You
have been hired by one of the top travel agencies in San Antonio to write
an advertising layout for a vacation spot of your choice. If you, through
your advertising, lure many vacationers to your chosen spot, your employer
has promised to send you there for a two-week vacation! One of your employer's
boasts is that his agency provides complete background and accurate facts,
so you should be sure that your facts are accurate and as complete as possisble.
Use the internet to gather the data for your layout, which must contain,
among other things, a written report providing prospective customers with
information needed to prepare them for their trip.
You
will be required to submit materials as follows:
(1)
An advertising brochure (in color): (SEE REQUIREMENTS IN RESEARCH PACKET.)
Suggested websites to help with this are listed at the end of this webquest.
(2)
An advertising slogan: A slogan should catch people’s attention and focus
attention on the MAJOR attraction of your chosen area. Suggested websites
to help with this are listed at the end of this webqust.
(3)
A 600-WORD (MINIMUM) paper describing your area in detail.
IN
ADDITION, FOR EXTRA CREDIT,
you may arrange to present a ten-minute oral presentation about your chosen
area, using your brochure and notes from your paper.EVEN
MORE EXTRA CREDIT may be earned by creating
a PowerPoint presentation to go along with your oral presentation.
You
will be seeing a multitude of websites in your research. Since
information on the web is not regulated, you should be careful
of which websites you use in your research; you want your information to
be accurate. Search the following site for instruction on how
to evaluate a website. Use the WEB
PAGE EVALUATION FORM provided by your instructor to evaluate ANY website
which you encounter; put your heading on the top and turn it in.
1.
First, select the country or city of your choice and have it approved.
(Use the list provided by your instructor.)
2.
Using the websites below and those you search by yourself, locate information
to make your chosen destination the most interesting to your customers..
3.
Fill in the Bare Bones Outline, using the information
which you have gathered in your internet search.
4.
Think carefully about how you want to present information
in your report. Then, keeping your goal in mind, write your SLOGAN.
5.
Using your slogan as the focal point, write your
thesis statement which should include an invitation.
.
6.
Write the rest of your paper, carefully following your Bare Bones Outline.
Be sure to include parenthetical documentation after every use of information
which you gleaned from your internet search.
7.
Have your rough draft paper ready on peer editing
day. This will give you a chance to get input from your classmates as to
the quality of your report. If you have missed something important, you
will have time to correct your error. Your
brochure is also due for peer editing at this time.
8.
Finalize your paper, keeping in mind the feedback
you gained from peer editing. Be ready for clocking on the appointed day
so that your classmates can help you find sentence errors and other surface
problems.
Use
the URL's in the required sections
which follow and any other sites to
find your information. Web sites which are reqired will appear in
aqua.
1.
INTRODUCTION - General
introduction to your area (geographical location, topographical information,
transportation, etc.) The last sentence, your thesis, should include your
slogan)
INFOTRACis
a group of websites which will help you find all sorts of information by
simply typing in the name of the country you are researching. You will
be asked to provide a password.
(SEE
YOUR RESEARCH PACKET FOR LOGIN INFORMATION).
ticketspinner.com
– airfare, hotels, cars, vacations, cruises, and other services for everywhere
in the world. Includes a link to the State Department website to check
for travel warnings
National
Center for Infectious Diseases – Travelers’ Health – Gives information
about health dangers for all areas of the world
Free
Travel Tips
A
brief list - of useful foreign language travel phrases – nearly every
language
FXCheatsheet:
Travelers Currency Cheat Sheet -- help in converting money amounts
Airgorilla.com
– airfare, hotels, cars, vacations, cruises, and other services for everywhere
in the world. Includes a link to the State Department website to check
for travel warning
2.
HISTORY OF THE AREA
This
should be very brief (one or two paragraphs), but should give enough information
that your client will have some basic understanding of the background shared
by the residents of this area.
BRITANNICA
ONLINE provides access to three complete encyclopedias
EBSCO
- school databases - many sources which will be needed
NEWSBANK
- Big 6 Research Center - grapic organizers - newspapers, periodicals,
historical documents
(SEE
YOUR RESEARCH PACKET FOR LOGIN INFORMATION)
MAPS101-
Maps of all areas are accessible - On the website, click the button marked
"Subscriber Login" - Type in user name and password - (SEE
YOUR RESEARCH PACKET FOR LOGIN INFORMATION)
3.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCAL RESIDENTS
(culture, jobs, favorite activities and types of food, types of music played
/ listened to) and locale, such as the best time of year to visit (based
on weather and/or purpose of visit), weather, and accommodations available.
THIS SECTION MUST INCLUDE ANY WARNINGS AS TO THE SAFETY OF THE REGION.
This information may be found at the following web site: www.travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
Even if there are no warnings for your country, you MUST document that
fact in your paper.
BRITANNICA
ONLINE provides access to three complete encyclopedias
EBSCO
- school databases - many sources which will be needed
NEWSBANK
- Big 6 Research Center - grapic organizers - newspapers, periodicals,
historical documents
(SEE
YOUR RESEARCH PACKET FOR LOGIN INFORMATION)
4.
CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES OF THE AREA (museums,
concerts, churches, parks, celebrities, other famous people like artists,
etc.). You might also include famous landmarks that people all over the
world are familiar with, like the Great Wall of China.
General
Reference Center Gold Use this general interest database to search
magazines, reference books and newspapers for information on current events,
popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc.
BRITANNICA
ONLINE provides access to three complete encyclopedias
EBSCO
- school databases - many sources which will be needed
NEWSBANK
- Big 6 Research Center - grapic organizers - newspapers, periodicals,
historical documents
(SEE
YOUR RESEARCH PACKET FOR LOGIN INFORMATION)
CountryReports.org
™Countries
profiled from around the world. Here you will find over 6,600 pages and
6,400 related links on over 260 countries!
Great
Websites: Resources on anthropology, history, civics, sociology, and
culture of the peoples of America and the world.
5.
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA (fun
things to do) information
about places around the globe
As
explained in your research packet, your research paper will be evaluated
as two major test grades. Everything counts: composition process / grammar
rules / spelling / punctuation / capitalization, amount and format of documentation,
works cited page, and source notes. Your brochure will count two quiz grades.
Suggestions to help you with the brochure follow in the "Conclusion" section.
Information concerning MLA parenthetical documentation and works cited
format are in your research packet. If you need further help, come to see
your instructor or consult the following website:
AUDREY GRAHAM
