2. Go to mr cassidy's website.
3. Click on file cabinet.
4. Click on travel brochure outline.
5. Fill out outline with your group.
6. A sample brochure is also available as well as a sample PowerPoint.
Group Project: Travel brochure with a PowerPoint presentation and performance.
- Your group will be assigned one of the four early river civilizations of the world (Egypt –the Nile River, India –the Indus River Valley, Mesopotamia (modern Day Iraq) - The Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers, China –the Yellow River Valley. You will then be required to plan a trip from New York for two adults and two children that includes the following:
- Brochures and performances should highlight attractions, hotels, currency exchange, transportation, geography, biodiversity, culture and the arts, literature, literacy rates, life expectancy, population, exports, import, style of government, travel and tourism, cuisine, etc.
Use three different modes of transportation within your continent such as (air, land, sea)
And prices for the trips.
Including all of the following:
1. A multimedia presentation using the full Microsoft Suite including maps, graphs, charts (Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Publisher, etc.) At least 10 slides.
2. A staged performance including costumes selling the trip to eager tourist looking to spend their travel dollars.
4. A full brochure using Microsoft publisher–including text, maps, graphs, charts.
5. As well as an individual two paragraph essay reflecting on the historical significance of one of their chosen destinations.
Reading from such sources as-
Frommers
Fodor’s
Eyewitness country book
Etc.
Assessment -
You will be graded based on three rubrics #1 collaboration (how well do you word together), #2 group grade (how well does your group complete the task), and #3 presentation and performance.
This task will be judged by your teachers as well as your peers during the performance. You classmates will be assessing your work and peer grading you as well as spending their global dollars to book a trip with your company and thus crown the class winners who of course will win a prize determined by class. This project will be worked on periodically in class but the work of completing and executing the project should be done at home, through student meetings in school, as well as online collaboration.
3. This project is due 11/06/09.
