Independent Culture Investigation.
Student name ______________________ Period______
Begin with one of the Culture Capsule sources from your teacher’s website.
Date submitted _________________
Source # Source Category (History/Music/ Society/
Title of Selection:
Grade out of
Environment/ Travel/Literature / etc.)
10 points.
Country or area featured:
Be able to locate it on a map.
Estimate total time invested in
assignment:
Write a short summary (3-5) sentences to describe what
you learned from the source. (required)
After reading, hearing or seeing the selection create one
good multiple choice question about this selection.
(required)
I want to know more! Think of something additional that you would like to learn about the topic you chose. Use a search
engine to look up the answer to your question(s) on the Internet. You may not use Wikipedia, Ask.com or Siri. Find a
source that will give you in-depth information rather than a one-word answer.
Complete this statement:
What process did you use to About how long did the
What is the web address and
I want to know more
find the answer?
research take?
title of the source that you
about…..
found most helpful?
About how many sites did
you read or look at to find
out what you wanted to
know?
Briefly describe the answer to your question or investigation or explain what else you learned in your quest to find the
answer. Use the back of the paper if you need to.
Rubric: Use this rubric to self-evaluate your own answers. Your teacher will also use this rubric to determine your grade.
The learner did not know the location
of the country.
0
The learner wrote two sentences to
summarize what he/she learned.
1
The learner composed a simple
question and was able to find a simple
answer quickly.
1
The learner wrote 3-4 simple sentences to
summarize what he/she learned.
2
The learner wrote a simple multiple
choice question about some fact in the
source with three choices.
2
The learner composed a good question
and and found a real and true answer after
researching a few sites.
2
The learner was able to point out the location of
the country on a blank map.
1
The learner wrote a good summary of the
source with five or more sentences in his/her
own words.
3
The learner considered the main idea of the
source and posed a thoughtful and interesting
question that reflected his/her understanding of
the topic.
3
The learner investigated an interesting topic
relevant to the source and found the answer
after reading or decided to take his/her
investigation in another interesting direction. 3