воскресенье, 6 октября 2013 г.

Web-quest “Human society and animals”

1) Introduction
Humans and animals: to kill or not to kill.
There is a variety of issues including animal experiments, the fur trade, vegetarianism/veganism, endangered species, killing wild animals for fun, fox hunting, shooting animals for trophies, the dangers created by humans: cars, pollution etc. Many of these causes have found support from a wide-range of people, affecting lifestyles as well as opinions. We are beginning to realise that animals have their own claim to this planet, independent of their use to the human species.

2) Task
You can work in groups of 2 or individually. You should make a research and answer the questions below, using the given Internet Resources. After you do that, move to the Conclusion and try to express your own opinion to the theme, giving arguments for or against the topic.

3) Process & Resources
Surf the Internet and answer the following questions:
1) Why, for what reasons people kill animals?
What are the differences between ruling class and working class shooting?
2) What is the problem with foxes and what to do about it?
3) Some wild animals can be very dangerous. How can people protect themselves faced with such animals?
4) Animals are infamous producers of an odor so powerful that it quickly and easily conveys a clear message: “Don’t mess with me”.How can you protect your yard from these animals?
5) What measures can be applied towards those who treat animals with cruelty?
6) How can be encouraged those who help to protect animals?
7) What activity is the most harmful according to its impact on the animals’ habitat?
8) What is the scale of the animals’ species disappearing?
9) What is the scale of environmental pollution caused by humans?
10) What are the major kinds of habitat loss? What can cause a habitat loss?
4) Conclusion
Do you think that caring for animals is the inevitable duty of all the human beings?
What the society should do to stop the animals’ suffering?

5) Evaluation
Research and sharing of information
Finds and shares little or no pertinent information with other team members -2       
Finds and shares some pertinent  information with other team members -3  
Finds and shares important information needed to accomplish the task -4   
Finds and shares a great deal of important information to accomplish the task, adding complementary details-5
Cooperation
Rarely takes part in group discussions, shares very few ideas and does not respect others' opinions-2       
Occasionally takes part in group discussions, shares some ideas and respects others' opinions to a limited degree-3               
Takes an active part in group discussions, shares ideas most of the time, and respects others' opinions-4   
Takes the initiative in group discussions, shares ideas and encourages others to do the same, respects others' opinion-5
Time management and focus on task
Wastes his or her time and focuses very little on the task -2  
Does not make good use of time and is often distracted from the task-3     
Manages time well and generally focuses on the task-4         
Manages time very efficiently and focuses on the task-5
Organization
There was no clear or logical organizational structure,
just lots of facts- 2
Content is logically organized for the most part-3
Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed-4
Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material-5
Originality
Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit- 2
Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking- 3
Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights- 4
Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive- 5

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