Thursday, December 3, 2015

Thursday & Friday Dec 3rd & 4th Days 66 & 67

Etiquette and Travel Brochure Day 2

Objective(s):
Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a travel brochure about an assigned country that addresses various social etiquette as well as local biome influences of weather, food, vegetation and animals
Rationale: Understanding the various influences on cultural characteristics that make places unique must include both natural and man-made cultural details

Evidence: Being able to build a travel brochure that guides visitors to various local cuisine, weather expectations, and proper cultural greetings and eating habits will allow students to demonstarte the role that each plays in defining a "place"
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 Today's schedule

TEST ON COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE AND BIOMES

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Once the test is finished, continue to work on your Project

You will be assigned a country. You will  access information about your country from the
Etiquette Website ( here ) as well as from the Cultural Grams tab at the top of the blog along the Navigation Bar.

Directions:( here )


Example of Hand Gestures and their meaning - ( here )

Project - You will use Google Slides (portrait 8 X 11 with 1/2 inch margins on all sides) to make a 2 page Travel Brochure - 1 page will be dedicated to the Etiquette aspects of the country, and the 2nd page will be dedicated to the Biomes/Natural Vegetation, Weather, Food, Animals, etc of the culture (based on the Biomes Spreadsheet)