Pack Your Bags
| Subject: | Vacations |
| Thematic Scenario: | Pack Your Bags |
| Contexts\Outcomes: | Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between the perspectives and practices of cultures studied and use this knowledge to interact effectively when visiting target city locations. |
| Learn from Selected Countries/Cultures: | Knowledge of cultural practices Geographic locations Currency exchange Safety factors Products of target country Climate and clothing |
| Strategies: | Internet Research: Students visit prospective cities of the target culture to discover climate, currency rates, products available, current events, lodging, restaurants, festivals, etc. Graphic Organizer: Students use a graphic organizer to arrange and analyze information gathered about the chosen target cities. Cooperative Learning: Students work in groups to create a flea market in the target cites and provide other students with a flea market “experience.” |
| Assessments: | Quizzes: Geographic locations of cities Written Project: Students keep a journal, meeting rubric criteria. Oral Presentation: Student groups create a flea market in the target culture, including products available, food, and music, meeting rubric criteria. Final Project: Students experience a day at the flea market in other target cities. Following the flea market experience, students describe a purchase they made, a culinary delight they encountered, and share a song they learned in the target cities. |
| Resources: | Internet Library resources Videos Music Actual currency |