Introduction
You are now a AAA Travel Agent!
I have assigned you and your group members a specific country to research. Your customers will soon be coming into the building inquiring about this information. They would like to take a trip to one of these destinations.
Which one should they choose?
Task
1. What is your assigned country?
- Miss Greene will give you this information.
2. Each group must produce a Slides Project and "share" it with Miss Greene.
- This presentation must include:
- 1 group member: pictures of this location; including where it is located on a map or globe
- 1 or 2 group member(s): research on the people/culture/and population of the country
- 1 group member: research on the landforms in the country
- What are they? Where are they? etc.
- 1 group member: research on the climate in the country
- What is the weather like there? What is the temperature like there?
- 1 group member: research on the economy
- What does the country make and sell? What are their main industries?
- Please make sure you know which group member is completeing each task.
Process
Canada
- Maps/Pictures
- People/Culture/Population
- Landforms
- Climate
- Economy
Argentina
- Maps/Pictures
- People/Culture/Population
- Landforms
- Climate
- Economy
Austrailia
- Maps/Pictures
- People/Culture/Population
- Landforms
- Climate
- Economy
China
- Maps/Pictures
- People/Culture/Population
- http://www.china-family-adventure.com/chinese-culture.html#.VBMixZRdVAo
- http://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/getting_acquainted.htm
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/explore/countries/china/
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/china/ancient_china.php
- http://www.exploreandmore.org/world/default.htm
- Landforms
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/explore/countries/china/
- http://china.mrdonn.org/geography.html
- http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/article/spectacular-landforms.htm
- http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/china/cnland.htm
- http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/chinaclim%26geog.htm
- Climate
- Economy
Italy
- Maps/Pictures
- People/Culture/Population
- Landforms
- Climate
- Economy
Denmark
- Maps/Pictures
- People/Culture/Population
- Landforms
- Climate
- Economy
Evaluation
Share your Slides Presentation with Miss Greene.
- Make sure you have reviewed and edited your presentation.
- Give me the ability to comment only!
- Make sure your name is own your slides
Grading
Geography
5.4 Globes and other geographic tools can be used to gather, process and report information about people, places and environments. Cartographers decide which information to include in maps.
5.5 Latitude and longitude can be used to make observations about location and generalizations about climate.
5.6 Regions can be determined using various criteria (e.g., landform, climate, population, cultural or economic).