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NYS Content Area Standard
CDOS Standard 3a Universal Foundation Skills: select and use appropriate technology to complete a task
LOTE - Standard 1: Communication Skills 2. Reading and writing are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
NATIONAL STANDARDS
  1. Foreign Language: Use of Written Language
  2. Technology: Use of Software
 Title: Visita El Parque Adirondack
Grade Level: 8th Grade Spanish (adapt to other foreign languages)

Author: Shannon McKeighan, Glens Falls Middle School

Email: smckeigh@gfsd.org
 Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
_X_ Natural History
___ Human History
___ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
_X_ Health, Recreation & Life Skills

Investigative Question or Issue: How can we encourage Spanish speaking tourists to visit the Adirondack region?

Challenge:  
Create a travel brochure or slide show in a language other than English (French, German, Swedish, etc.) that could be used to attract non-English speaking tourists to our part of the Adirondack region.

Context for this Challenge: Before issuing this challenge, the teacher will want to ensure access to
the appropriate computers and software (such as Publisher or Powerpoint) necessary to complete this
project as written. Resource materials about the Adirondacks (such as www.adirondacks.com), both text and online, should also be available. Students need to have enough foreign language proficiency to be able to effectively compose written material.

Directions: A student hand-out with the following requirements and a deadline should be prepared
and copies of the Product Quality Checklist may be also be given out . They may be modified to whatever the teacher feels appropriate for students in his/her classroom.

Quality Standards:

  • Product includes a map of the Northern Forest region with at least eight physical features labeled.
  • A section of the brochure or sequence of slides is devoted to each of the four seasons. All information in each of these sections is in the language of the target non-English speaking population
  • The name of each season is identified.
  • Two or three weather conditions typical of the season with suggested clothing to adapt to those conditions comfortably are described. Four or five recreational activities that are common during the season that may be of interest to the tourist are described.
  • Several visuals that give the viewer a sense of what the season will “look like/feel like” when they visit are included
  • All information is accurate
  • Language usage, vocabulary, and punctuation are correct
  • Product is engaging and visually appealing.
Adapted for the Adirondack Curriculum Project from the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC ©ACP 2002

   Product Quality
Checklist
Date: ________                                                                     Class Period: ________
Product Author(s):

 
 Visita El Parque Adirondack
Evaluator Name(s)
 
 Observed Standard/Criteria
Possible
Points
Rating
   Product is engaging and visually appealing
 
   All information is accurate
 
   Language usage, vocabulary, and punctuation are correct
 
   Product includes a map of the Adirondacks with at least eight physical features labeled.
 
   The name of each season is identified
 

 Two or three weather conditions typical of the season with suggested clothing to adapt to those conditions comfortably are described
 		   

 Four or five recreational activities that are common during the season that may be of interest to the tourist are described


 Several visuals that  give the viewer a sense of what the season will "look like/feel like" when they visit are included

 
TOTALS
    

Comments: This would be a project completed after the following Checkpoint A topics have been covered: Physical Environment, travel, leisure, and clothing if that topic will be included in the brochure.