Hands across the Oceans

Here are some pictures from Ashban’s last field trip to Kraa Almroo,  an oilfield in the west of Kuwait. 

Bombs found in the field

Ashban in the DC-80 truck (it cost $1.2 million)

DC-80 truck

1 Introduction

Webquests are a great way to focus your Internet searches. They focus on a topic, and then provide you with tasks and links that help you to complete them. If you type “webquests” in the Google search box, you will find at least other useful ones.

2 Note about Links

The Internet is a wonderful aid for research and many people spend a lot of time developing worksheets for students. Often they provide links that worked the day they completed them, but websites change and sometimes links do not work at a later date. If the link you want does not work, try typing a key word in a search box, and you will find other links that are just as useful. You can access some of the urls by clicking on the links embedded in the webquest pages.

3 A Very Brief Summary of Skills Covered

Reading

Writing

Speaking

Listening

Skimming

Note taking

Presenting

Presentations

Scanning

Reports

Discussing

Fact/fiction

Questionnaires

Drawing conclusions

Organising information

Evaluating sources

Vocabulary development

True/false

Brainstorming

4 Making your Own Webquests

If these webquests are not suitable for your studies, you can make up your own ones, following the format of the ones in this file.

5 Using with Students

The webquest can be introduced in class, and the students can find answers in their own time. This file works best if it is accessed by the students from computers, rather than reading paper copies, as the links are embedded in the file. The file can be sent as an attachment to the students in each teacher’s section. The students can work on the topics in small groups, and then present their findings at the end of semester with group presentations, using PowerPoint.

Webquests Related to Topics in “ILEC – International Legal English” by Amy Krois Linder

1  Practice of Law 1

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/CERVENY/webquest/rccindex.html

Surveying, presenting and evaluating data

http://www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webquest/

Was Tutankhamun murdered?

2  Company Law

Company formation & management

http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqkocher/webqskocher.html

Business plan

http://www.sbzinak.com/webquest/

Personal business

http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqkocher/webqskocher.html

Get rich fast

3  Company Law

Capitalization

http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/entre/index.htm

So, you want to own a business?

4  Company Law

Fundamental changes in a company

http://teacherweb.com/NY/NiagaraWheatfieldSeniorHigh/mbluman/h2.stm

Organising a business

5  Contract Formation

http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/cfe/rpt/RPT_Ad_campaign/student.html

Ad campaign

6  Contracts

http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/championsofjustice/

Champions of justice – rights of the child

7  Contract Arrangements

Third party rights

http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/Lessons/studentsunited/index.htm

Students united for humanity

8  Employment Law

http://imet.csus.edu/imet1/antares/folio/quest1_files/quest1.htm

Dollars and law – jobs in the computer industry

http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~ts130093/edci632/

Human rights – Pinochet revaluating policy

http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/INSTR/CURR/COMED/HSwebquest/frick/index.html

Human rights

9  Sale of Goods

http://questgarden.com/45/94/8/070125211324/

Planning a plaza

10  Rent Property Law

http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/Lessons/Amistad/index.htm

Human rights vs. property rights

11  Intellectual Property

http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~rdroyer/EDUC319/legalwq.htm

Legal and ethical issues

http://www.coe.uga.edu/~rhill/eocs6990/hayes_b.pdf

Ethical and legal use of media and technology

http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/~kwiemer/dem1/webquest/index.htm

Computer ethics

http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/INSTR/CURR/COMED/HSWebQuest/EthicsQuest/index.htm

Copyright laws

http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~camon/infoliteracy/musiccopywebqprocess.htm

Music copyright

12  Negotiable  Instruments

http://geocities.com/CollegePark/Bookstore/6687/EuthanasiaWQ.ht Euthanasia: Compassion or murder?

13  Secured Transactions

http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/~dnewton/webquest/webquest.htm

Intolerance and fear

14  Debtor/Creditor

http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/INSTR/CURR/COMED/HSWebQuest/Kim_Jakovics/index.htm

Cause and Effect – The economy and local community needs

15  Litigation Law

http://www.landmarkcases.org/gideon/webquest.html

WebQuest on How to Provide Counsel to Indigent Defendants

http://questgarden.com/46/59/0/070212090123/

Illegal Mexican immigration

16  General ILEC

http://www.legalenglishtest.org/

http://www.legalenglishtest.org/readmoreaboutilec.php

17  Portals

http://alicechristie.org/edtech/wq/matrix/

http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/

http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

http://www.nelliemuller.com/ESL_WebQuests.htm

www.bestwebquests.com

http://www.jeffstateonline.com/ita/projects/becky_mauldin/careerwebquests.htm

Webquests for career-tech skills

http://www.wagner-juergen.de/englisch/missions.htm

18  Vocabulary

http://www.celan.droit.univ-cezanne.fr/vocab.htm

Basic

http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_legal1.htm

Legal glossaries

Our Shared Planet Motorcycle Adventure

Join three Kuwaitis on their trip around the world.