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Mexico, our neighbor to the south, is a vast land. Mexico is made up of several regions. Each region has its own special features that it is proud to share with the rest of the world. Your job, as a group, is to plan a one week vacation for a family of four. The family consists of a father, mother, a teenage boy, and a five year old girl.
After researching
the assigned region, your group will plan the family's vacation. You will
research the people, climate
,
economy, culture, geographic features,
language, heritage,
and leisure activities. Your group will incorporate individual interests
and desires into the vacation plans so that each member of the family is
satisfied. Compromise will be necessary.
. What should the family pack?
. Where will the family stay?
. How far is your destination from your home city?
.What is the
present currency rate?
The steps to completing this project are as follows:
1. You will be assigned to teams of four or five. Within each team you will study and research your assigned region. You will collect and record data about the people, climate, economy, culture, geographic features, language, heritage, and leisure activities.
As for the leisure activites:
Father - enjoys hunting and fishing as well as other outdoor activities
(really
wants to snorkel)
Mother - enjoys museums and galleries
Teenage son - enjoys sports, hiking, and canoeing (really wants to see
a
bullfight- Click on image for more info!)
Young girl - enjoys amusement parks, shopping (really wants some indigenous
crafts )
2. Each individual will be responsible for researching one of leisure activities and incorporating additional info (climate, currency, geography, etc.)
3. Meet
as a group. Create a group list of activities for the family to do.
Compromise
will be necessary. Plan the family's weekly schedule.
4. Create your group presentation. The presentation must be in the form of a Power Point slide show.
General Travel
in Mexico:
http://mexico-travel.com/mexico/owa/sectur.inicio
http://www.go2mexico.com/
http://www.coolsite.com/arworld.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
http://www.travelchannel.com/
http://www.FODORS.COM
http://www.xe.net/ucc/
http://latinworld.com
http://www.trace-sc.com/cgi-bin/mxndx?news
Baja California:
http://www.sandiego-online.com/baja/
http://www.escapist.com/baja/
http://www.bajalife.com/
http://www.bajaexpo.com/
http://www.bajatravel.com/
Mexico City:
http://travel.yahoo.com/t/North_America/Mexico/Mexico_City/
http://www.webtravel.com/mexico/mex.html
http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/
http://www.islc.net/~lesleyl/teo.html
Jalisco:
http://travel.yahoo.com/t/North_America/Mexico/Puerto_Vallarta/
http://www.valuevacations.com/vallarta.html
http://travel.yahoo.com/t/North_America/Mexico/Guadalajara/'
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/guadalajara/guadalajara.html
Oaxaca:
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/oaxaca/oaxacaindex.html
http://www.mexonline.com/oaxaca/oaxaca.htm
http://oaxaca-travel.com/
http://www.oaxacainfo.com/
Yucatan:
http://www.haciendaholidays.com/
http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/CHICHEE.HTML
http://www.piramideinn.com/introE.htm
http://travel.yahoo.com/t/North_America/Mexico/Cancun/
http://www.cancun-mx.com/
http://travel.yahoo.com/t/North_America/Mexico/Cozumel/
http://www.mexonline.com/cozumel.htm
Chihuahua:
http://www.blines.com/
http://www.mexguide.net/juarez/index-i.html
http://www.sierratrail.com/
Guerrero:
http://www.worldexecutive.com/cityguides/ixtapa/index.html
http://www.ixtapa-zihuatanejo.com/
http://mexico.areatravel.net/ixtapa-zihuatanejo/
http://www.mexonline.com/ixt_zih.htm
http://travel.yahoo.com/t/North_America/Mexico/Acapulco/
http://Acapulco.com/
Clip Art sites
www.hoxie.org
http://www.iconbazaar.com/
http://www.free-clip-art.net/
http://www.barrysclipart.com/
http://www.d118.s-cook.k12.il.us/central/tech/webstuff.html
You will get
a group grade for this project. You will need to complete all 6 group tasks
to have a completed project. It is necessary for all group members to put
all effort possible into this project. Rubric is as follows:
(200 points total)
180-200 points: Excellent (A)
The name of the region is stated on 1st slide.
Required additional information (climate, currency, etc.) is included throughout the slide show.
Well organized family schedule.
Includes backgrounds, animation, graphics and easy to read text on each slide.
3 - 5 min. class presentation.
7th graders have 1 sentence on each slide in Spanish.
8th graders have 1 command
sentence in Spanish on each slide.
160-179 points: Good (B)
The name of
the region is stated.
Some required additional information (climate, currency, etc.) is included throughout the slide show.
Fairly organized family schedule.
Includes backgrounds, graphics and easy to read text on each slide.
2- 3 min. class presentation.
7th graders have 1 sentence on all slides but one in Spanish.
8th graders have 1 command sentence
in Spanish on all but one slide.
140-159 points: Fair (C)
Name of the
region is stated.
Little required additional information (climate, currency, etc.) is included throughout the slide show.
A family schedule.
Includes a few graphics (not every slide) and easy to read text on each slide.
1 - 2 min. class presentation.
7th graders have 1 sentence on most slides in Spanish.
8th graders have 1 command
sentence in Spanish on most slides.
120-139 points: Poor (D)
No region stated.
No required additional information (climate, currency, etc.) is included throughout the slide show.
A family schedule.
No graphics, difficult to read text.
Less than 1 minute presentation.
7th graders have 1 sentence on one slide in Spanish.
8th graders have 1 command
sentence in Spanish on one slide.
119 or lower: No Effort (F)
No effort given to the project.