Where in the World Should I Go?

Role: You are a travel agent preparing a customer for a vacation. You are exploring the ways in which a travel agent uses geographic information to help their clients.

Goal: Persuade a customer to visit a specific city that is in a specific country, that is part of a specific continent. You will also be recommending activities to do and the types of clothing your customer should bring with them that will be appropriate for the climate in that location.

Audience: Customer looking for a city to visit.

Driving Question: What can we, as 3rd grade travel agents, recommend for people to pack if they go and visit different regions on the 6 continents?

Part 1. Directions: Create a map key for the following geographic features. Use the landform map in Britannica to help you locate and label each feature. You may need to look up the feature in a separate Britannica article in order to locate and label it on the map.

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Type your continent into the search box. Make sure it’s the continent.

4. Use the maps and the information in Natural Environments or Land and Climate section to locate and label the features on your map key.

5. Create symbols to represent the geographic features on you map key. 6. Draw those symbols on your map. Use the information in Britannica to help you locate the exact locations of these features.

Part 2. Directions:1. Use the maps in Natural Environments or Land and Climate section to locate and label

the country you are going to research for your client.2. On the map key, pick a color to label your country. 3. Color the country that color4. Write the name of your country on your map key

Part 3. Directions: Using the Natural Features section of your article in Britannica, list any additional facts and features about your continent that you find interesting or important.

1. Copy 3 interesting facts about your continents land and climate

Part 4. Directions: 1. Go to weather-and-climate.com. 2. Locate your country on the list and click on it.

3. Copy the Climate and Average Weather information.

Part 5. Directions: 1. Scroll to the map at the bottom of the weather-and-climate.com page. 2. Select a city to visit by clicking on a pin. This is the city you will plan a trip to.

3. Fill in the chart with the information about this city.

4. You will need to use the weather charts on the bottom of the webpage to get your weather averages. Please click show in Fahrenheit for temperatures and show in inches for precipitation.

Part 6. Directions: 1. Consider the summer weather and winter weather for your city.

● What are the summer temperatures for your city?● What are the winter temperatures for your city?● Remember that if your city is in the southern hemisphere, its summer is during our winter

months and its winter months are our summer months. 2. Complete the packing list for your client listing the types of clothing that he/she would need during that season

Part 7. Directions: 1. Go to ProQuest Culture Grams.

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2. Select Kids Edition.

3. Click on your Continent.

4. Click on your country.5. Using the Did You Know Section, list 5 facts you think your client would be interested in knowing about the county that he/she is visiting.

Part 8. Directions: Your client will need to know what type of money is used in this country and will also need to know how to get around. 1. In the Society Section (Green) click on Money and Economy. Fill in the chart.

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2. In the Society Section (Green) click on Getting Around. Fill in the chart.

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Part 9. Your client will want to know about the lifestyle (things to do) for this country. 1. In the Lifestyle Section (Red) click on Games and Sports, Holidays, and Food to gather important lifestyle tips for your client.

2. Fill in the chart with 6-10 tips for your client. There is a section on the chart for Games and Sports. There is a section on the chart for Holidays. There is a section on the chart for Food.

WORK CITED Information

Citation Help is Continued Below.

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In The citations have a different location.

1. You must scroll to the bottom of the page you are using.2. You will see this:

Citation Help is Continued Below.

When you are using the Society or Lifestyle Sections, your page will look like this:

Here is your citation for weather and climate.com: You must copy and paste it from here into your WORKS CITED

“Weather and Climate Information for Every Country around the World.” Weather and Climate Information for Every Country around the World., weather-and-climate.com/.