Virtual Vacation
Students will use the Internet and other resources to research information needed to plan a 14day vacation. Students may select a destination from one of the ancient civilization studied this
year. This project enables students to use their research skills to solve a problem. It also
provides an opportunity to apply what they have learned about ancient civilizations in the
previous weeks.
Students will be required to complete the following tasks:
1. Research – Use the Internet and other appropriate sources to gather the information
necessary to complete the project.
2. Title Page – include your vacation location, your name, and the date
3. Itinerary – You will create an itinerary in a MS Word table which gives details about
each day’s activities as well as method and time needed to travel.
4. Informational Flyer – You will use Publisher to create an eye-catching, well
designed advertisement to encourage clients to book your trip.
5. Presentation – You will use Power Point to create a presentation about your
vacation. Be sure to include the type of currency needed, food, climate,
landmarks/destinations, and any other facts that are relevant to your destination.
***Be sure to check the rubric for specific requirements and grading criteria!***
Name______________________Hour______Date___________
Internet Research
Use the internet and other resources to gather the following information. Record your answers
on the worksheet. It will be collected as part of your grade. Keep in mind that you will be
creating a Power Point presentation. You should collect images during your research. Just
remember that images should represent the ancient civilization and not the modern one.
Civilization Name: __________________________________________________
Currency:
Source(s):_____________________________________________________
Climate: high/low temperature, rainfall, etc.
Winter:______________________________________________________
Summer: :___________________________________________________________
Source(s):_____________________________________________________
Transportation: What methods are available? Which are the most common? Most convenient?
1.) _____________________________________________________________
2.) _____________________________________________________________
3.) _____________________________________________________________
Source(s):_______________________________________________________
Accommodations: Describe the type of place you would stay.
Entertainment: attractions, landmarks, sites to visit, side trips. You must have something
planned for at least 5 days of your vacation. You must include how to travel and time needed to
get from one place to another.
Location: _____________________________________________________
Method of Travel: ______________________________________________
Reason for selection: ____________________________________________
Source(s): ______________________________________________
Location: _____________________________________________________
Method of Travel: ______________________________________________
Reason for selection: ____________________________________________
Source(s): ______________________________________________
Location: _____________________________________________________
Method of Travel: ______________________________________________
Reason for selection: ____________________________________________
Source(s): ______________________________________________
Location: _____________________________________________________
Method of Travel: ______________________________________________
Reason for selection: ____________________________________________
Source(s): _____________________________________________
Location: _____________________________________________________
Method of Travel: ______________________________________________
Reason for selection: ____________________________________________
Source(s): ______________________________________________
Food: Describe what dishes would be served, food available, and how it was obtained. (ie, Do
they hunt? Farm? Gather?)
Source(s): ______________________________________________________
Any other relevant information:
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Create a title page for your project as shown below.
Add a page border by:
1. Clicking format, Borders, and Shading
2. Click on the page border tab
3. Select any type of border you like, plain or fancy.
Civilization Name
Name
Date
Hour
3.5” on the page
24 point font
14 point font
at about 7”
Create an Itinerary
To help you plan your vacation and make sure that you have allowed enough travel time between
destinations, you will create an itinerary. This will help you plan travel times and map routes.
You should have each of the 5 landmarks listed, one per day.
Steps:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Open a new Word document.
Create a title including the name of your destination.
Insert a 3-column word table.
Label the columns: Activity, Location, Time/Duration.
Enter details about each day’s activities.
Apply an auto format to your table to enhance its appearance.
Vacation Itinerary
Activity
Location
Travel Time/Duration
Create a Presentation in PowerPoint
1. Open PowerPoint and create a new presentation.
2. Choose an appealing slide design (Format/Slide Design).
3. Choose the title slide layout for your first slide.
a. Type a title in the title box which includes the name of your civilization
b. In the subtitle box type your name, date, and hour
4. Insert a new slide
a. Title the slide Map of ____________
b. Find and insert a map of your location
c. Include general information about the geography of your location
5. Insert a new slide
a. Title the slide Currency
b. Insert an image of currency
6. Insert 3 new slides for your favorite landmarks
a. Title the slides Landmarks or Places to Visit
b. Insert an image
c. Label the attraction
d. Include general information about the landmark
7. Insert a new slide
a. Title the slide Accommodations
b. Include some details about where you would have stayed
8. Insert a new slide
a. Title the slide Climate
b. Insert pictures that depict the climate or terrain of your location
c. Include details about the climate
9. Insert a new slide
a. Title the slide Impact of Geography
b. Give a brief summary of the ways that geography impacted the civilization
General Guidelines
 You must have at least 8 slides. you may include more, but NO LESS.
 Graphic Components:
o One slide design applied to all slides
o Pictures on slides 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
o Map on slide 2
Multimedia Project : Virtual Vacation of an Ancient
Civilization
Teacher Name: Mrs. Temple
Student Name:
________________________________________
CATEGORY
5 Points
3 Points
1 Point
Points X 2
Title Page
Includes all required
information: student
name, date, and
hour. Format is
correct.
Missing
information or
format is not
correct.
Does not include
all required
information and
format is not
correct.
_____
Itinerary Content
Includes 5
List of
List of
attractions/landmarks attractions and attractions and
and complete travel
travel
travel
information
information is
information is
incomplete. 2-4 incomplete. Less
landmarks are
than 2
listed with travel landmarks are
method.
listed.
Itinerary Format Table is complete as
Data table is
No data table is
stated in the
present, but not
present.
instructions. Table
in the format
has 3 columns and a provided in the
format style. All data
directions.
is complete.
Informational
Flyer - Content
Informational
Flyer - Format
Flyer contains
Flyer contains1 Flyer does not
accurate information
or 2
contain accurate
about your
inaccuracies.
information or
civilization.
details about the
civilization.
Flyer is visually
Flyer contains a
appealing and
graphic but lacks
contains a graphic.
design or
creativity.
_____
_____
_____
flyer does not
contain a
graphic.
_____
PowerPoint
Content
PowerPoint
Format
Sources
Mechanics
Presentation
Presentation
contains minimum of
contains 5-7
8 slides with all
slides. Some
required information information may
including: title slide, be incomplete.
map slide, 3
landmark slides,
currency slide,
conclusion slide.
Presentation
contains less
than 4 slides.
_____
All slides have a
Slides do not
Slide layout is
consistent layout.
have a
inconsistent
Pictures, clip art, or consistent layout and/or graphics
graphics are present and/or graphic are missing on
on the required
element is
more than 2
slides
missing on some
slides.
(2-6,8).
slides
(1-3).
Sources are
Sources are
documented on each documented on
slide.
4-7 slides.
Project is free of
typographical or
grammatical errors.
_____
Sources are
missing or
documented on
less than 4
slides.
_____
Project contains Project contains
less than 3
4 or more
typographical or typographical or
grammatical
grammatical
errors.
errors.
_____
*ABOVE POINT TOTALS ARE MULTIPLIED BY 2 FOR 90 PTS TOTAL*
Teacher Comments:
Rubric Made Using:
RubiStar ( http://rubistar.4teachers.org )
Virtual Vacation of the Ancient World
Name: ________________________
Teacher:
Date of Presentation: ____________
Title of Work: ___________________
Criteria
1
Audience cannot
understand
presentation
Organization
because there is
no sequence of
information.
Content
Knowledge
Visuals
Delivery
2
Audience has
difficulty
following
presentation
because
student jumps
around.
Student is
Student does not
uncomfortable
have grasp of
with information
information;
and is able to
student cannot
answer only
answer questions
rudimentary
about subject.
questions.
Points
3
4
Student
Student
presents
presents
information in
information in
logical,
logical
interesting
sequence
sequence
which audience
which audience
can follow.
can follow.
Student
demonstrates
Student is at
full knowledge
ease with
(more than
content, but
required) with
fails to
explanations
elaborate.
and
elaboration.
Student
Student used
occasional used
Visuals related
visuals to
Student used no
visuals that
to text and
reinforce
visuals.
rarely support
presentation. screen text and
text and
presentation.
presentation.
Student mumbles,
Student
Student's voice
incorrectly
incorrectly
Student used a
is clear.
pronounces terms, pronounces
clear voice and
Student
and speaks too terms. Audience
correct, precise
pronounces
quietly for students members have
pronunciation
most words
in the back of class difficulty hearing
of terms.
correctly.
to hear.
presentation.
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