We all like traveling in order to meet new people and make new friends, to discover new cultures and civilizations and why not maybe just to relax or pursue our hobbies, be them skiing, swimming, shopping, sightseeing.
But we have all seen how hard it is sometimes to decide where to go, once you have the country, many times you have no idea about what to see or do there, you do not know anything about traditions or customs there or about what we call good manners and so on....
The WebQuest is a kind of activity in which with a certain purpose in mind you try to find certain answers through navigating online.The information you will collect is taken from the Internet only.
You are going to work in groups, each group dedicated to a particular country and look for certain information about that particular country. The countries you are going to visit virtually are: Austria, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, UK.
Introduction
We all like traveling in order to meet new people and make new friends, to discover new cultures and civilizations and why not maybe just to relax or pursue our hobbies, be them skiing, swimming, shopping, sightseeing.
But we have all seen how hard it is sometimes to decide where to go, once you have the country, many times you have no idea about what to see or do there, you do not know anything about traditions or customs there or about what we call good manners and so on....
You have just been hired by a local travel agency, and your first task is to stimulate interest in visiting certain European countries. You've been told to create a travel brochure highlighting the countries' historical, geographical, and cultural points of interest. The amount of people you can persuade to visit your country will greatly affect your position, and you may be fired if there aren't enough tourists. Do your best!
In this WebQuest each group will research a European country for information that might appear in a Travel Brochure. In the process of completing this assignment, each group will search information on the following aspects:
- information about travelling there (coach, plane, train....schedules, prices)
- general information about the weather, location and geographical neighbours
- capital and main cities
- language used
- main cultural, touristic and natural attractions (at least 4)
- find information about sightseeing, dining, hotels and transportation in the capital of each country
So basically what you have to do is to collect information on the particular aspects above that you save in word documents on categories to make it simpler. Make sure you also save a map of the country plus dozens of pictures illustrating the requirements above. be organized and save everything into a folder. Once you have collected your material start working on your travel brochure which will be done in Office Publisher. You will also have to design a poster for that country, that you can make on http://edu.glogster.com/ .
To make it easier for you here are some sites that you might need in your research. Yet, I have to mention they are just suggestions, as you may use whatever site you think provides you with the information needed.
- http://www.holidayplanners.com/index.php
- http://www.paralela45.ro/
- http://www.visiteurope.com/home.aspx
- http://tourism-in-europe.net/
- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g4-Europe-Vacations.html
London:
- http://www.londontourism.ca/
- http://www.visitlondon.com/
- http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501822-london_vacations-i;_ylt=AkvG3Yxsm34oTy7J8rxK6Qn8xmoA
Paris:
- http://en.parisinfo.com/
- http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501740-paris_vacations-i
- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g187147-Paris_Ile_de_France-Vacations.html
Rome:
- http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501769-rome_vacations-i
- http://www.enjoyrome.com/
- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g187791-Rome_Lazio-Vacations.html
- http://www.rome.info/sights/
Madrid:
- http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501800-madrid_vacations-i
- http://www.esmadrid.com/en/portal.do
- http://www.madrid-tourist-guide.com/
Vienna:
- http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501715-vienna_vacations-i
- http://www.wien.info/en
- http://www.aboutvienna.org/sights/sights.php
Warsaw:
- http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501786-warsaw_vacations-i
- http://www.warsawtour.pl/en
- http://www.um.warszawa.pl/en
- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g274856-Warsaw_Mazovia_Province_Central_Poland-Vacations.html
Once you finish all the work upload the brochure on your wiki page as well as post the poster you created on http://edu.glogster.com/. Since the brochure is a group work all the members of the same team will upload the same brochure. The poster can be an individual/ group work as well. Good luck!
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