school Spanish. These activities augment the textbook

Student Work Samples

Spanish
Letters on Spanish Texas A fourth grade Spanish project in which David Laro and Robert Fromme , from Rice University, sent email letters to Martha Kate's students about the times and ways of the Spanish exploration.

Sandy Springs Friends School Writing samples for Spanish 1 to Spanish 4. 

French
Ambrit Rome Middle School Several French projects for writing, drawing and student collaboration. 

Virtual Field Trips 

Virtual Field Trips - Similar to WebQuests.   Students can explore online.

 

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