Introduction
Congratulations! You and your team have been chosen to create a multimedia advertising campaign for our friendly neighbors to the north, Canada!
Canada is similar to the United States, but has many unique features that make it special.
Your job will include creating a multimedia advertising campaign promoting one of Canada's beautiful provinces!
Task
Your group will consist of 2-3 students, who will each be responsible for a portion of the final product.
As a team, you will pick a province to promote and then research and learn some interesting facts about that province and use that information to introduce Canada's uniqueness to other people at our Canadian Fair.
The following are some topics you must address in your advertising campaign.
- provincial/territorial flag
- capital city
- major industries/ economy
- tourist activities / sports
- languages
- climate
- arts and culture (festivals/cultural attractions)
- land area and population information
- physical and geographical features (mountains, rivers, lakes)
- important historical events
- other information you find interesting and relevant
Why should tourists visit your province? Why is your province special? What unique historical sights and tourist attractions can be enjoyed in your province?
Process
Your team will create THREE of the following items for the multimedia advertising campaign.
These items include:
1. A brochure created using Microsoft Publisher.
2. A poster size advertisement of your province. This poster must include a combination of hand drawn pictures, computer graphics and images.
3. 5-10 slide commercial that ‘sells’ your province to the class. The commercial will be created using PowerPoint. In this commercial, you will highlight particular areas of your province for the audience.
4. A 30-60 second video promoting your province and all it has to offer to tourists.
5. A research report highlighting the significance of your province.
Internet Sites for Research
Canada for Kids: http://www.kathimitchell.com/Canada/canada.htm
Fact Monster: http://www.factmonster.com/search?fr=fmtn&query=canada&x=-275&y=-158
National Geographic: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/canada/
Time for Kids:
http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/canada
Canadian Geographic: https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/
Canadian Provinces and Territories: http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/provinces.htm
Canadian Clip Art: http://www.clipartcanada.com
Trip Ideas http://www.tripadvisor.com
Evaluation
Your performance will be evaluated using the following rubric. You will be graded as a team on all elements except workload.
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Awesome 4 |
Admirable 3 |
Acceptable 2 |
Unacceptable 1 |
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Creativity
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The presentation conveys the information in an extremely engaging manner. Students include several original ideas, includes some that are unusual. |
The presentation conveys the information in an engaging manner. Students include one or two original ideas. |
The presentation conveys the information with a few interesting details. |
The presentation conveys little information or is incomplete. |
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Content
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The presentation includes excellent information gathered from a variety of sources. All the elements, such as captions for illustrations and the title, are concise and informative. |
The presentation includes good information gathered from three or four sources. The project's general conclusions are supported by the data presented. |
The information in the presentation is relevant, but students may have used only two references sources. |
The information in the presentation may not be relevant to the topic, and/or students use only one reference source, resulting in a limited understanding of the subject. |
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Spelling, Grammar, and Neatness
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The written material is very neat and attractively presented. Students use correct spelling and grammar. |
The written material is attractive and neat. Students make very few spelling or grammatical errors. |
The written material is legible. Students make a few spelling and grammatical errors. |
The written material is mostly legible, but some sections are very hard to read. Students make several spelling and grammatical errors. |
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Organization
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The information is very well organized and conveyed in a logical order. Each main point is supported by interesting and appropriate details. |
The information is conveyed in a logical order, and the report is easy to follow and understand. |
The information is presented in a logical order, and the supporting details almost always follow the appropriate main points. |
The information is not presented logically, and supporting details are either missing or misplaced. |
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Requirements |
All requirements are met and exceeded. |
All requirements are met. |
One requirement was not completely met. |
More than one requirement was not completely met. |
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Workload
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The workload is divided and shared equally by both members. |
The workload is divided and shared fairly by both members, though workloads may vary from person to person. |
The workload was divided, but one person is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work. |
The workload was not divided and one person did most or all of the work. |
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Conclusion
Congratulations! Through all of your advertising, Canada has seen a huge boost in tourism throughout ALL of its provinces! The Canadian Department of Tourism thanks you!
Credits
This Webquest was adapated from several other webquests including:
http://web.jerichoschools.org/seaman/teachers/vgladd/Canada_WebQuest/in…
We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is hereby granted for other educators to copy this WebQuest, update or otherwise modify it, and post it elsewhere.