This lesson was conducted in the following classes:
- Cavo, 7-8
- Kayal, 13-14
- Cavo, 17-18
Handouts
- Group task instructions: Choose countries
- Cooperative Learning Roles: Country Decisions
- Country jigsaw note-taking sheet
- Research card decks
- Research Responsibilities grid
- Homework: Country Decision Log
Activity & Discussion
The goal for today’s time in the Media Center was to share country research summaries, pick the three countries that your team will visit, and assign in-depth research responsibilities to each team member.
Using the research summaries that they had prepared for homework, each team member spent two minutes briefing the team on two countries, providing their recommendation about whether to travel there and stating reasons why. As each team member spoke, the remaining team members took notes, which they will refer to when writing their decision-log homework.
After all team members had reported on their countries, the teams selected the three countries that their company would visit. Using color-coded decks of country research-assignment cards, team members divided responsibility for researching six key aspects of the three countries:
- Activities, culture & entertainment
- Transportation & travel
- Food & lodging
- National & local profile
- Cross-cultural communication
- Timing, health & safety
Homework
Check in with your team members to determine the countries they selected, the reasons why, and your research responsibilities.
Complete the Personal Decision Log-Country Choices assignment on Nice Net; due by midnight on Friday, Nov. 6.
Submit to Ms. Hickson your completed country fact sheets (2), your country summary sheet (1, double-sided), and any corresponding web-evaluation sheets (if you used web sources).
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