Webquest 4B - Académie de Rouen

SAN FRANCISCO:
A WEBQUEST
For questions 1 and 2, go to:
http://www.washingtonstatesearch.com/United_States_maps/California/California_map.
html
1. San Francisco is a city in…
a. western California
b. northern California
c. eastern California
2. San Francisco is bordered on the west by…
a. the Atlantic Ocean
b. the Channel
c. the Pacific Ocean
3. Go to http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0667000.html
How many people live in San Francisco?
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4. Now go to http://www.sfmayor.org/about-the-mayor/
Who is the mayor of San Francisco? How old is he? When was he elected and re-elected?
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5. Label these famous landmarks. Use your map or google.
Haight Ashbury / San Francisco MoMA / Lombard Street / Cable car / Vesuvio / The
Palace of Fine Arts / Chinatown / Transamerica Pyramid / Alamo Square Park / Mission
Dolores
6. Go to http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Golden_Gate_Bridge.html
a. Find two superlatives to qualify the Golden Gate Bridge. Make a sentence.
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b. When was it inaugurated?
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7. Go to http://www.joedimaggio.com/index.php and answer the following questions by
making FULL sentences.
a. Where and when was Joe DiMaggio born?
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b. Where did he move to when he was one year old?
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c. What was his job?
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d. Where did he play?
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e. Who was Joe DiMaggio’s famous wife?
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f. What was her job?
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g. How long were they married?
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h. When and where did he die?
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8. Compare those two websites, then choose the best and answer the questions.
http://www.sftravel.com/
Alcatraz1950on.html
Origine du site
L’auteur du site est-il
il référencé ?
Est-il
il possible de contacter l’auteur ?
Mise à jour du site
La date de création du site est-elle
elle mentionnée ?
La date de mise à jour est-elle
elle mentionnée ?
Expression
La lisibilité du texte et des images est-elle
est
bonne ? (taille,
couleur, etc.)
Documents et sources
Les illustrations sont-elles
elles liées au thème étudié ?
Les sources des documents sont--elles mentionnées ?
http://www.essortment.co
m/all/historyalcatraz_rffa.
htm
Oui
Non
Oui
Non
Oui
Non
Oui
Non
Oui
Non
Oui
Non
Oui
Non
Oui
Non
a. « Alcatraz » is a Spanish word. What does it mean in English?
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b. What was Alcatraz before? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
c. Name one famous person who resided there: ………………………………………………………………….
d. What is the nickname of Alcatraz? ……………………………………………………………………………………
e. What is it today? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….