A webquest based upon BC social studies, language arts, French and visual arts curriculum for grade 6 students
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Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France 2002 from http://www.telegraphe.com/photograf/events/nouvellefrance/indexen.html

Webquest .... for the development of students' understanding of a Canadian provincial culture.


Culture and Entertainment

This Webquest learning system asks that you:
... act as a travel agent and create a travel brochure that recommends from 2 to 3 travel destinations within the province of Quebec.
The following links are only a small number of possible attractions and sites that you could include in your project.
General Links:
CultureCanada.gc.ca at http://www.culturecanada.gc.ca/chdt/interface/interface2.nsf/ engdocBasic/21.12.14.html

This site has a huge list of many cultural facilities in Canada. Focus on the ones that are in Quebec at this site.


The Quebec City Tourism site has links to many different aspects that you might want to include in your project. Find them at http://quebecregion.com/e/index.asp

  • accommodation
http://quebecregion.com/e/hotels.asp
  • restaurants
http://www.quebecregion.com/e/ restaurants.asp
  • attractions
http://quebecregion.com/e/ attractions.asp
  • what's on in Quebec
http://www.quebecregion.com/e/ quebecscope.asp
  • shopping
http://www.quebecregion.com/e/ shopping.asp

The Quebec Provincial Tourist Guide has many links that you may like to include in your project. Find it at http://www.quebecweb.com/tourisme/introang.html


  • accommodation
http://www.quebecweb.com/entreprises/ tertiaire/hebergement/introang.html
  • activities
http://www.quebecweb.com/tourisme/ activite/introang.html


at http://quebec.worldweb.com/ The WorldWeb Travel Guide site links additional resources for the traveler.
  • events
http://www.quebec.worldweb.com/ EventsEntertainment/ index.html?vid=5205192
  • shopping
http://www.quebec.worldweb.com/ Shopping/index.html?vid=5205192
  • attractions
http://www.quebec.worldweb.com/ SightsAttractions/index.html? vid=5205192
  • tours
http://quebec.worldweb.com/ ToursActivitiesAdventures/ index.html?vid=5400271
  • transportations
http://quebec.worldweb.com/ Transportation/index.html?vid=5400271

A great collection of links within Quebec that you can follow for your project. Link to: http://www.quebecplus.ca/feature/ 55/12.html

This site is called Canada travel information for tourists. Information is available about maps, flags, currency, language, currency, distance tables and alot more. Link to: http://www.etourist.ca/travel/

TEACHING & LEARNING ABOUT CANADA

This is a list of numerous resources about many aspects of Canada. Look for specific information about Quebec. Link to: http://www.canadainfolink.ca/teach.htm

Museums and Art Galleries
Canadian Museum of Civilization site. From here you can go to many other places of interest. © Malak and MNF - Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation 1999, reproduced by permission. and http://www.civilisations.ca/ indexe.asp

This site offers a Virtual Tour of the Museum. You need to have Quick Time VR Player to run these clips. If your internet connection is slow these will take a very long time to download. http://www.civilisations.ca/hist/qtvr/ caqtvr1e.html

The Museum is in Gatineau, Quebec, on the banks of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Parliament Hill.

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts at http://www.mmfa.qc.ca/en/index.html
1379 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec

Quebec National Art Gallery at

http://www.mnba.qc.ca/Afficher.aspx?

page=1113&langue=en


Montréal Science Centre

King-Edward Pier, Old Port of Montréal at http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/ en/index.htm


An gallery of Inuit art. Link to: http://www.elcalondon.com/ english.html

The Great Fireworks Show in mid July and August at Montmorency Falls Park in Montreal at http://www.lesgrandsfeux.com/en/

Music
The Quebec City Symphony Orchestra site has a listing of all the performances that the Orchestra will be putting on throughout the season. It can be found at http://www.osq.org/2005-2006/pages-eg/

Attractions

Montréal City Hall, the building went up between 1872 and 1878, and is located at 275 Notre-Dame Street East, Montreal. Link to: http://vieux.montreal.qc.ca/attr_act/ eng/fen_atta.htm

Château Frontenac

This is a 3D Virtual Tour of the historic site. Go to http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/apps/thesite/page/ parks.asp?siteid=21 &Language=EN

2003 Carnival, January 31 to February 16

Quebec City Winter Carnival
at http://www.carnaval.qc.ca/index2.htm

The first winter Carnival in Quebec, the worlds snow capital, took place in 1894.

Quebec Carnival,
290 Joly St.,
Quebec (Quebec)


Quebec City Tourism. This site has links to activities, restaurants, entertainment and information about Quebec City. Link to: http://www.quebeccitytourism.ca/



Prepared by Fahreen Nanji, Jill French and Sandy Anaka. This project is to be used with the Grade 6 social studies, language arts, visual arts and French curriculum for anyone interested in investigations using an inquiry format. This project was created in part through a UBC Graduate Course.

Webmaster S. Anaka sanaka@mail.sd91.bc.ca

Resources Pages:

KIDS SAFE SEARCH ENGINES
KidsClick is a search engine created by Librarians for kids. This site has divided information into categories so it is easy to limit your search. Link to http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ KidsClick!/

Yahooligans is also divided into categories http://www.yahooligans.com/

Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com/

Cyber Sleuth is created by teachers for teachers and kids K-12. Link to http://cybersleuth-kids.com/
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