Task:
Congratulations! You have just been elected Governor of the State of ________. [You choose the state] The Office of Tourism has just informed you that not enough people are visiting your state, and you must find a way to attract more visitors. You and your Public Relations Director are to create a presentation to display three outstanding features of the state.
Collect information from the Internet, encyclopedia CD's, books, reference materials, welcome center brochures, Email to the tourist division of the state you select, or any other methods you choose. After the research is done, decide what three features you want to include in your presentation. These features will be presented in a PowerPoint slide show.
Use the following Internet resources to collect information about the state you selected:
- Click on the state in this map to visit official state web sites
- Virtual Encyclopedia has a travel USA section with links to each state.
- Stately Knowledge has basic facts about any state
- Yahooligans has a page of links to each of the states
- Fifty States index gives facts of interest for each state
- See a topographic map of the state you selected
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Slide 1 |
Title slide may include name of your state, a slogan inviting people to visit, and picture(s) |
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Slide 2 |
List the three outstanding features of your state. |
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Slides 3, 4 & 5 |
On each of the next three slides, give three facts about each outstanding feature you want to promote in your state. |
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Slide 6 |
Concluding statement |
There must be a transition between each slide Clip art must be used on at least 2 slides You must use at least one graphic taken from the Internet At least 3 slides must be animated
