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Regional Travelers |
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WANTED: Regional Travel Experts. Applications are now being accepted for teams to produce a group PowerPoint presentations for selected countries, states and territories around the world. Requirements: Willingness to travel and participate four-person team. Benefits: Knowledge, experience in geography |
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Task: You have been asked to join a group of students promoting tourism in the United States. The organization's purpose is to increase tourism in each of the regions. Each member will research facts and information about their assigned states within the regions. As a group a presentation will be developed to represent the region.
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Process: 1.Use the State Fact Sheet to gather your information from the resources listed in the Resource section. 2. Create PowerPoint 5 slides with the information about each state collected in the above fact sheet. Include at least 4 pictures and references (Bonus points for adding a short video clip) 3. After listening to all the presentations decide which region you most like to visit and why. Write you thought in 3-5 point paragraph.
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Resouces: Stately Knowledge http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/ US States- FactMonster http://www.factmonster.com/states.html WorldBook Online (usename: tangipahoa password: parish) Gale Group Resources (password:pelican) www.unitedstreaming.com (See you teacher for help to sign in and use)
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Evaluations: Assessed using the linked rubric. Suggestion: Read over the rubric before turning in your final project. |
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Conclusion: Did you enjoy learning about your assigned state and region? Hopefully you will have the opportunity to travel within the United States and see what a wonderful country that you live in.
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