Tourism

Driving Question (DQ)

·         Does the DQ warrant in-depth study?

·         Is the DQ an authentic and relevant issue/problem for my students?

·         Is there more than one plausible solution to the DQ?

·         Does the DQ provide opportunities for students to evaluate, analyze, present, and defend their solutions?

Overview of Driving Question

Topic/Content Area: ELA

Target Learner: 6^th Grade

Description of DQ: How can we increase tourism in Bloomington, IN?

Rationale for DQ/Relevance to Students:

 -Student’s will need to do research in how Bloomington currently promotes tourists to come and research the impact of tourism on Bloomington in order to create new

-This is relevant to students because for them, there is not much to do in Bloomington

-there is more than one plausible solution: improve the college mall, create an amusement park, create parks near Lake Monroe, etc.

-Yes, students will present to Bloomington Park District and defend why they think their creation is a good idea.

Potential idea/resource for the Grabber:

Bloomington City offices are hearing that people, especially children don’t want to visit Bloomington because it is boring for student. Bloomington offices need your help in creating more things for the youth to do!

Culminating Activity/ Assessment

·         How is the activity authentic?

·         Does the activity provide students with the opportunity to present and defend problem solution?

·         Does the activity require student collaboration?

·         How will I judge what students have learned from the activity?

Overview of Culminating Activity

Description of DQ:

How can we increase tourism in Bloomington, IN?

Culminating Activity Format:

Students will present their idea in whatever way they like to the Bloomington Park District.

Culminating Activity Description:

Students can use video, blueprints, interviews, etc, in order to create a proposal to give to the Bloomington Park District Board.

Culminating Activity Evaluation Criteria:

You will be able to evaluate student’s learning because they will be required to include their research findings within their presentation to the Bloomington Park District. You will be able to assess these standards:

RLA 0.7.1.07 

summarize explicit and implied information from literary and informational texts to recognize the relationships among facts, ideas, events and concepts (e.g. names, dates, event, organizational patterns, graphical representations as found in photographs, captions, maps, tables or timelines, textual features including table of contents, headings or sidebars).

RLA 0.7.2.04 

use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches, and develop expository and persuasive writing tasks:

· compositions

· brochures

· display ads

· commercials

· speeches

· poetry

RLA 0.7.3.06 

plan, create and present an age-appropriate media product that demonstrates format, purpose, and audience.