Marriage Rituals of Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism and Islam

Teachers!!!

How many times do you have a great lesson for the students but it is so difficult to get them engaged?
How many times you are delivering a lesson and you wish your students could take charge of the lesson, be creative and 'think outside the box'?

Well, this web quest is designed to get students more involved in the teaching/learning process. We want our students to be independent of us and to expand on that innovative spirit that is wrapped within. As such, this web quest allows for hands-on and collaborative approach, whereby our students can read a simple document and create games, write reports or even graphs. So it is not for our students to read and comprehend but to extend themselves using their knowledge. Assessment and instruction do not have to be written in books anymore, but can be done using computers, where students' interests lie.

I do hope you find it useful and engaging.

Note to teachers:  Several links in this web quest will require you to guide the students along the way. Even though, we are targeting the 21st century                                    learning,which emphasizes student independence, there will be much needed guidance for the students, who may be new to some                                    of the applications. Therefore, this web quest may be completed within several classes and sessions.

Standards

 This web quest was designed to meet the following criteria:

• Work collaboratively using web quest tool to participate in group discussion.
• Write reports and create games based on given instructions.
• Read and interpret information as given on various marriage rituals.
• Observe videos on various marriage rituals.
• Use computer based tools to complete activities given.

*Attainment Targets: Students should be able to:
1. Acquire and develop skills which will help them to appreciate religious ideas, beliefs and practices.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of religious practices, principles and phenomena.
3. Develop an openness and sensitivity towards people whose religious beliefs and practices may be different from those with which they may be familiar.

* These were taken from the standard curriculum.

Credits

The following sites were useful in the completion of this web quest:

• You tube for the videos on the marriage ceremonies
• Wikipedia for information on the marriage rituals for varying religions
• Microsoft Word
• Google Docs
• Puzzle Maker
• Images used on each cover/title page
  

Finally, I would like to make mention of the course Educational Technology. This course is the real reason of the web quest creation. As such, I have learned about this application.