Plan a U.S. President’s world itinerary

Overview

The purpose of this activity is to have small groups of students to plan a U.S. President’s world itinerary and to present a press release announcing the economic and international importance of this itinerary.

Concepts

• develop research skills by gathering information from a variety of sources
• develop maps that show the President’s itinerary schedule
• students will learn how to use the scanner so they can scan in maps to be added to their press releases

Indicators

• research and locate pertinent information
• locate countries and their heads of state that will be visited by the president
• draft a press release to announce the forthcoming Presidential mission

Precomputer

• discuss in class the importance of Presidential travel aboard for example, President Clinton’s itinerary on his spring 1998 trip to Africa or his summer 1998 trip to China
• group time to brainstorm possible countries and schedules the President might take based on current global conditions
• school library for at least 2 days for research and use of the Internet
• demonstration on how to use the scanner

On the computer

• create a database with the following information: day of travel, country, head of state to be visited, reasons for visit, desired outcomes of visit
• use of Internet resources
• use of word processing for itinerary agenda and press release
• use of scanner to incorporate maps as part of the itinerary agenda

Postcomputer

• group presentation of vital information dealing with the countries the president will visit and the press release
  

Related resources

• ClarisWorks, Scanner