Standards

This WebQuest was developed primarily to satisfy the Grade 8 Religion and Language Arts Standards shown below, but other grade level and content area standards may also be satisfied, especially the Tourism Career Pathway Standards and the Grade 6 standards below.

Diocese of San Diego
Religion Curriculum Standards for Grade 8

The students will deepen their understanding and appreciation of the Church and will:

The students will be able to identify key people and events in the Church's history and will:

California State Content Standards for Grade 8

Writing

1.0 Writing Strategies

Students write clear, coherent, and focused essays. The writing exhibits students' awareness of audience and purpose. Essays contain formal introductions, supporting evidence, and conclusions. Students progress through the stages of the writing process as needed.

Research and Technology
1.4 Plan and conduct multiple-step information searches by using computer networks and modems.
1.5 Achieve an effective balance between researched information and original ideas.

Evaluation and Revision
1.6 Revise writing for word choice; appropriate organization; consistent point of view; and transitions between paragraphs, passages, and ideas.

2.0 Witing Applications (Genres and their Characteristics)

Students write narrative, expository, persuasive, and descriptive essays of at least 500 to 700 words in each genre. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0.

2.5 Write documents related to career development, including simple business letters and job applications:

a. Present information purposefully and succinctly and meet the needs of the intended audience.
b. Follow the conventional format for the type of document (e.g., letter of inquiry, memorandum).

2.6 Write technical documents

c. Use formatting techniques (e.g., headings, differing fonts) to aid comprehension.

Written and Oral English Language Conventions

1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions

Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions appropriate to this grade level.

Sentence Structure
1.1 Use correct and varied sentence types and sentence openings to present a lively and effective personal style.

Grammar
1.4 Edit written manuscripts to ensure that correct grammar is used.

Punctuation and Capitalization
1.5 Use correct punctuation and capitalization.

Spelling
1.6 Use correct spelling conventions.

Listening and Speaking

1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies

Students deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience. They evaluate the content of oral communication.

Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication

1.3 Organize information to achieve particular purposes by matching the message, vocabulary, voice modulation, expression, and tone to the audience and purpose.

1.5 Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate and colorful modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice in ways that enliven oral presentations.

1.6 Use appropriate grammar, word choice, enunciation, and pace during formal presentations.

1.7 Use audience feedback (e.g., verbal and nonverbal cues):

a. Reconsider and modify the organizational structure or plan.
b. Rearrange words and sentences to clarify the meaning.

Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media Communications

1.8 Evaluate the credibility of a speaker (e.g., hidden agendas, slanted or biased material).

1.9 Interpret and evaluate the various ways in which visual image makers (e.g., graphic artists, illustrators, news photographers) communicate information and affect impressions and opinions.

2.0 Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

Students deliver well-organized formal presentations employing traditional rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, exposition, persuasion, description). Student speaking demonstrates a command of standard American English and the organizational and delivery strategies outlined in Listening and Speaking Standard 1.0.

Using the speaking strategies of grade eight outlined in Listening and Speaking Standard 1.0, students:

2.3 Deliver research presentations:

a. Define a thesis.
b. Record important ideas, concepts, and direct quotations from significant information sources and paraphrase and summarize all relevant perspectives on the topic, as appropriate.
c. Use a variety of primary and secondary sources and distinguish the nature and value of each.
d. Organize and record information on charts, maps, and graphs.

California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards, Grades 7-12

Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Industry Sector

Academics Standards

4.0 Technology
Students know how to use contemporary and emerging technological resources in
diverse and changing personal, community, and workplace environments:
4.2 Understand the use of technological resources to gain access to, manipulate, and produce information, products, and services.
4.4 Use appropriate technology in the chosen career pathway.

9.0 Leadership and Teamwork
Students understand effective leadership styles, key concepts of group dynamics, team
and individual decision making, the benefits of workforce diversity, and conflict resolution:
9.1 Understand the characteristics and benefits of teamwork, leadership, and citizenship in the school, community, and workplace settings.
9.3 Understand how to organize and structure work individually and in teams for effective performance and the attainment of goals.
9.5 Understand how to interact with others in ways that demonstrate respect

Pathway Standards
C. Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Pathway

C1.0 Students understand the major aspects of the hospitality, tourism, and recreation industry and the industry’s role in local, state, national, and global economies:
C1.1 Understand the basic career paths in the industry in relation to personal aptitudes
and abilities.

C4.0 Students understand successful sales and marketing methods:
C4.2 Analyze marketing strategies, including promotional selling and upgrading, and
their effect on profits.
C4.3 Know the major market segments of the hospitality, tourism, and recreation
industry.
C4.4 Analyze the way in which basic marketing principles and procedures can be
applied to targeting an audience. 

California State Content Standards for Grade 6

History -- Social Science

World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations

Students in grade six expand their understanding of history by studying the people and events that ushered in the dawn of the major Western and non-Western ancient civilizations. Geography is of special significance in the development of the human story. Continued emphasis is placed on the everyday lives, problems, and accomplishments of people, their role in developing social, economic, and political structures, as well as in establishing and spreading ideas that helped transform the world forever. Students develop higher levels of critical thinking by considering why civilizations developed where and when they did, why they became dominant, and why they declined. Students analyze the interactions among the various cultures, emphasizing their enduring contributions and the link, despite time, between the contemporary and ancient worlds.

6.7 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.  

5.  Trace the migration of Jews around the Mediterranean region and the effects of their conflict with the Romans, including the Romans' restrictions on their right to live in Jerusalem.

6.  Note the origins of Christianity in the Jewish Messianic prophecies, the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament, and the contribution of St. Paul the Apostle to the definition and spread of Christian beliefs (e.g., belief in the Trinity, resurrection, salvation).

7. Describe the circumstances that led to the spread of Christianity in Europe and other Roman territories.

Science

Investigation and Experimentation

7.  Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:

f. Construct and interpret a simple scale map.

Note: Many of the Grade 6 Language Arts Curriculum Standards are similar to those of Grade 8 and also apply to this WebQuest.