The
Pacific Northwest in the US is a great vacation spot.
So why
would you spend time and money to travel to Canada
and spend your vacation there?
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Phase
1: Take a pre-test
and see what you know about our closest neighbor.
After the pre-test each student will get a Basic
Information Packet. Students will complete true/false
questions, fill in the blank questions, timelines,
graphs and government information using a Canada
student guide booklet to learn more about Canada.
Then each team will be
assigned one the following Canadian Regions. This
is what
teams will research to create projects to share with
the rest of the class (each table will represent
one of the following):
- Maritimes - New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, Prince Edward Island
- Ontario, Nunavut, Northwest Territory
- Prairie Provinces - Alberta, Manitoba,
Saskatchewan
- British Columbia, Yukon
- Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador
During this phase students will earn
Maple Leaf Dollars to spend on Phase 3. For this
phase, students can earn the following:
- For the first three pages of the
Basic Info Packet, 53 questions, $2 per question
for a total of $106 possible.
- For the next four pages of the Basic
Info Packet, $29.75 per page for total of $119
possible.
- For the project students can earn
a total of $225 based on the information gathered
and the presentation of that information.
- Grand total possible: $450 per
person.
Phase 2: Now
each team is a travel agency and each team
will prepare a PowerPoint presentation
to convince tourists to plan a vacation at one of
their provinces or territories. Every team member
must participate in the creation and presentation
of the PowerPoint. The presentation must show that
teams know their provinces or territories.
During this phase students can earn
the following:
- Presentation style can earn up to
$100.
- PowerPoint slideshow can earn up
to $175 for the information gathered on each slide,
and
- PowerPoint slideshow can earn up
to $175 for the pictures used on each slide.
- Grand total possible: $450 per
person.
Phase 3: Now
the teams represent a family and together
each group will plan a two-week vacation to the
province or territory of their choice! Now students
will get to use the Maple Leaf Dollars they earned
in phases 1 and 2 to plan their family vacation.
By this phase, the kids with the most money in each
group get to be the parents of the family and get
final say on which provinces their family will visit.
I am sure that the parents will take into account
what their children want :o)
They are to plan a 14 day vacation
spending up to $250 a day for a trip total of up
to $3,500. Those teams who do extra credit can earn
up to their trip total or even more! Teams who manage
to earn more than $3,500 will receive extra credit
points for those members who earned the extra monies. Resources to
help you in all phases of this project:
CIA: The World Factbook - Canada
About
Canada - Canadian Site
About Canada's Native People - Canadian Site
Provinces
and Territories - Canadian Site
Province and Territory nicknames and other trivia!
Province
and Territories Maps - Canadian Site
Why Province and Territory? Click here to find out!
List of Provincial and Territorial
Symbols
Dene History
History of the Inuit
Regions
of Canada
Famous Canadians
Canadian Inventions
Canadian Resource Page
Canada is Your Destination
Celebrate Canada! - Interesting Links
People
of Canada
Canada
- General Info Links
How Canadians Govern Themselves
About Government - Canadian Site
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Canadian Vacation!