CANADIAN STUDIES
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CANADIAN PROVINCIAL TOURS
A WORLD
CLASS TRAVEL COMPANY
Introduction
As employees of a reputable travel firm you have been asked to create travel
brochures for each of Canada’s provinces. Your team
must create an effective, informative, creative and original travel brochure.
Each team member will take on a special role and focus
on different items about your chosen province. Persuade tourists that your
province is THE BEST place to visit. Your classmates and parent visitors
will be asked to select a destination package to the province that has the most
appeal for them. Be sure your brochure ensures that your province will be
the most popular choice.
Task
Each group must gather information, and after
discussion with other team members, choose to feature only those facts that
will appeal to potential visitors. Use plenty of persuasive and
descriptive language. Using all available publishing tools, add clip art,
word art, scanned or digital photos, and various fonts and type, while
designing a clear and visually appealing layout. Each member of the group will
take one of the following roles: Historian, Tour Guide,
Recreation/Cultural Events Planner, Weather Consultant, or Road
Guide. The brochure must contain these items for each role:
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Item One: Historian
Item Two: Tour Guide
ItemThree: Recreation/Cultural
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Item Four: Weather Consultant
Item Five: Road Guide
Item Six: Geographer
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Process
Visit the following websites to locate facts,
figures, maps, and images for your brochure. Be sure and choose only the
most remarkable features that will intrigue and entice visitors to visit.
Not every fact will be appropriate. Design your brochure so that it is
clear, attractive and very persuasive.
Websites: Places to find information - Search Widely, Then Be Selective
Arriving and Traveling in Canada Excellent travel and tourist infomation by province
Yahoo Provinces Links to much basic information on provinces
Complete list of Provincial and Territorial Governments Facts galore
Mapquest -Maps and directions
Discovery’s School A-Z Geography – click on first letter of your province name
Canadian Clip Art – Provincial flags and more
Britannica.com online encyclopedia
Weather in
Evaluation
The following rubric will be used to evaluate your completed brochure:
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Beginning |
Developing |
Accomplished |
Points Received |
Item and Points |
0 point |
1 points |
2 points |
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Overall layout of Brochure: Is it attractive, appealing and persuasive to potential visitors? |
The layout offers little appeal to potential visitors. |
The layout offers a convincing and attractive appeal to potential visitors. |
The layout is very persuasive, exciting and attractive to potential visitors. |
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Selected Features of the Brochure: Does included information offer only unique and most interesting provincial facts. Have several internet and print sources been consulted? Are all six items assigned in the task covered? |
A few important items are included. Few (3 or less) sources have been used for research. Some of the six items are included. |
Many exciting features included. A good (4-8) amount of sources have been used. There is adequate coverage of the six items assigend in the task |
All selected features are appropriate and very appealing. Many (9+)sources have been used in research. All six items are addressed in balance. |
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Language & Machanics of the Brochure: Is language of the brochure accurate, persuasive, descriptive and effective? Are sources documented? |
Sources are not documented. Many grammatical and mechanical errors. Language is uninteresting. |
Sources are documented. There are few grammatical and mechanical errors. Descriptive and persuasive language is used. |
Sources are well documented. There are very few or no grammatical or mechanical errors. Language is very descriptive and persuasive. |
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Use of Publishing Technology: Does the brochure take advantage of digital photos, clip art, drawing or word art in an attractive and effective manner? |
Brochure uses a single font and type with little or no use of images or word art. Images are pasted in out of context. |
There is much variation in font and type with use of an adequate number of images. Images clearly relate to the text. |
The brochure makes full use of font, type, and images without overdoing it. Images fully support and compliment the written text. |
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Total Points: |
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Conclusion
By now you have learned much about your Canadian
province and how to work as a team member. Were you happy with your final
product? What would you do differently next time? Which province
was the most popular destination of choice by other classmates and
parents? Was this due to that group's effective advertising in their brochure?
What other factors might have influenced their decisions? Apply what you
have learned to your next project.
E-mail your questions or comments to Jane
Matthews at Franklin Community School Corporation.
Last updated April 5, 2005 by Trisha Armstrong