Travel Brochure
Standards:
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Students will identify states and capitals of the region.
Students will identify elements of the region's environment.
Students will identify the key resources of the region
Students will use correct spelling and mechanics when writing
Since you know so much about the Northeast Region, a travel
agency has hired you to create a brochure for the Northeast that it
can hand out to its customers.
Task:
1. Fold a piece of 11 x 8 piece of white paper into thirds and fold like a brochure.
2. On the cover title your brochure, “The Northeast” with your name.
3. On 5 pages, you must list:
- All 10 States and capitals from Northwest region
- At least 3 main landforms
- At least 3 resources
- 3 things to do for fun (amusement parks, monuments, sights to see…)
- There must be one page devoted to pictures of the Northeast.
4. You may design your brochure anyway you like, but it must include the items listed
above as well as be pleasing to the eye and colorful.
Rubric
2
Listed 3 or 4
states
Listed 3 or 4
capitals
1
Listed 1 or 2
states
Listed 1 or 2
capitals
Listed 1
landform
Listed 1
resource
Listed 1
Thing to do
There is not a
page of
pictures
All Brochure
pages are
colorful
Some pages
are colorful
No pages are
colorful
Spelling
All words are
spelled
correctly
Most words
are spelled
correctly
Some words
are spelled
correctly
There are
many
mistakes in
spelling
Punctuation/
Capitalization
(mechanics)
No errors in
mechanics
Few errors in
mechanics
Some errors
in mechanics
Many errors
in mechanics
States
Capitals
Landforms
Resources
Things to do
Pictures
5
Listed 9 or 10
states
Listed 9 or 10
capitals
Listed 3
landforms
Listed 3
resources
Listed 3
Things to do
4
Listed 7 or 8
states
Listed 7 or 8
capitals
3
Listed 5 or 6
states
Listed 5 or 6
capitals
Listed 2
landforms
Listed 2
resources
Listed 2
Things to do
There is 1
page with
pictures
Colorful