NC Counties Brochure Project

NC 8.G.1.2 Understand the human and physical characteristics of regions in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. physical features, culture, political organization and ethnic make-up) 

NC TRAVEL BROCHURE PROJECT

 Geography / 21 Century Skills:

• Research and analyze information that relates to country *Written Communication

*Oral Communication *Content Literacy *Critical Thinking *Work Ethic

*Create a unique visual product

Objectives:

• Students will research a region/county/city in North Carolina
• Students will gain research skills by researching their county
• Students will gain experience in presenting and talking in front of crowds by presenting their brochures in front of the class
• Students will foster their persuasive skills by attempting to persuade their classmates to vacation in the county/city they research

Research Component/Project Requirements-Using the Internet and MS Word, you will:

• Research a county/city in North Carolina
• Information required: Description of county using the 5 Themes of Geography

1. Climate, Major cities, Population, Major land masses (mountains, rivers, rainforests etc.), groups of people, Food, traditions, anything else interesting that you may find

• Find information on at least 5 places to see or things to do for entertainment/sight seeing in that county that a visitor would enjoy * (Rough Draft for 1159PM Friday 8/21/20
• Find three a travel packages to that destination (plane, train, car) and research the costs of airfare and hotel
• Include a map of the county and as least 4 areas of interest
• Include least six pictures of your county (obtained from the internet)
• You should find out as much as you can about your county

You are to become like experts on your county to be able to persuade your fellow classmates to vacation in your county

• Prepare a Tri-fold brochure with the travel information
• Correct spelling and grammar usage
• Professional appearance in design and layout

Resources for creating a brochure

To Set Up Tri-Fold Brochure Using MS Publisher:

• Open Publisher
• Click on “Publication for Print”
• Select “Brochure”
• Choose the informational template
• Begin changing the template to fit your needs

To Set Up Tri-Fold Brochure Using MS Word:

• Click on “File”
• Go down to “Page Set up”
• Go over to the “Paper Size tab”
• In the “Orientation” box, switch to “Landscape”
• Go back to the “Margins” tab and change the margins to: o Top and bottom margins to .5

o  Left and right margins to .3

• Click “OK”
• Go to the “Format” button
• Click on “Columns”
• Under “Presets” choose “three”
• Hit “OK”

To Obtain Text or Images From the Internet:

• Find the image you want, point to it, right click the mouse, and select Save Image As...
• Save the image to your disk in the proper format-- A:picture
• If you find an article to use, you may either highlight the text you want and use Edit, Copy to copy and Edit, Paste in your word processing program to paste OR
• From the webpage with the information you want, go to File, Save As...
• Save the file on your disk with the extension TXT-- A:webpage.txt
• You can open the file later in your word processing program and copy and paste then
• Remember to write down the internet address of the web site where you obtain information for the project

Google Doc pre-formatted (Make A Copy) Links to an external site.

8-20-2020 Submission 

County Selection Google Sheet Links to an external site.

Make sure you are in the correct core at the bottom. 

8-21 Recording

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