Day Seventy-Six

Last day ... test day!!!

Have a great break and enjoy having NO HOMEWORK!!!

See you all in 2012!

Day Seventy-Five

Oh my ... two days left!

Cruise presentations ... finished!

Review for tomorrow's test.... sorry!

Day Seventy-Four

Cruise Day Presentations!

Day Seventy-Three (Tuesday)

Final work period before the cruise presentations (tomorrow)!

Click here to find the test review for this week's Unit Three test...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bTN8qVpsupf6nyJzEomtUpSvws6i5LR1QeB5L6bJjr0/edit

Day Seventy-Two

Please note that your cruise presentations will be on WEDNESDAY ... no exceptions.
The judges have made time in their busy schedules and will expecting a great cruise 'pitch'!

Today you will need to complete your Climate Graph data. I will do a demo in the classroom. Please use the website below to find the Climate data:

www.worldclimate.com

Remember to use 24-hour average temperature (in degrees Celcius) and Average Rainfall (in mm).

**You will not have Tuesday's class in the library... so please plan to do some work at home!

Day Seventy-One (Friday)

Field trip to the Royal Ontario Museum (Mayan Exhibit) and Chinatown!

Day Seventy

Today your individual country profiles are due at the end of class. For each cruise, you are responsible for researching one of your island port of calls and providing:

1) Some brief highlights of the country (a summary in your own words)

2) Biophysical activities for cruise passengers to do while visiting the island

2) Cultural activities for cruise passengers...

At the start of class we talked about our field trip tomorrow: ROM and Chinatown.

See this link to learn a bit more about Chinatown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FreP7Z3Se5o

Day 68 & 69.

Due at the end of Tuesday's class: cruise route (on map), directional arrow, countries visited (and coloured in!).

Due at the end of Wednesday's class: cruise ship cross section.

Day Sixty-Seven (Monday - Cruise Day!)

We're going cruising! Click here to find today's Powerpoint presentation about cruising in the Caribbean.

Click here to find the Cruise Project instructions.

The cruise cross-section cannot be downloaded to the blog. Please see me for copies.

Click here to find the Cruise Project evaluation rubric.

Use this site to help you with your cruise design.

Royal Caribbean International Site

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/home.do?SID=P3083374683&247SEM=

Day Sixty-Six (Friday)

10 more school days until the holiday break! (but who's counting... ?)

Today you completed a handout about the 3 types of Sustainable Tourism: Ecotourism, Wilderness Tourism, and Adventure (Adrenaline) Tourism.

For each, please be able to discuss: What? Why? Who? and Examples.

Day Sixty-Five

Finishing our Matari Maps: Designing an Ecotourism Trail

Day Sixty-Four

We started class by seeing where sea turtle lay their eggs on the shores of Tobago. What magnificent creatures!

We took up the Tobago case study. There are 3 important things you need to come away with:

(i) Be able to show evidence to support which stage of tourism development Tobago is current in.

(ii) Provide 3 objectives for the Tobago government to provide economic develpment in the area of tourism for the next 10 years.

(iii) Make a prediction (based on your question ii) for the future of Tobago: rejuvenation, stability, or decline?

Next, we started your Matari: Building an Ecotourism Trail assignment.

Day Sixty-Three

(i) We started with a documentary (click here for handout) looking at Ecotourism.

(ii) You completed the questions on the handout from the Tobago case study.

Day Sixty-Two (Monday)

A bit of a tricky topic today: The Stages of Tourism Development.

See pages 95-98 in the textbook. You will be doing a case study on Tobago.

Day Sixty-One (Friday)

Today we completed worksheets on the following topics:

(i) Tourism's Effect on Communities (Positive Impacts)

(ii) Foreign Ownership (Negative Impact)

Please be able to show how the Ripple Effect (also known as the Multiplier Effect) operates. For example, if you were to consider the act of buying a locally made souvenir, how would the revenue from that sale 'ripple' through the economy of that Caribbean country? We did a few examples on the board.

... and then we ate Jamaican patties. Yum!

Day Sixty

Thank you for all of your thoughtful comments on today's topic: sex tourism.

Please click here to access the powerpoint.

Foodie Friday is tomorrow! I will bring Jamaican patties...

Days 58 & 59

I'm glad that you all did so well on the test... :)

Click here to find the powerpoint which has guided our discussion over the last few days.

Day Fifty-Seven (Monday)

Passport to the Caribbean - Reading 2!!!

Word Search ...

Quiz tomorrow!

Day Fifty-Six

Today I was on a field trip with my grade 9's. You were to do two things today:

1) Finish watching the Lonely Planet dvd on Cuba and Haiti. Complete the purple question sheets.

2) Begin answering the Passport to the Caribbean reading and answer Part 1 of the questions. These were not assigned for homework :)

Day Fifty-Five (Thursday)

There were a number of field trips today so our numbers in class were low. What better way to jump in to our new region than by watching Pirates of the Caribbean??? :)

Day Fifty-Four

Today we worked on two set of question sheets on the topic of the Caribbean:

1) The climate of the Caribbean

2) The physical origins of the Caribbean

Day Fifty-Three

In small groups you traced a map of the Caribbean (using an overhead) on to a large piece of poster paper. This provided you with an opportunity to see the Caribbean in large, and get a feeling for the geographic locations of the various islands. You will be using these maps for your Design a Cruise project a few weeks from now.

Next, we did some note-taking on the geographic location of the islands, types of islands, and their cultural make-up.

Day Fifty-Two

Introduction to Unit 3: Travel and the Economy, with a focus on the Caribbean!

Today we learned about Bob Marley and some of the history behind Rastafarianism.

We did a large mind map of the Caribbean on the front board... and discussed what you need to do at the start of tomorrow's class: find a projector, get an overhead of the Caribbean from me, cut paper from the roll, find pencils, and get rolling!

Day Fifty-One

Test!

Day Fifty

Test Review!

Day Forty-Nine

YOUR SAFARIS AND VOLUNTOURS ARE DUE TODAY!!

No more class time can be given for this project :(

We will be having a Unit 2 test THIS THURSDAY. Click here to find Part 1 of the review!

Today we had a lesson on the topic of Slum Tourism, or 'Poorism'. Click here to access the powerpoint. You may notice that this is a modified version of the slide show I used in class today ... I had to take out some of the images because the file was too big for google docs!

Part 2 of the test review will be handed out tomorrow...

Days 46, 47, & 48

Work periods in the library for Safari and Voluntour project!

Here are the links to your Travel Health Projects. You can have a look at them and use the information for your Safari and Voluntour projects!

Click on the health topic to access the powerpoints:

Rabies

Traveller's Diarrhea

Tetanus

Malaria

Altitude Sickness

Hepatitis A & B

Yellow Fever 1

Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)

Meningitis

Bites and Stings

Regional Health - Kenya

Typhoid

Food and Water Safety

Day Forty-Five

Today we started our 'big' project for this unit focused on the East Africa Savannah region. You have a choice between:

1) Designing your own safari (company)

2) Researching (and experiencing) a Voluntour opportunity in East Africa. Click here.

If you choose option 2 (click here), here is a list of Voluntour opportunities in the area:

Blue Ventures - Madagascar www.blueventures.org

Earthwatch Institute www.earthwatch.org

Free the Children – Me to We trips www.metowe.com

Youth Challenge International www.yci.org

Junior Art Club (Africa - Ghana slums) www.juniorartclub.org

Right to Play www.righttoplay.com

GAP Adventure Company - Volunteer Opp’s www.gapadventures.com/trips/activity/volunteer/

African Impact www.africanimpact.com

GO Philanthropic www.gophilanthropic.com

Global Exchange - Reality Tours www.globalexchange.org/tours/

Global Crossroad www.globalcrossroad.com

Day Forty-Four

Two parts to today's lesson:

1) What's in the backpack!

2) Traveller's Philanthropy: The Do's and Don'ts of Travel Giving. Click here for the handout, click here for the powerpoint presentation.

Days Forty-Two & Forty-Three

Work period in the library lab for your Travel Health project.

Please be sure to email me your ppt. by the end of the period on MONDAY!!

pattisonmej@hdsb.ca

Day Forty-One

We ... finally ... finished ... Gorillas in the Mist!!! ... did I say 'finally'?

Okay, now we need to concentrate on our Travel Health projects. We will be working on this in tomorrow's class. You have two choices for this project:

1) Choose a common travel disease (ie: malaria, yellow fever, hepatitis A&B) and become an expert, or

2) Choose a travel region of the world (ie: East Africa, South-East Asia, Latin America) and find out what health precautions someone would need to know before travelling there.

All of you work should be presented in either Powerpoint or google.docs and sent to me when finished. Please don't include your last names on the project as I will be posting them to the blog!

Day Forty (Wednesday)

Hindu Temple Field Trip!

Days Thirty-Eight & Thirty-Nine

Happy Halloween!

Today you will receive a Markbook printout which will show you your marks on individual assignments, and what is owing. You will have until tomorrow morning (8:45 am) to submit any owing work showing after the Unit 1 test.

Have you submitted your form for Wednesday's field trip? Please be sure to do so by tomorrow (Tuesday!).

On Friday you all indicated that you wanted to learn 'more' about mountain gorillas. So today (and for part of tomorrow) you will watch Gorillas in the Mist. It's a great film about the woman who is thought to be responsible for saving the mountain gorilla species from extinction. Click here to find the handout for the film. I will be collecting these when the film is over.

Day Thirty-Seven

Today's topic: Conserving the Mountain Gorillas

Click here to access the handout; click here to access the powerpoint presentation.

Please remember to bring in your permission forms for Wednesday's Hindu temple trip!

Day Thirty-Six

African Elephant Day!!

Please click here to find the handout on elephant poaching. All answers can be found in the Travel Quest textbook.

Click on the link below to find the Nature of Things: For the Love of Elephants. Would anyone like to travel to Kenya to see this wonderful elephant sanctuary??!

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Nature_of_Things/1242300217/ID=1616341924

Day Thirty-Five

Africa Country Quiz!

We had a short lecture on the topic of 'Poaching' in the East African Savannah region. Please click here to access the powerpoint.

Please be sure to know the definition of poaching, endangered species, and CITES. Also carefully read the section about the Maasai.

We began to watch the Nature of Things documentary (with a handout!) on titled 'Conservation Kenya'.

Day Thirty-Four (Tuesday)

Today was a work period for you to finish and hand in the following:

1) Mass tourism questions (from the reading)

2) Pros and Cons chart

2) Mass tourism paragraph

Please hand all of these stapled together in a package!

Africa country quiz tomorrow!

Day Thirty-Three

Today's topic: Mass Tourism in the East African Savannah

Please click here to see the short ppt. presentation and to find a form definition for mass tourism.

We read two short articles explaining the advantages and disadvantages of mass tourism in this region. You were asked to answer 4 questions, and complete a pros/cons organizer (chart).

Next: Position paragraph on the topic: Is mass tourism a threat to the wildlife of the savannah region of east Africa.

Click here to find the questions, chart, and paragraph assignment. If you need the reading, please check the blue 'extras' binder at the side of the room!

Please note that your Safari Shopping assignment was due today!

Day Thirty-Two

Today you were introduced to two of Canada's top travel companies for booking safaris.

Click here to access today's assignment requiring you to navigate the websites for both companies. Take your time when completing each task ... don't be afraid to check out travel options for other regions of the world.

Due Monday.

Day 30

The day we didn't have any power! Oh my, what did we used to do without computers, powerpoints, dvd's, and projectors? Well, we found that out today! Thank you for working on the worksheets. The power will be back on tomorrow!

Click here to find the permission form for the November 2nd Hindu temple field trip!

Day Twenty-Nine

To access today's powerpoint, click here.

Don't be surprised if the first slide leads you to our discussion about 'toilet talk'!

We did a critical analysis of cartoons depicting Africa. For each of the five cartoons you:

1) Described in detail what you saw in the picture.

2) Tried to articulate the message the cartoonist was trying to send.

Next, we talked about East Africa as a physical region (see slide). What is the difference between Physical Geography and a Physical Region?

How is East Africa both a physical region and a tourist destination? (think! ... climate, wildlife, the savanna, the Great Rift Valley ... what else?)

Handout (see last slide for questions from the textbook).

Day Twenty-Eight

Hello!

Thank you for writing your Unit One (Travel and Culture) test today. Phew! Aren't you glad that's over?
After the test everyone was to complete their Map of Africa assignment and submit it for marking.

Thanks to Mr. Bauer for subbing in for me today!

Day Twenty-Seven

REMINDER: Unit Test on Monday!!!

Welcome to unit 2 ... East Africa and the African Savannah Region

In pairs, you brainstormed how many African countries you can identify (without looking at a map!). Then we had a brief discussion about why we know so little about Africa in general.

Africa group mind map activity ... the stereotypes were very interesting!

Africa Map Assignment.

Click here to access the assignment, here to see the rubric, and here to find a spare map!

Day Twenty-Six

Today we will finish watching the film ... How do you think it ends?? I promise a unique twist!

I'll be sharing some of your classmates' unique Japan Mind Map projects.

Test Review! Click here to access. Test on Monday...

Days Twenty-Four & Twenty-Five

Thank you everyone for handing in such AMAZING Japanese mind map assignments. They are really fantastic!

Today we are discussing the topic of 'safe travel' and what to do in case of emergency. Click here to access the powerpoint presentation. This lesson will take both Tuesday and Wednesday classes.

Day Twenty-Three

Last research period in the lab!

By the end of the class, you will have finished ALL of your research. All information is in your own words (not copied and pasted into a document)! Please email me this information as a word document at the end of class.

Some of you may want to begin working on the final 'map' (or other medium you've decided on).

Due Date: Start of class, Tuesday, October 11th

pattisonmej@hdsb.ca

Day Twenty-Two

Mind map research lab in the library!

Due at the end class:

(i) Research (in your own words) for 3 of your culture themes.

(ii) Please tell me how you intend to display your information (mind map, or other)

Day Twenty-One

Research day in the computer lab.

Due at the end of class: the start of your map, indicating the 5 major themes, and at least 3 sub-themes for each.

Day Twenty!

You knew it was coming ... yes, an assignment!

Today we'll start class by learning the meaning of some kanji characters. Then I'll run you through a quick ppt. presentation on Contemporary Japanese Culture. Click on the topic below to find the YouTube link:

- Japanese Game Shows (human tetris)

- Harajuku Fashion

- Ganguro Fashion

Finally, we'll begin our Japanese Mind Map project. Click here to access the instructions and evaluation rubric.

Day Nineteen

Thanks everyone for a great day! Some of you made some FABULOUS sushi. Well done!
If you want to make sushi at home, click here to find some good directions.

Stay warm this weekend!

Day Eighteen

Food and Culture! Click here to access the powerpoint. Please don't lose the handout!

Sushi day tomorrow... please head directly to room 207 at the start of the period. Be on time to watch the demo.

Day Seventeen

Theme: First Contact (or Tribal) Tourism

Please be sure to pick up a Cultural Contact lecture sheet.We debated 4 separate and distinct scenarios of cultural contact. You need to be able to discuss with all 4 (explanations and examples).

Then I introduced the concept of First Contact Tourism.
Please answer the questions on the worksheet: First Contact Tourism.
I will be collecting them in tomorrow's class.

See the youtube link below to answer the (knowledge questions) on the worksheet:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprJBYYRcqQ

Days Fifteen & Sixteen

Memoirs of a Geisha ... continued ... and finally finished!

Please be making note of ideas concerning the culture of 'Old Japan'. There was a reflection sheet that followed.

Day Fourteen

Memoirs of a Geisha!
Click here to see the first few scenes...

Day Thirteen

Click here to watch the sumo wrestling video!

We started class by finishing and presenting your group mind maps of cultural Japan. I think you know more about Japan than you think!

We are going to begin this unit on Culture and Travel by studying 'Old' cultural Japan first. Many people are motivated to travel to Japan to experience the secrets of its history (ie: the lives of geisha, to watch a sumo match). Old cultural Japan is widely known for maiko/geisha culture ... so we will begin our study on this topic.

Please click here to access the handout entitled: The Secret Life of Geisha. We started to watch the short documentary to learn about the lives of geisha.

We briefly discussed how to reference your research findings. Here is the link:
http://www.library.dal.ca/Files/How_do_I/pdf/apa_style6.pdf

Day Twelve

We started the class by taking up the Cultural Taboo handout. How many did you get right?

Next, we began an introduction to our second region of study: Cultural Japan. I was happy to see so many of you trying out our 'chopstick challenge'! Did you feel a bit of culture shock? Keep practicing, and you will improve ... trust me, I've been there! Click here to see an instructional youtube clip for help.

Thank you to Keethi and Ben for volunteering to try on traditional 'kimono' and 'yukata' clothing.

We started group mind maps of Cultural Japan... and we'll finish these tomorrow!

Day Eleven

Hello!

I hope you all enjoyed today's presentation on the topic of Culture and Culture Shock! Those videos were interesting. Click on a youtube video if you want to see it again: Rat Temple, Standing Babas/Sadhus, and Long-Necked Tribe. There are others in the series that we didn't get to in today's class... check them out!

Click here to access the powerpoint presentation.

If it doesn't work for you, have no fear! We can start the class tomorrow by going over the country choices. Click here to access the handout for Cultural Taboos!

Day Ten

EUROFAIR DAY IN THE LIBRARY, PERIOD 4!!!

And just to remind everyone (again) ... no nuts in the food please.

Day Nine

Today was your last class period to work on your Eurofair project.

Please remember the following for Monday:

- It will be held in the LIBRARY

- You may want to consider going to the library near the end of period 3 to set up ... though the Eurofair officially starts at 1:10 (so you will have some time at the start of class to prepare)

- DO NOT use the foods room unless you have permission from Mrs. S... and you must clean and return anything you've borrowed

- When the Eurofair is finished at approximately 1:45 ... we need to clean up the library and make it look as though we weren't there!

Click here to have a look at the Evaluation Rubric. Scroll down to the second page. Please note the emphasis in marks on your knowledge of the 5 A's.

Please be reminded ... no nuts in the food! We have people in the school with severe nut allergies, so we need to be safe!

Looking forward to Monday ... it will be a fun day!!!

Ciao!

Day Eight

Eurofair research day in the computer lab...

Please remember to email me your list of Attractions (with brief descriptions). Don't save them to sresources ... send them to pattisonmej@hdsb.ca
Thank you!

Day Seven

Please use this Dalhousie website as a guide to help you with your research referencing. For this course you are asked to use APA style. If you have any questions, please ask me!

Click here to find out how you will be assessed in today's class! I will give you a copy tomorrow to see how well you did.

Day Six

Just for fun ... and to help you start thinking about learning a new language, click here! Sorry about the advert.

Click here to find the Eurofair handout.

For excellent help researching this project (and others!), please go to: www.lonelyplanet.com

Day Five

Today we covered the 5 A's of Travel and Tourism: Attraction, Access, Activities, Accommodation, and Amenities. There was a note providing some context for all of these. Click here to access the Powerpoint (go to the last 6 slides...).

We watched a short video about Amsterdam and tried to apply what we saw to the 5A's and travel motivators/barriers. Click here to see a short video.

Thank you for handing in your course surveys...

Check out the pic on the sidebar of a map commonly used in Australian geography classes. Notice anything different from the one in our classroom??

Day Four

Happy weekend everyone!

On Friday you were challenged with a Europe country location quiz. Congratulations... you all exceeded my expectations!

Click here to find your first assignment. It is due at the START of class on Monday!

Day Three (already... wow!)

Click here to find out more about the Russian plane disaster we discussed in class. It's important to keep up on global events ... especially as a global traveller! And, given that we'll be jumping in to our Eurofair project shortly, it's interesting to learn about European news.

Today we took a short note (from a handout) about Travel Motivators and Travel Barriers. Click here to find the second handout ... the survey and chart.

We briefly watched the Departures show in Thailand to get us thinking about motivators and barriers. Yum... crunchy insect street food. Don't knock it 'til you try it!

Day Two!

And we are rolling!!

Today you were all given your 'golden tickets' to travel to any country in the world. I was shocked to see 0 students in South America, and only 1 wanting to go to Africa! Europe seems to be a popular place ... so start thinking about the Eurofair project that will be happening very soon! Which European country do you want to represent?

We did a brief powerpoint intro to the Travel course and identified some of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. IMPORTANT: we reviewed our first important definition for 'tourist'. Do you remember what it is?

And finally, we talked money!... well, currency. You all did a great job trying to identify the 11 types of currency from around the world! Which did you think was the easiest/hardest?

Day One - Welcome!

Greetings and welcome to Travel and Tourism!!

I'm so excited that you've decided to 'see the big wide world' (will this help you remember the link address?) and travel the world this semester!

Start thinking about where in the world you want to travel to!

Today we reviewed the course outline and course expections. Click here to access a copy!

P.