European Travel Brochure

Mary Green

SS-HS-4.3.1

Students will describe the movement and settlement patterns of people in various places and analyze the causes of that movement and settlement (e.g., push factors such as famines or military conflicts; pull factors such as climate or economic opportunity) and the impacts in the modern world (1500 A.D. to present) and United States (Reconstruction to present).

SS-HS-4.1.1

Students will use a variety of geographic tools (e.g., maps, globes, photographs, models, satellite images, charts, graphs, databases) to explain and analyze the reasons for the distribution of physical and human features on Earth's surface.

SS-HS-4.2.2

Students will explain how physical (e.g., climate, mountains, rivers) and human characteristics (e.g., interstate highways, urban centers, workforce) of regions create advantages and disadvantages for human activities in a specific place.

Objective:

Create a brochure for teens traveling to Europe. The publisher, you, will need to choose a European country and create a brochure about that country using the five themes of geography. In the brochure you must include a section on the brief history of the country, places that you must see in the area, where it is located in relation to other countries and also what region, and also what is the best way to get around in the country; train, bus, taxi, etc.

Also in the brochure I would like for you to include a section that would make students like yourself want to visit this country. All information must be cited from the research that will be done prior to production. You may use travel books, books about the country, the internet, or even an interview from a fellow classmate that has visited that country.

The brochure must be creative and look like a travel brochure. It must also include picture of the places suggested and a map of the country.

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Graphics/Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.
Sources	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 95-100% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 94-85% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 84-75% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Sources are not documented accurately or are not kept on many facts and graphics.
Knowledge Gained	the student can accurately answer all questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	The student can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	The students can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure.	The student appear to have little knowledge about the facts or technical processes used in the brochure.
Content - Accuracy	All facts in the brochure are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	89-80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has well-organized information.	The brochure's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Writing - Organization	Each section in the brochure has a clear beginning, middle, and end.	Almost all sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.	Most sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.	Less than half of the sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.
Writing - Grammar	There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure.	There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure after feedback from an adult.	There are 1-2 grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.	There are several grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.
Writing - Vocabulary	The student correctly use several new words and define words unfamiliar to the reader.	The student correctly use a few new words and define words unfamiliar to the reader.	The student tried to use some new vocabulary, but may use 1-2 words incorrectly.	The student does not incorporate new vocabulary.
Use of the Five themes of geography	The student included all of the themes correctly.	The student included the themes of geography but used them incorrectly.	The student used 3 or less of the themes of geography and used them correctly	The student used 3 or less of the themes of geography and used them incorrectly.