World Geography Travel Agent Project

This project asks students to work both individually and with a group to develop a travel package for a fictional celebrity traveler (see Preview file). Students will research various world locations, write a persuasive paragraphs about the locations, and create a presentation to convince the traveler to select their travel package.
In addition to helping students learn more about world geography, this project is a great way to incorporate many of the Common Core ELA standards within your social studies classroom. It also allows students an opportunity to work together on an authentic project, while still being held responsible for their own individual work. Lastly, it provides an opportunity for students to use a variety of technology to gather, create, and present information.
This purchase includes a lesson plan with a detailed step by step sequence, a graphic organizer to help students research, a student instructions sheet that explains the scenario, a world map, a form to help student groups prepare for their presentation, and a grading rubric to help score the essay, and more.
This project is also easy to adapt to fit your individual needs. The locations students research can easily be changed, students can write as much or as little as you choose, and the specific information you require about each place can be adapted.
Finally, this project not only gives the teacher a great deal of choice, but is designed to give the students a great deal of choice as well.