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TRAVEL AMBASSADOR. Sheila Harvey & Ashley Feldkamp. Fall 2006. What is a Travel Ambassador?. PAPER CUT-OUT OR STUFFED ANIMAL. MAILED OR ACTUALLY TRAVEL. HAS A LIST OF QUESTIONS. HAS A CAMERA FOR PICTURES. Why It’s A Good Classroom Idea. TRAVELS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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TRAVEL AMBASSADOR Sheila Harvey & Ashley Feldkamp Fall 2006
What is a Travel Ambassador? • PAPER CUT-OUT OR STUFFED ANIMAL • MAILED OR ACTUALLY TRAVEL • HAS A LIST OF QUESTIONS • HAS A CAMERA FOR PICTURES
Why It’s A Good Classroom Idea • TRAVELS ALL OVER THE WORLD • BRINGS THE WORLD TO THE STUDENTS • COLLECTS CULTURAL & GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION • REINFORCES SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
Procedural Recommendations • DECIDE WHICH ASPECT OF THE SOCIAL • STUDIES CURRICULM TO REINFORCE • INTRODUCE THE IDEA TO THE CLASS • PURCHASE/CREATE MAILABLE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR • BRAINSTORM WITH STUDENTS WHERE TO SEND IT
Procedural Recommendations • MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR AMBASSADOR • 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
Applications & Ideas SEE PAGE 147 OF YOUR BOOK 50 SOCIAL STUDIES STRATEGIES FOR K-8 CLASSROOMS IT HAS A VERY CUTE STORY ABOUT ROVER (A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR). IT ALSO GIVES TONS OF IDEAS IN THE STORY.
EPR Question #1 A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR IS A LIVE ANIMAL THAT YOU MAIL OR TAKE AROUND THE WORLD? THUMBS UP = YES/TRUE THUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE
EPR Question #2 A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR HAS A LIST OF QUESTIONS AND A CAMERA WITH IT? THUMBS UP = YES/TRUE THUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE
EPR Question #3 THE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR IS A GOOD CLASSROOM IDEA BECAUSE IT BRINGS THE VARIOUS PLACES IN THE WORLD TO THE STUDENTS? THUMBS UP = YES/TRUE THUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE
EPR Question #4 THE FIRST STEP IN THE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR PROCEDURE IS TO MAKE/BUY A TRAVEL AMBASSADOR? THUMBS UP = YES/TRUE THUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE
EPR Question #5 AS A TEACHER YOU SHOULD NOT ASK THE STUDENTS IMPUT ON WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEND THE TRAVEL AMBASSADOR? THUMBS UP = YES/TRUE THUMBS DOWN = NO/FALSE
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Germany • 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.
Germany • Information you might want to look up and comment on! • History of Germany • Pass time • Land layout of Germany