Sheila Harvey & Ashley FeldkampSheila Harvey & Ashley FeldkampFall 2006

What is a Travel Ambassador?What is a Travel Ambassador?

• PAPER CUT-OUT OR STUFFED ANIMAL • PAPER CUT-OUT OR STUFFED ANIMAL

• MAILED OR ACTUALLY TRAVEL • MAILED OR ACTUALLY TRAVEL

• HAS A LIST OF QUESTIONS • HAS A LIST OF QUESTIONS

• HAS A CAMERA FOR PICTURES• HAS A CAMERA FOR PICTURES

Why It’s A Good Classroom IdeaWhy It’s A Good Classroom Idea

•TRAVELS ALL OVER THE WORLD •TRAVELS ALL OVER THE WORLD

• BRINGS THE WORLD TO THE STUDENTS• BRINGS THE WORLD TO THE STUDENTS

• COLLECTS CULTURAL & GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION• COLLECTS CULTURAL & GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

• REINFORCES SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM• REINFORCES SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM

Procedural RecommendationsProcedural Recommendations

• DECIDE WHICH ASPECT OF THE SOCIALSTUDIES CURRICULM TO REINFORCE

• DECIDE WHICH ASPECT OF THE SOCIALSTUDIES CURRICULM TO REINFORCE

• INTRODUCE THE IDEA TO THE CLASS• INTRODUCE THE IDEA TO THE CLASS

• PURCHASE/CREATE MAILABLE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR• PURCHASE/CREATE MAILABLE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR

• BRAINSTORM WITH STUDENTS WHERE TO SEND IT• BRAINSTORM WITH STUDENTS WHERE TO SEND IT

Procedural RecommendationsProcedural Recommendations

• MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR AMBASSADOR • MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR AMBASSADOR

• WHILE TRAVELING, ASK ABOUT ITS JOURNEY-Calculate Travel Distance

-Time Zones-Any other questions or comments

• WHILE TRAVELING, ASK ABOUT ITS JOURNEY-Calculate Travel Distance

-Time Zones-Any other questions or comments

• WHEN IT RETURNS, LEAVE TIME FOR PICTURES AND CLASS DISCUSSIONS

• WHEN IT RETURNS, LEAVE TIME FOR PICTURES AND CLASS DISCUSSIONS

Applications & IdeasApplications & Ideas

SEE PAGE 147 OF YOUR BOOK50 SOCIAL STUDIES STRATEGIES

FOR K-8 CLASSROOMSIT HAS A VERY CUTE STORY ABOUTROVER (A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR).IT ALSO GIVES TONS OF IDEAS IN

THE STORY.

SEE PAGE 147 OF YOUR BOOK50 SOCIAL STUDIES STRATEGIES

FOR K-8 CLASSROOMSIT HAS A VERY CUTE STORY ABOUTROVER (A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR).IT ALSO GIVES TONS OF IDEAS IN

THE STORY.

EPR Question #1EPR Question #1

A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR IS A LIVEANIMAL THAT YOU MAIL OR TAKE

AROUND THE WORLD?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR IS A LIVEANIMAL THAT YOU MAIL OR TAKE

AROUND THE WORLD?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

EPR Question #2EPR Question #2

A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR HAS A LISTOF QUESTIONS AND A CAMERA

WITH IT?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR HAS A LISTOF QUESTIONS AND A CAMERA

WITH IT?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

EPR Question #3EPR Question #3

THE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR IS A GOODCLASSROOM IDEA BECAUSE IT BRINGSTHE VARIOUS PLACES IN THE WORLD

TO THE STUDENTS?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

THE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR IS A GOODCLASSROOM IDEA BECAUSE IT BRINGSTHE VARIOUS PLACES IN THE WORLD

TO THE STUDENTS?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

EPR Question #4EPR Question #4

THE FIRST STEP IN THE TRAVELAMBASSADOR PROCEDURE IS TO

MAKE/BUY A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

THE FIRST STEP IN THE TRAVELAMBASSADOR PROCEDURE IS TO

MAKE/BUY A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

EPR Question #5EPR Question #5

AS A TEACHER YOU SHOULD NOTASK THE STUDENTS IMPUT ON

WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SENDTHE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

AS A TEACHER YOU SHOULD NOTASK THE STUDENTS IMPUT ON

WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SENDTHE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR?

THUMBS UP = YES/TRUETHUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE

ARIVING AT THE BEACH

CHECKING OUT THE CAR

SURFING

RELAXING BY THE PALMETTO

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• Flag

• Map

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• Activities – On the weekends, café or youth club, bakeries, sidewalk cafés,

parks and playgrounds, youth discos for teens under 16, and are usually open until the midnight curfew.

• Fun Facts– July is the month in which the world's biggest techno music

festival, the Love Parade , takes place.– In fact, in all big cities in Germany there are “blade nights” once a

week, where hundreds of inline skaters can skate through the streets, which are closed to normal traffic for the event.

• Sports– soccer (Fußball). – Handball, which is similar to soccer, except that the ball is thrown,

not kicked, is also popular. basketball, inline skating and skate boarding are very popular.

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• Information you might want to look up and comment on!– History of Germany– Pass time– Land layout of Germany