Making a travel

brochure

What is a travel brochure?

A pamphlet with images and description of places

What does a brochure do?

Transports people to these places

Gives necessary information about these places

Invites them to visit these places

Objective:

To enable students to:

research and collect information on a specific place

use that information to create a travel brochure

make use of imagery tourism in order apply knowledge to create something new

Things to be included:

Brief summary of the setting, with highlights of important places Location, including a mapGeography Major cities, well-known places Climate and overall weather conditionsTransportation

Things to be included

Historic sites and landmarks Recreation and entertainment Arts and culture, including museums,

theatres, places to visit Languages and local dialect Food that the area is known for Pictures/Graphics Additional Information

Skills involved:

A travel brochure allows for the development of research skills. The students

find out informationselect relevant factspresent the information creativelycreate an interesting layoutedit it carefully.

Most traditional ways of assessment

frequently result in rote repetition rather

than deep critical thinking and application

of knowledge.

Asking students to make a travel brochure is

also an interesting way of assessing students'

knowledge.