Introduction Hello Stephen! You have just been hired by a large Travel Angency. Your first job is to plan a trip to China that appeals to people who want to experience the culture of China and learn about the country's history at the same time. Plan your trip to include stops at both historical sites and places that are good examples of the Chinese Culture.

The Task ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ You are the travel agent. Your company is trying a new approach to traveling. The people you want to attract are people who like to take vacations where they learn new things and experience the culture of the people in the country they have chosen. Concentrate on places in China that are landmarks and are of historical and cultural significance. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ This is a ten day trip. Choose one or two main attractions that you think the travelers will really enjoy seeing that are within a days travel distance. Then look for other places that are in that area. Choose eight places for your travelors to see. Day one and day ten are reserved for arriving and departing. All you need to do is plan the sites they will see. You do not need to provide for lodging, transportation or the meals The only part of the trip you are working on is the itinerary. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ You will be their guide so choose landmarks and places of historical significance that you would want to see. You also want to make sure places that you coose are going to be interesting to other people. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Show your WebMaster what Japan has to offer the tourist who loves to LEARN!

The Process ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 1. Keep a journal of your thoughts while you are planning your trip. There should be at least 10 entries. Each entry should be 6 sentences long, but no more than a page. These entries should be your thoughts that come to you while you are working. These thoughts will only be seen by the webmaster/instructor. The journal will not be posted on the website. Date each entry and save it to one file. Name that file StephensJournal. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 2. Identify historical and/or cultural significance of each of the stops on your trip. The places your are stopping may include both, but are not required to have both cultural and historical significance. How do these places help define the culture of the country you are visiting? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 3. Plan an itinerary for the trip. Plot the stops in order on a map. This is to be a very simple map. You may draw this map, trace this map from a book, or find a simple one to copy on a copy machine to label and number each your stops in the order the travelers will visit them. If you trace or copy a map make sure to cite the source where you found your map. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 4. Write at least 6 sentences, but no more than 20 that describe each place that the trip will stop. A link may be incorporated into the description. Please let the webmaster know what link you want to use. Use the links on the resource page. Other links that show historical or cultural sites maybe used with parent/webmaster approval. Email the link to your webmaster. Your webmaster will compile your links and descriptions into a webpage. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 5. Build one Power Point presentation about one place to see in China that is both culturally and historically significant. Make your presentation five slides in length, with one more slide to cite your sources. Slide one is your title slide. Please include the location and a photo of you attraction on your title slide. Place the information that shows what an interesting place you have chosen on slides two, three and four. Use slide five to conclude your presentation. You may use your resource pages to collect photos and interesting facts about your chosen site. Please email this assignemtn to your webmaster when you have completed it. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 6. Make a list of at least 7 but no more than 10 smiliarites and differences between the culture you are studying and the main stream culture of the United States. Use this list to help you write your final paper. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 7. Write your final Paper - see conclusion below ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 8. The teacher is the webmaster, make sure your instructions are clear.

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Conclusion: *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Your last task. *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Write a paper 2--5 page in paragraph form telling your Webmaster What you think your tourists learned about on their trip by telling me what you have learned on the trip. Describe at least the six stops, eight would be better. Tell about the historical and cultural significance of each stop. Choose the ideas that you think are most important to you. *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* The paper may be done in "I" language since you are telling your Webmaster what you have learned. You may also include any discussion you have with your parents, your martial arts instructor, or anyone that your parents think would add something to the paper that is relevant to the topic. Make sure to use quotations when you are writing words that the person actually said. Be sure to identify what is opinion and what is experience. *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Include a webliography page to cite the links you are using to get your information.

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