CREATING A WEB SITE
You willdesign a Web site to organize information

and to share knowledge with other students at school and around the world. By creating a Web site, you will gain experience in organizing information in a "non-linear" fashion and get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into developing materials for the Internet. Your Web sites may be uploaded to the classroom Web site.

ACTIVITY OUTLINE
Objective Create Web sites showcasing the cultural traditions of your ancestors or older relatives.
Task Use the Internet and personal interviews to find out about your ancestors' or older relatives' (grandparents or great-grandparents) cultures. Use the Web guides and search engines below to begin the research. Have them create Web sites to illustrate the things they have learned.
Class Time 3-4 class periods

1. Read pages 71-77, and ask define the word "culture." Contribute words that describe your own culture, and list your ideas on the board.
2. List things you know about the culture of your ancestors and older living relatives (e.g. grandparents or great-grandparents). Lists should mention the countries they came from, languages they spoke, religious practices, customs, and any other cultural practices you are aware of. Share some of the items on your list with the class.
3. Use the Internet to research one an ancestors' culture. If your great-grandparents came from France, Mexico, and Japan, choose just one of those cultures. Investigate the cultural practices of people who live in that country as well as people who have immigrated from that country to the United States. Begin research by using the Web sites provided.
4. Continue research by interviewing relatives who are a part of this culture or who may remember ancestors who were part of the culture.
5. Create Web sites showcasing the culture studied. The sites should include the following components: a definition of culture; the ancestors' or relatives' language, religion, migration story (how they or earlier relatives got from their home country to the United States), and cultural traditions in the "homeland" and in the United States. You should link from a home page that introduces the culture to additional pages that provide further details, including text and pictures.
6. Some of you will create a class home page that introduces the overall project and lists links to all students' Web sites. As an option, you could place a world map on the class home page and link from places on the map to students' Web sites, corresponding to the countries their ancestors came from.