Atlas Page - Vacation Activity

ATLAS PAGE - VACATION ACTIVITY

Plan a ‘pretend’ vacation that you would really like to take next summer.

The intent of the activity is for you to explore state by planning vacations around the state. You need to use an atlas page in three (3) of 6 Regions of the state for your vacation. What you discover, recall from the readings, lectures and activities that relate to recreation, physical setting, cultural, and historical patterns should to be considered.

Explore the whole atlas page. Do not just stay in one place or only do one activity. What can people do there for fun or other activities? Be sure to use several references, not just one web site. Spend a week vacation exploring the area. Where did you stay…what did it cost…what did you do? Provide a budget for activities, lodging, food etc. Plan this as a vacation you really want to do next summer.

The presentations should ‘stand alone’. You do not talk. Other students will examine your project online.

Atlas Vacations are due at the end of the week we cover that Region.

-Select three atlas pages in the DeLorme Atlas outside of the Twin Cities

-Each atlas page should be in a different quarter of the State

-The quarters of the state generally include the following regions in your Toren text

(Map on Cover of text and discussions in text):

1) Bluff Country

2) Southern Prairies

3) Red River Valley

4) Heartland

5) Bogs-Iron Range

6) Arrowhead

(No portion of the Twin Cities may be included in any atlas page used)

-Use approximately 15-20 slides per atlas page

-Include/consider:

-Course materials we discuss each week (look at the outline)

-Toren text and Hart text materials found in that area

-Cultural, Physical, Historical features found or implied on the atlas page

-Use online resources provided in class and from your own research

-Do not just copy and paste random information, you need to locate and explain

what you discover

-Include maps, diagrams, pictures

-Include a location map where the atlas page is found

-Include references

-Budget

-Test your project on a school computer before you submit it

-Save your project as a .ppt (not .pptx)

-Put the project in the drop box (Last Name – Region/Page #) - (Smith Bluff Country 86)

You are telling a story to people who have not taken this class. Will they learn about the area by your research and presentation?

The first vacation usually takes around one or two hours to develop. The others tend to take only a hour since you have already learned how to access materials.