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To evaluate your progress on the “mi familia” unit in Spanish, you will be constructing a family photo album or family tree poster of a famous or fictious (make-believe) family, BUT if you want, you can still do a REAL family tree of your family.

As a potential representative of the country you and your partner (if you have one) chose, the Secretary of Tourism (teacher) has given you the task of creating a TRAVEL BOARD for the promotion of tourism. The Secretary of Tourism also provided you with a list of questions and tasks that must be on the TRAVEL BOARD. If approved, the Secretary of Tourism will allow you to present your TRAVEL BOARD at the annual INTERNATIONAL EVENT as your country’s representative. In order to prepare, you will research from the internet, library books and magazines to learn more about the country’s culture, climate, currency, religion, foods, housing, famous landmarks, etc. by finding the answers to the questions and information requests given to you by the Secretary before creating the TRAVEL BOARD. Upon completion, you will present your TRAVEL BOARD in front of a panel of potential tourists (classmates) and the Secretary of Tourism (teacher).

Rubric for evaluating student presentations. Can be applied to any presentation. Adopted from http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html

As a potential representative of the country you and your partner (if you have one) chose, the Secretary of Tourism (teacher) has given you the task of creating a TRAVEL BOARD for the promotion of tourism. The Secretary of Tourism also provided you with a list of questions and tasks that must be on the TRAVEL BOARD. If approved, the Secretary of Tourism will allow you to present your TRAVEL BOARD at the annual INTERNATIONAL EVENT as your country’s representative. In order to prepare, you will research from the internet, library books and magazines to learn more about the country’s culture, climate, currency, religion, foods, housing, famous landmarks, etc. by finding the answers to the questions and information requests given to you by the Secretary before creating the TRAVEL BOARD. Upon completion, you will present your TRAVEL BOARD in front of a panel of potential tourists (classmates) and the Secretary of Tourism (teacher).

The students will be graded on their collaborative skills within the group. Each member has an assigned role and task to work on and bring into the group as a whole.

You and your classmates will be taking a trip to an assigned French speaking country. Like any good tourist, you must prepare yourself before you visit in order to get the most from your trip! You will need to research on your country to learn about their culture, weather & climate, currency of the country, religion, foods, housing, famous landmarks and government. Divide up the work with your partners to complete Part 1 (RESEARCH & FORMAT), Part 2 (DRAW IT!) - Map & Flag and Part 3 (Oral Presentation) - Speaking & Culture

You and three friends are part of a foreign exchange program from the United States to Mexico. Now that it’s October, you start to notice some major changes occurring around you in town. People are suddenly hanging skeletons EVERYWHERE! You see “surfer skeletons, boy & girl skeletons, animal skeletons, even CHOCOLATE skeletons! It’s skeleton fever! What gives? Are these people just fanatics about Halloween? You are convinced that though at first glance, this holiday does seem weird and strange, it really is mis-understood instead of understood.