World Heritage Promoters

Introduction

Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world. Places as unique as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, Yosemite, the Great Barrier Reef, make up some of our world’s cultural landscape.These places, belong to all the peoples of the world to tour. One way to share the wonder of these sites is through tourism promotion. In this WebQuest, explore these sites and share your knowledge with the world through a professional promotional product.

Task

Today, we will to visit these sites in our virtual WebQuest tour of World Heritage Sites.

You had to find one World Heritage Site that you believe would make a good virtual travel destination.You may work independently, with a partner, group or team to research the sites and complete the assignment

You had to produce a promotional brochures, market the site in a way that you believe would most effectively and efficiently communicate to a tourist, the cultural or natural wonders of the site.

You must research the location of the chosen World Heritage Site in order to produce a promotional tourism flyer: poster, brochure, PowerPoint presentation, Web page, blog, video, Podcast, Google Earth tour, or other media

Process

1. View the videos on World Heritage Sites onYou tube
2. Choose a site to research and promote from the World Heritage Site List here at
  1. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ and/or World Heritage Site Interactive Map here at
  2. http://whc.unesco.org/en/254/ or choose a site in the U.S. list posted here at
3. Include in your final promotional piece the Patrimonio logo or use the UNESCO logo found here at http://whc.unesco.org/en/emblem/
4. Research the chosen site using results from websites searched by UNESCO.org, whc.unesco.org, Google.com, Encyclopedia.com, Encarta.com, Google Earth, Britannica.com (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/648327/World-Heritage-site) and Wikipedia and other appropriate sites. You must cite these web pages and credit all photos and authors.
5. Prepare your tourism promotional piece and email the final piece to classroom mail. You can use this site for your inspiration https://www.lucidpress.com/blog/how-to-make-a-travel-brochure-that-looks-stunning

Evaluation

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has well-organized information.	The brochure's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Knowledge Gained	All students in the group can accurately answer all questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	All students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	Most students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	Several students in the group appear to have little knowledge about the facts or technical processes used in the brochure.
Graphics/Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.
Organization	Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings.	Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.	Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed.	The information appears to be disorganized. 8)
Quality of Information	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.	Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Diagrams & Illustrations	Diagrams and illustrations are neat, accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic.	Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic.	Diagrams and illustrations are neat and accurate and sometimes add to the reader's understanding of the topic.	Diagrams and illustrations are not accurate OR do not add to the reader's understanding of the topic.
Internet Use	Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.	Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.	Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.	Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites.
Sources	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the desired format.	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format.	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format.	Some sources are not accurately documented.

Conclusion

By completing this WebQuest on World Heritage Sites, we can know vary cultures and evidences across the globe. Touring these sites opens up the tourists to the wonders of nature, human history, architecture, art, in a sustainable living and tourism. With descriptive narratives, promotional flyer or marketing piece and researching culture's role in our lives, we help our heritage and the World Heritage Site to save these locations and structures. At the end you'll earn the World Heritage Promoter Certificate