Unit one – chapter one – web quest



From College to Careers

Web Quest Answer Key

Chapter 1

Section One

|Date of release of the new SAT: |Name of the organization that makes the SAT: |

|month: __March__ year: ___2005_ |_College_ __Board__ |

|What’s different about the new SAT? |And in the math section? |

|Well, there’s a new _writing__ section where students have to |3rd-year college math components: |

|_write_ an essay. |____exponential growth__ |

| |_absolute value__ |

| |__functional notation__ |

| |__negative__ and __fractional exponents_ |

|And the old analogies section? What’s replacing it? |What’s the scoring system? |

|A _critical__ reading section with short and long reading |__three_ sections |

|passages from a variety of texts |Perfect score of __2400_ |

| |Each section worth _800__ points |

|What are the five pieces of advice experts give students in the article? |

|_take the test for the first time near the end of junior year; best time is in March____ |

|_take the new version of the SAT_ |

|__get a good night’s rest before taking the test__ |

|__have a good breakfast (“OJ and a bagel”) on test day__ |

|__bring an extra pencil___ |

Section Two

|Additional information about the scoring of the writing section: |Scoring of the essay: |

| | |

|- this site tells how long the essay writing time is (60 |- by going to the scoring guide, students can learn that the |

|minutes), what the scorers are looking at (grammar usage and word|essay is scored on a 6-point scale and each of the points is |

|choice), that there’s also a multiple choice section about |explained in detail with descriptive adjectives |

|improving sentences and paragraphs and identifying errors, the | |

|three points the essay measures (ability to organize and express | |

|ideas clearly, ability to develop and support a main idea, and | |

|the ability to use appropriate word choice and sentence | |

|structure) and gives links to a sample essay and a scoring guide| |

Chapter 2

Section One

|point |Swarthmore College |How to get in |

| |1/3 of the students are “students of color”, racial |The legal problems of considering race in |

|Race |diversity is a positive thing |admissions |

| |Listings of all of the different ethnicities & their campus |Only as related to race – no real information |

|Ethnicity |clubs, some mention of international students (“over 60 |about people from the same race but different |

| |countries”) but no specifics – more details about American |ethnicities – might be interesting to start a |

| |ethnicities (Asian Americans, Native Americans, African |brief class discussion on the difference between |

| |Americans) |the two terms (race & ethnicity) |

| |Long list of campus clubs organized around diversity-related|Diversity in the sense of variety of talents, |

|Campus activities |themes (race, ethnicity, gender, religion) |interests, and skills – musicians, sportsmen, |

| | |artists – in list of campus extracurricular |

| | |activities |

| |Diversity of thought leading to growth and personal |Diversity of thought leading to self-expression, |

|Personality |development - skills for the future |individuality, and uniqueness |

Section Two

1. In the last paragraph, “colleges and universities are concerned about educating all citizens”

2. forms of diversity:

a. race

b. geography

c. socio-economic status

d. religion

e. gender

f. age

g. academic interests

h. special talents

3. quota – definition #2: the number or proportion of persons that may be admitted to a country or an institution (American Heritage ESL Dictionary, p. 699)

Chapter 3

Section One

|"Teaching is more than _imparting_ knowledge, it is inspiring |"Tell me and I'll __forget__; _teach__ me and I may remember; |

|__change___. |__involve__ me and I'll ___learn_." |

|Learning is ___absorbing___ facts, it is __acquiring___ | |

|understanding." | |

The proverb is from China.

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.”

Students should say something to the effect that yes, American students would appreciate this quote because they expect to be independent learners and individualists and are used to having to think and figure things out for themselves.

Answers will vary.

Section Two

1. Mr. Mejia’s three-year visa expires at the end of the 2005 school year.

2. The school board wants foreign teachers because the demand for foreign languages in public schools (especially Spanish) is increasing and it’s not always easy to find enough good qualified teachers to fill the positions.

3. Yes, they do. The teachers interviewed in the article are all sad to have to leave at the end of their three-year stay. They love their students and enjoy working in the American school system.

Chapter 4

Section One

1. power to make a difference – engineers help solve problems in society such as pollution, better technology, and specialized medicines

2. money and job security – engineers have higher starting salaries than many other college graduates and it is a profession that will always be needed in society

3. work with other talented people – engineers work in teams

4. lots of options – engineers work in many different places and do many different things

5. cool stuff – engineers are the first to develop strange and new things like flying cars and undersea houses

Section Two

|Math |Science |Other |

|Algebra |Anatomy |Art |

|Calculus |Biology |Geography |

|Geometry |Chemistry |History |

|Trigonometry |Ecology |Photography |

| |Physics |Swimming |

| | |Languages |

Chapter 5

Section One

1. F

2. T

3. T

4. T

5. F

6. T

7. F

8. T

9. F

10. T

Section Two

1. study abroad fairs and exhibits – exhibitions

2. FAQs – student voices, then questions & answers

3. interactive online magazines – email magazines/ electronic publications

4. a complete list – site map

Section Three

Answers will vary

Chapter 6

Website #1 gives information about:

|forensic science __√____ |forensic public speaking _______ |

For the “five uses of DNA” question, answers may vary – can be chosen out of the following:

• Identifying potential suspects whose DNA may match evidence left at crime scenes

• Exonerating persons wrongly accused of crimes

• Identifying crime and catastrophe victims

• Establishing paternity and other family relationships

• Identifying endangered and protected species to aid wildlife officials (prosecuting poachers, for example)

• Detecting bacteria and other organisms that may pollute air, water, soil, and food

• Matching organ donors with recipients in transplant programs

• Determining pedigrees for seed or livestock breeds

• Authenticating consumables such as caviar and wine

Above list copied from:

Which other website has the same information about DNA as website #1 does? Website # __4____

Forensic Technology’s URL:

What are the three main activities of this company?

1. ___ballistics identification___

2. ___evidence & lab management______

3. ___actionable intelligence___

What age of students is Website #2 designed for? _middle & high school_

What is the name of the project? Forensics _in_ _the_ __classroom__

What do students in this project do?

|Students use “evidence” to investigate & solve mysteries in their school science labs & classrooms |

Chapter 7

Section One

Who created this site?

Dr. __Deborah Crocker__ at the University of __Alabama___ and Dr. ____Sethanne Howard___ at the US Naval ____Observatory____

Three ways to find out information:

a. time-ordered list

b. field of study

c. biographical frames

Section Two

The links open within the site’s same window.

1. chemist/ biochemist

2. The Nobel Prize with Dr. George H. Hitchings and James Black

3. Masters. She was working and her colleagues/ supervisors felt she had enough education and expertise and did not need to pursue her doctorate in order to do something of value for the field.

4. three universities:

a. Duke University

b. University of North Carolina

c. Ohio State University

Chapter 8

Section One

Definitions of philanthropy:

1. The effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations.

2. Love of humankind in general.

3. Something, such as an activity or institution, intended to promote human welfare.

The first definition is most appropriate.

Section Two

1. Giving circle – “Often described as a “social investment club,” a giving circle is a pooled fund, generally hosted or sponsored by a charitable organization such as a community foundation, through which members make grants together.”

2. four different formats of giving circles:

a. event-based

b. informal structure

c. formal structure

d. institutionally driven

3. Personal benefits can be one of the following:

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4. five stages of a giving circle:

a. imagine and inspire

b. found and frame

c. ground and grow

d. produce and sustain

5. 220 – number found on the FAQ page

Chapter 9

Section One

|Look for: |Find: |

|A famous statesman who helps the organization |On the news pages: Jimmy Carter |

|The title of a Habitat for Humanity international employee |On the get involved, employment pages: Global Assignee |

|The religious affiliation of Habitat for Humanity |On the learn about pages: Christian |

|A West African country where Habitat for Humanity builds houses |On the where we build pages: possible answers include Senegal, |

| |Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, & Cameroon |

|The name of their monthly giving program |On the support pages: HopeBuilders |

Section Two

The new logo symbolizes:

1. volunteerism

2. community spirit

3. a search for harmony

4. the Habitat mission of people of all races, ages and religious beliefs coming together for the common good

Section Three

Benefits of finding a government job:

1. health insurance

2. leave policy

3. family-friendly flexibilities

4. retirement programs

5. life insurance

Students can click on e-Scholar to access government-sponsored educational opportunities and then by clicking on search jobs from the e-Scholar page, students can access a student job listing at

From the home page, by clicking on jobs in demand, you can access the latest jobs.

Chapter 10

Section One

1. Volunteers must be fluent in English and for China, they must be native speakers. Other than that, they just have to be people who like teaching and who want to help out in international development, public service, and cultural understanding-related projects.

2. Poland, South Africa, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Namibia, Chile, Marshall Islands, China, and Guyana

3. Yes, for all programs except Marshall Islands (fully funded), Guyana (partially funded) and China (partially funded).

4. Most volunteers do fund-raising efforts like organizing concerts or long distance bike-riding tours.

5. Volunteers teach English and other basic subjects to school children.

Section Two

1. #3

2. #1

3. #2

4. Cambodia

Section Three

Four programs on Global Crossroads site:

1. volunteer

2. internship

3. language and culture

4. mini-venture

Link on the home page to a section on Country Coordinators:

• Airport receive and transfer

• Management of room and food in host family/hostel

• Orientation of local country, culture, host family, safety, and related issues

• Introduce you to your host family and project staffs

• Periodic follow up visit or call (1 - 2 weeks interval) to ensure everything going good for you

• Offer advices to solve any issues, problems, and concerns

Chapter 11

Section One

On the homepage of the site to the right, there’s a box called career profile that leads to the page about being a music supervisor.

1. A music supervisor “finds and manages the licensing of music for a film or television production.”

2. Probably 80-100 CDs a day

3. Find a student making a film and work with him/her, find an “indie” (independent) producer and work with him/her, learn by doing not by sitting in the classroom

Section Two

On the resources pages, go to types of studio jobs – there are links to each section with lists of jobs and duties:

|Creative group |Physical production group |Post production group |

|president, head of production |president, physical production |VP, post production |

|senior VP of production |VP, physical production |Post production supervisor |

|VP of production |Executive production manager | |

|Director of creative affairs |Production executive | |

|Creative executive | | |

|Legal group |Finance group |Ancillary*group |

|VP, legal affairs |VP, production finance |VP, production resources |

|Project attorneys* |Director, production finance |Director, production resources |

| |Senior auditor* | |

| |Manager, budgeting*& estimating* | |

*Vocabulary words to look up and discuss

Section Three

Resources: taken from the resource page

• Avoid Scams[pic] - Please read this article from the Federal Trade Commission. This will give you some great guidelines to avoid the many modeling, acting and, "Want to get in show biz?" scams out there. strongly recommends this article to anyone starting their acting career or trying to get their children into acting.

• Types of Studio Jobs - The structure of a studio and different jobs with their descriptions.

• Talent Agency Scams - Unfortunately there are many unscrupulous people out there, prepare yourself.

• Studio Job Lines - Job hotline numbers for studios, networks, etc.

• [pic]Network Solutions - Since so many of you ask us, we recommend Network Solutions if you are interested in setting up a website to promote yourself.

• - Leaders in Aptitude, Personality, Occupational and Entrepreneurial assessments

• ResumeZapper - E-Mail your Resume and Cover Letter to 1000's of Headhunters, [pic]

• Bookstore A selection of books related to employment in the Motion Picture & Television Industry

• Q&A - How to Safeguard Your Creative Work From Theft 

• Salary Info - Salary info for Television & Radio Jobs

• [pic]Postcards for Actors - This is a great place for inexpensive postcards.

Benefits of membership:

1. early access to new job listings

2. email alerts

3. members’-only resume bank where you can store resumes and cover letters for easy access when applying for jobs online

Section Four

This site is for earnest job seekers.

The four types of jobs:

1. production

2. suppliers for production

3. post-production

4. business jobs

Relationships: possible answers out of three

1. professional/ on the job – between members of crew

2. mentor/ advisory – with an experienced person in a higher position

3. peer – collaborative and competitive relationships with others in similar positions at similar points in their careers

Chapter 12

Section One

|HUD means: |Other languages available on this site: __Spanish______ |

|__Housing___ & ___Urban__ | |

|___Development______ | |

|This site has programs & grants sponsored by the: US Federal |This site gives advice to citizens about: |

|government___ |__buying_ a home |

| |___renting___ a home |

| |___selling__ a home |

| |___owning__ a home |

| |& even about __homelessness___ |

Section Two

|Names of the videos on buying a home: |

|1. How to buy a home |2. Five ways to move ahead fast |3. Purchasing a HUD home |4. Be a smart consumer: Avoiding|

| | | |predatory lending |

|In the home buying section, name of the link where you can calculate expenses & earnings to compare home ownership & renting: |

|Buy vs. rent |

|Question #8 on the home buyer’s wish list: |

|__Do you have to be close to public transportation_______________? |

|What HUD-funded programs can provide homeless people: |

|1. shelter |2. food |3. counseling |4. job skills |

|Four questions answered on the kids page about the homeless: |

|___Who are the homeless_________? |

|______Where are the homeless______? |

|___What can kids do to help_____? |

|_____What can I do to help_____? |

|HUD’s number #1 priority: homeownership is a national HUD priority. |

| |

Similar sites:

Answers will vary.

Chapter 13

Section One

Creator of the site: Dr. Bob Korn. He is a software engineer.

Cultural assumptions page title: Cultural assumptions

Five subsections on cultural assumptions:

1. Why do most people accept cultural beliefs?

2. Have cultural beliefs withstood the “test of time”?

3. Wisdom of the ancients?

4. How do we free ourselves from cultural assumptions?

5. Recognizing false assumptions doesn’t require rebellion

Section Two

The site is created for supervisors of post-graduate student researchers to help them become better supervisors and do their job more effectively.

The page title is: Supervisor Solutions – cross-border expertise.

Cross-cultural exercise: answers will vary.

Chapter 14

Section One

• The three scientists:

o Dr. Brian Nosek

o Dr. Mahazarin Banaji

o Dr. Tony Greenwald

• Dr. Banaji was Dr. Nosek’s advisor both for his Masters and his PhD studies.

• People may not say what they really think:

• because they may be unwilling to

• because they may be unable to

• The example given is of a smoker who smokes 4 packs of cigarettes a day, but tells people he only smokes two.

Section Two

Ten ways to fight hate: answers will vary. Possible answers will explain one of the following points:

1. act

2. unite

3. support the victims

4. do your homework

5. create an alternative

6. speak up

7. lobby leaders

8. look long range

9. teach tolerance

10. dig deeper

Rural people:

• Answers will vary - basically something about it being wrong to make fun of poverty, lack of good health, and lack of education

• Public use is on the Yahoo site in their greetings section called The Redneck Family.

• Answers will vary – basically something about it being funny to notice people’s defects, but how ultimately it’s not fair to group people or criticize them in this way

Existential Pete:

• Chapter one – how politicians don’t consider the simple people’s interests

• Chapter two – locally produced produce

• Chapter three – how modern rural people spend too much time and energy commuting to far away jobs to be able to survive

Stereotypes in students’ cultures: answers will vary.

Chapter 15

Section One

|Number of IVU council members (in the history pages) |18 |

|Number of major religious traditions with vegetarian members/ influences |5 |

|Number of languages represented (in the phrases page) |68 |

|Number of vegan recipes on the site |1866 |

Vegetarian food relief organization: Food for Life

Section Two

|Vegan |Someone who eats no animal products |

|Lacto-ovo-vegetarian |Someone who eats vegetables, grains, dairy products, and eggs |

|Lacto-vegetarian |Someone who eats vegetables, grains, and dairy products |

|Ovo-vegetarian |Someone who eats vegetables, grains, and eggs |

4-10% of Americans considered themselves vegetarian in 2003.

Sports-minded vegetarians:

1. improved performance

2. health concerns

3. ethical reasons

4. environmental reasons

5. religious reasons

6. economic reasons

Section Three

|What’s the origin of this tradition? |How do you prepare a bento lunch? |

|- 5th century Japan, people who went out to hunt, farm, or fight |- use cooked foods that last long, consider the visual |

|would bring their lunches with them – dried rice or rice balls at|presentation, choose attractive colors and arrange food in an |

|beginning – developed with 16th century military commander |appetizing manner, rice and side dishes in a 1:1 proportion |

|Nobunaga’s food distribution project | |

Special preparations from students’ lives: answers will vary.

Chapter 16

Section One

Chart: Answers will vary.

How many languages students speak: answers will vary.

What they are: answers will vary.

Home country languages: answers will vary.

What they are: answers will vary.

Section Two

Problems with bilingual education:

• Isolation in foreign language classroom will make it hard for non-English speakers to gain “upward mobility” in US

• “Sink or swim” method worked for immigrants in the past, why not now?

• People should learn to say to no to ethnic minorities instead of trying to be politically correct

The movement: English Only

Two major organizations:

• US English

• English First

Section Three

• Coordinate bilingualism – different concepts are linked to different languages

• Compound bilingualism – same concept is linked to two different languages

• Subordinate bilingualism – not all terms are readily available for all concepts in both languages (ex: L2 (second language) learners)

• Distractive bilingualism – two languages known but both at incomplete levels (ex: immigrant children)

Chapter 17

Section One

City: Naples, Italy

Yes, some of these gestures are found all over the country.

Yes, the horns gesture.

Section Two

• When someone pulls down his eyelid, it means “Remember our agreement.”

• When Italians want you to say something again, they cup one ear with a hand and lean towards you.

Section Three

Answers will vary.

Section Four

Answers will vary.

Section 18

Section One

|Name |Country of origin |Native language |Major achievements |

|Kofi Annan |Ghana |Twi & other Ghanian languages |Nobel Prize for Peace, 2001 |

| | | |Secretary-General of UN since |

| | | |1997 |

|Youssou N’dour |Senegal |Wolof |Pop music star |

| | | | |

|Ngugi wa Thiong’o |Kenya |Giyuyu |Writer, activist |

| | | | |

|Siad Barre |Somalia |Somali |Controversial dictator |

| | | | |

|Derartu Tulu |Ethiopia |Amharic (?) |Female Olympiad (long distance |

| | | |runner) |

| | | | |

Section Two

1. There are 11 official languages.

2. From the site: “English is the language of the cities, of commerce and banking, of government, of road signs and official documents.”

3. Originally the language of white Dutch settlers, now used by most everyone.

Section Three

Steve Biko probably spoke isiZulu, isiXhosa, English, Afrikaans, and maybe some other languages, too.

The paragraph on Biko should contain something about his political activism, his fight for freedom from apartheid, his founding of the South African Students Organization, how he was only 30 when he died, how he was beaten to death, and how he was so convinced of his cause that he gave up medical school to dedicate his energy to the political struggle.

Chapter 19

Section One

Present-oriented, past-oriented, and future-oriented

Future-oriented, past-oriented

Problems:

1. project completion

2. production schedules

3. deadlines

Indonesians value the process of building ___relationships___, __considering____ ideas, and planning to __act_ and this make take more ___time___ than what most Westerners are used to or even want to spend.

Section Two

___exclusion__ ↔ _____inclusion_____

_______task_____ ↔ __relationship____

Basically, the diagram shows how if you don’t consider the differences in perceptions and expectations people from different culture may have, you won’t be able to work well together. Someone will feel excluded*, and the task will seem more important than the relationship that could be created between the two potential business associates.

Section Three

Levine arrived 20 minutes late to class and no one was there. In the US, that would mean the students had already been to class and left but in Brazil, it would mean that the students hadn’t arrived yet. At the end of the class period, the US students left while the Brazilian students stayed in the classroom for another half hour.

Chapter 20

Section One

|Westerners |perceptions |Middle Easterners |

|√ |Women are oppressed in that society. |√ |

|√ |There are fundamental differences between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. | |

|√ |People from that society are all violent. | |

| |People from that society have no morals. |√ |

|√ |People from that society are fanatical. | |

| |People from that society are all rich. |√ |

Section Two

First woman:

Yasemin Saib – perception that all Muslims are terrorists, Arabs, Muslim women are married with lots of children and kept ignorant and uneducated

Second woman:

Dr. Aminah McCloud – perceptions Muslim immigrants and African American Muslims have of each other, problems within the same religion, inability to become one community

The main difference between these two women is race and reactions/ acceptance of society in relation to race and religion. Another difference is that Yasemin was born into her faith and never questioned it where Dr. McCloud converted to Islam, so she must have questioned her previous faith and made a conscious decision to practice the religion she has now.

Section Three

Answers will vary.

Chapter 21

Section One

Racial/cultural groups:

• ___African Americans___

• ____Muslims_____

• __Chinese_______

• ___Mexican Americans/ Hispanics____

• ____Japanese_____

• _____Russians_______

They are probably HIV-positive or have AIDS. The web page is for healthcare professionals who work with AIDS patients.

Are you from one of these groups? Answers will vary.

How accurate is the information? Answers will vary.

What do you think a trainer should do to modify this information? Answers will vary.

Where are the people in these groups from? Most are Americans or long-time residents; some are immigrants.

Section Two

The site is from Victoria, Australia.

There are opportunities for immigrants and migrants in both employment and education.

Some of the opportunities are open to people from other countries, but they need proper visas beforehand.

People from other countries should visit the support networks section of the site.

Bonus: VOMA stands for Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs

Chapter 22

Section One

|Year |Event |

|1990 |Terri Schiavo collapsed at __home_. Doctors say she had a potassium |

| |___imbalance__. Oxygen stopped flowing to her brain for about _5_ minutes, |

| |causing permanent __brain_ damage. |

|1993 |Terri’s parents and her husband stop _getting_ along and the legal battles |

| |begin. |

|1998 |Terri’s husband starts his fight to have his wife’s __feeding tube__ removed. |

|2002 |Judge Greer rules that Terri’s __ feeding tube __ can be removed in |

| |___January__ 2003. |

|2003 |Terri’s __ feeding tube __ is removed for six days, but then the government of |

| |the state of _Florida_ passes a new law – “_Terri’s law” – and the __ feeding |

| |tube _ is reinserted. |

|2005 |March 18th: Terri’s _ feeding tube __ is removed for a final time. |

| |March 31st: Terri Schiavo _dies_. |

Section Two

Answers will vary.

Section Three

Texas

Texas

Chapter 23

Section One

|In the 1990s, |the crime rate in New York was _safer_ than in |

| |2003. |

|The crime rate in NYC |has __decreased__ about 15% in recent years. |

|Nationwide, NYC had |the _lowest_ crime rate of all large cities in |

| |early 2003. |

|NYC tourism professionals |are __happy__ about these statistics because |

| |millions of people visit NYC every year. |

Section Two

1. The founder of a gang called the Westies, Featherstone was a hoodlum from Hell’s Kitchen.

2. The rise of crack led to an increase in gang violence in 1989.

3. Many of the gangs were grouped by race or ethnic origin.

4. Gangs of New York

Section Three

Answers may vary. A good site for a long listing of gang movies is

Chapter 24

Section One

World Water Day was started out of an initiative from the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

|Nation |Event |

|China |Initiatives to save paper |

|Australia – the Wimmera|Children from an area of 8 years of drought study |

|Plains |global forms of water, local water supplies, and |

| |availability of water issues |

|Pakistan |The Water Wise Art Contest |

|The Netherlands |Women in water management |

|Bulgaria |Water Day park clean-up |

The 20-page booklet is called Water for Life Decade and it’s from the United Nations website. There is a link off the World Water Day home page.

Section Two

• By clicking on education and youth

• A message by the UN Secretary-General

• A video called Water for Life produced by Global Vision

Section Three

Possible answers can be three of the following:

- drought

- tourism/ trade

- dams

- pollution

- wars

- infected water

- large-scale irrigation

Discussion answers will vary.

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