You work for an American travel agency that specializes in organizing trips to Europe for high school student groups. The regional councils (les conseils régionaux) of the ______geographic area have got together to market their geographic area. They have asked your company to develop a presentation that will market the area to high schools, and attract clients. This presentation will be used as a marketing tool. Your company will give you a big bonus if schools select your area to visit.

You may work alone, or with one or two other students. Each person must research one region in your assigned geographic area.

You must include the following:

1.  Name of region/s

2.  Capital city and other major cities

3.  Location in France

4.  Physical description (major rivers, mountain ranges etc., temperatures in Celsius/Fahrenheit)

5.  At least one account of a historical event

6.  Famous people (if any)

7.  Culture (food, festivals, etc.)

8.  Tourist attractions that would appeal to high school students (sports and activity parks, museums etc.)

9.  List 5 reasons why someone would want to visit your area.

10.  Bibliography. Please use at least five sources and NO WIKIPEDIA.

You must provide photographs, diagrams, etc. to make your presentation easy to follow and engaging. You will narrate using “Explain Everything” app, so keep the writing to a minimum – no more than 3 points on a slide.

You will use your presentation to teach your classmates about the French regions, and the final exam will have about 10 questions on the regions. Avoid giving information that is not easy to remember, or too detailed. Consider:

·  What questions might your teacher ask?

·  What would people your age want to know about your area?

See attached rubric.

France is divided into 27 administrative regions. 22 are in France and the other five are overseas: French Guiana (in S. America), the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion. The mainland regions and Corsica are further subdivided into “departments”, which range in number from 2 to 8. The other islands are each considered one department.

Geographic Regions

Area:

North Haute Normandie (Upper Normandy), Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (North Calais), Picardie (Picardy).

West Bretagne (Brittany), Pays-de-la-Loire (Western Loire Valley), Centre (Central Loire Valley), Poitou-Charentes

Central Limousine and Dordogne, Auvergne, Ile-de-France (Paris, Isle of France).

South West Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées

South Languedoc-Roussillon, Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Corse (Corsica).

East Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne, Bourgogne, (Burgundy), Franche-Comté.

Organization and clarity / Information organized in a clear logical way. Easy to anticipate the type of information that may be on the next slide. / Most information organized in a clear, logical way. Some may seem out of place. / Some information is illogically sequenced and seems out of place. / There is no clear plan for the organization of information.
Preparation, focus, and professionalism / Followed directions, met all requirements and went beyond. / Followed directions and met requirements. / Followed directions somewhat. Some required information is missing. / Did not follow directions. Much of required information is missing.
Communication, Presentation skills / Shows great interest in topic. Speaks with enthusiasm. Clearly prepared. No copied information – uses own voice. / Shows interest in topic. Mostly prepared. No copied information – uses own voice. / Does not show much interest in topic. Somewhat prepared. Some information clearly copied. / Little interest shown in topic. Little evidence of preparation. Information copied – does not use own voice.
Content / At least 10 slides with no more than 3 bullet points per slide. All visuals support the content. Slides clear. Content relevant to topic. / Fewer than 10 slides. Too much text on a few slides. Visuals mainly support content. Some slides not clear. / Fewer than 10 slides. Too much text on some slides. Visuals mainly support content. Some slides not clear. / Fewer than 10 slides. Too much text on many slides. Visuals mainly do not support content. Some slides not clear.
Effectiveness of presentation as a teaching tool. / Project included all the necessary information to gain a comfortable grasp of the topic. Highly effective teaching tool. / Adequate teaching tool. User can come away with a reasonable understanding of the topic. / Fairly adequate teaching tool. Large gaps in information, or information unevenly distributed. User will be somewhat confused. / Not a good teaching tool. Not enough relevant, interesting information presented. User comes away with an uneven understanding of topic.