grade 6 social studies jordan cotten tour south america

Grade 6

Social Studies

Jordan Cotten

TourSouth America

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Congratulations! You and your classmates have been given the responsibility of deciding where the 6th grade class should go on a field trip in South America.

Your job is to persuade others to want to tour your desired attraction!

Do you want to go to the steep drop of Angel Falls, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, or the giant statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking Rio de Janiero?

MACHU PICCHU ANGEL

FALLS

CHRISTTHEREDEEMER

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Your group is developing a brochure to prepare yourselves for a debate against your classmates who want to go to a different tourist attraction.

Your group’s job is to convince everyone else to go with you on your field trip!!!

Remember: read everything on all three sites in order to refute others’ recommendations and support your own choice.

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Step 1: Get with your teacher assigned groups.

Step 2: Look at all three tourist attractions and decide which place your group thinks would be the best to take the 6th grade class on a field trip.

Step 3: Make a brochure about your destination which convinces your classmates to want to go there on their class trip.

A. Include a brief historical background

B. Include visuals (photos, drawings, etc.)

C. Include description of attraction and reasons why this is the best destination

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Step 4: Take notes from the resources to be able to

support your reasons why you chose that specific

destination.

Step 5: Be prepared to debate your reasons against the

other destinations and for your desired destination.

Back to Steps 1, 2, & 3

ResourcesClick on the pictures to research each destination

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Machu Picchu

Angel Falls

Christ the Redeemer

ResourcesMACHU PICCHU

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PICTURES

HISTORYBACKGROUND

GENERAL INFORMATION

CLICK ON VIDEOABOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MACHU PICCHU

ResourcesANGEL FALLS

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HISTORY

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GENERAL INFORMATION 1

GENERAL INFORMATION 2

ResourcesCHRIST THE REDEEMER

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PICTURES

HISTORY/BACKGROUND

GENERAL INFORMATION

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BrochureRubric

EvaluationDestination Brochure

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DebateRubric

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GREAT JOB!!!YOUR GROUP IS READY TO

CONVINCE YOUR CLASSMATES TO ATTEND A FIELD TRIP TO YOUR DESIRED DESTINATION!

HAVE YOUR BROCHURE READY TO POINT OUT NECESSARY INFORMATION.

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References

References

Mystic Lands: Peru: Kingdom in the Clouds. The Incan City of Machu Picchu Duncan Group.(1997). Retrieved July 25, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/