STEP1. Read the introduction, task, evaluation, and each of the roles
carefully.
STEP2. Discuss each of the roles and their requirements in a team meeting,
and decide who will perform each role. You will be asked to list the role
name (role 1 - Physical Geographer, Role 2 - Human/Environment Geographer,
and Role 3 - Tourism Geographer) and the team members who will perform those
roles on a piece of notebook paper and submit to the Magazine Editor
(teacher) at the end of the meeting. Choose carefully! Once roles have
been chosen, you may not switch!
STEP3. Once roles have been chosen, each person will go to their role page
and follow the directions for their specific task. You will receive a
Travel Journal at the beginning of the project to collect your notes and
research. You are responsible for completing all pages in the Travel
Journal as a part of your final grade and points counted towards the
Mercator Prize.
STEP4. After you have used the internet resources on your role page to
complete your notes and research, you may begin to type your required
components for the magazine layout. Templates for each table have already
been saved in a folder for each region under your editor's (teacher's)
name. You will need to then begin your 5 paragraph essay, and your
narrative - both of which must include the plan, rough draft, and final
draft. Save each of your documents to your Team's Project folder so that
they can be compiled to complete this month's edition of Travel U.S.A.!
Geographical Magazine.
STEP5. Print out a copy of the Project Rubric. Score your items using the
rubric in pencil. The editor (teacher) will score using red pen and will
provide any feedback and comments. Remember, careless work on this team
project may mean that some members have to re-do items. Only quality work
is allowed in a publication of this caliber!
Step 6. As a final assignment, each team is required to meet and discuss
their roles and what they learned. They will brainstorm a list of the most
important things that a visitor should know about their region. They will
then narrow the list to the 5 most important items and produce a bulleted
list to be used in the publication.
