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OBJECTIVE:
Congratulations, you have been nominated to select the next site for the Summer or Winter Olympics. There are many great
cities to choose from and it will be your job to present your city to the committee in the best way possible. As a committee
member you will brainstorm using an OPENMIND to record ideas of what information would be beneficial to this committee such
as transportation,location, climate, and tourism. Once you have initially brainstormed, you will begin to research your city.
Each person that represents a city will become intimate with their proposed location in order to sell it to the other Olympic
committee members.
DIRECTIONS:
You will be assigned a city in the United States that will require you to research the surrounding area. You will have
some options when presenting information about tourist attractions, but the Olympic committee is asking for you to research
transportation, location, and climate. These items are mandatory and must be presented during your final presentation.
Below is an outline that will help you complete your presentation properly.
1. Research your city:
a. Gather information on the mandatory subjects first.
b. Location: Where is your city located in the United States? Are there other large cities or towns around that visitors
would enjoy touring?
c. Transportation: How can visitors travel around the city getting to Olympic Games, hotels, or tourist attractions?
d. Climate: If the winter Olympics were held in your city, what is the average temperature? What do people need to wear?
If the summer Olympics were held in your city, what is the average temperature? What would people need to wear?
e. Tourist attractions: This is not an optional portion of the assignment, but you can be more creative. REMEMBER: Your
job is to develop a logical argument why the Olympics should be held in your city. To do this, follow the following steps:
- Find as many interesting things to do in your city. Keep in mind that the people who will attend the Olympics will
be of all ages. Therefore, you can find attractions and activities that would interest everyone. DO NOT PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE
WITH THE COST OF ADMISSIONS OR HOURS OF OPERATIONS. The committee is looking for evidence that proves that your attraction
is exciting or an interesting place to visit if the Olympics were held in your city.
- After you gathered a large amount of data on your city, you will group the data according to common attributes such
as: location, transportation, climate, attractions for young children, teens, adults, day-time fun, night-time fun, rainy
weather activities, warm weather activities, etc. The way that you group your data will be up to you because you are the
one who is developing a logical argument on your city to the Olympic committee. Therefore, think about the best order of presenting
your information to the committee that would sell your city.
- Once your data has been grouped, you may want to exclude attractions that many people might not find interesting. Example:
If you find you have many attractions for visitors to visit such as parks, water slides, historical museums, and a cemetery
(unless of course your cemetery is Arlington National Cemetery). Do you think the committee would rather hear about exciting
and interesting activities rather than a cemetery?
- You need at least 5-6 (Red class 7-8) different areas of interest in your city that visitors would find interesting.
Keep in mind that most people do not have a car and will be looking for local attractions. However, your city may use tour
buses so tourists are able to visit attractions outside the immediate city. So, you may look carefully at your citys location
and see if there are other towns or cities nearby that offer attractions for visitors in your state. Make sure to mention
to the Olympic committee how far the attraction is located. HINT: Mapquest.com is one source of information to find out the
distance from your attraction to the city that you are researching.
- Once you are determined which attractions or interesting activities you want to present to the committee, you will create
a detailed outline of your presentation that will be due on Monday, January 14, 2008. Your outline must state the location,
climate averages in the winter and summer, and clothing that visitors may consider bringing, transportation available in your
city, different areas of interest that you will be presenting the committee along with the DETAILS of each of those attractions.
What will you see or do there? Provide evidence of why this attraction will be fun and exciting for the people who will visit
the Olympics. Do not provide hours or admission fees.
- The details in your outline will be the information that you will be presenting to the class. This outline needs to
be approved by me before you continue in preparing for your class presentation. The outline will be a quiz grade for this
project. Below is an example of the outline that you will turn in to me. It must be NEAT; preferably typed, but written neatly
is acceptable. Please staple all pages of your outline and use the format mentioned below using proper indentations and spacing.
You will lose 10 points each day your outline is not turned in. If you plan on being absent on the due date, turn the outline
in early or have somebody bring the outline in on the due date. You will be given deadlines throughout your lifetime. It
is important to learn the importance of meeting these deadlines.
Your Name __________________________ Class/Number_______
City/State: ___________________________
(Skip a line after your city)
I. Location
1. Details
2. Details (more than two details are fine, just continue the numbers down with other details).
(Skip a line between major topics)
II. Climate
1. Details
2. Details (more than two details are fine, just continue the numbers down with other details)
(Skip a line between major topics)
III. Transportation
1. Details
2. Details (more than two details are fine, just continue the numbers down with other details)
(Skip a line between major topics)
IV. Name of Grouping (example: Teen activities)
1. Attraction Name (Repeat this for each activity you have under this grouping)
a. Details
b. Details (The more details you have for each attraction, the better your presentation will be. Therefore, continue
the numbers down with the details of your attractions (Repeat this for the proper number of attractions)
(Skip a line between attractions)
2. Name of Attraction
a. Details
b. Details
(Skip a line between attractions)
V. Name of Grouping (example: Rainy day weather activities)
1. Name of Attraction
a. Details
b. Details (The more details you have for each attraction, the better your presentation will be. Therefore, continue
the numbers down with other details)
(Skip a line between attractions)
- Continue your outline until you completed the proper number of attractions or places of interest.
After the outline has been completed and approved:
- You are ready to begin preparing for your presentation to the Olympic committee. You have two different options for
your presentation. Read through the two choices and determine which choice is best for you.
- Options: This is a visual presentation. This means you need a picture (s) for EACH slide you show to the class whether
you choose to do a PowerPoint or a transparency presentation. Therefore, by showing your audience visual images of a location
they will truly be able to appreciate the citys beauty.
-These are possible Web sites to locate images:
http://images.google.com/ (link on images)
http://www.altavista.com/image/default
You can find these links on my Web page at http://ms.crabtree.tripod.com/index.html
A. Option 1: Power Point Presentation
If you decide to use any words with your images on the slides, follow the directions below:
1. Font 32 or large enough (transparency font 18) for the class to see from the back of the class.
2. Font Style: Times New Roman. It is important for your font to be clear and not too fancy for the Olympic committee
to see.
3. Each slide must may have the following information only:
- Location: Citys name, state, and other major cities where your tourist attractions are located.
- Climate: Average temperature in winter and summer.
- Transportation: Vehicles available for visitors to use during their visit.
- Attractions: Name of attraction and distance from Olympic Games. Bullets can be used on attractions with 3-4 words on
the topic that you will share with the Olympic committee on this attraction. DO NOT WRITE THE WORDS THAT YOU WILL BE SAYING
TO THE COMMITTEE. The Olympic committee wants to hear from you, not read the slides or see you read to them from the PowerPoint.
4. Limit your sound effects and graphics so they do not distract your audience. Sound effects and graphics should complement
your presentation and not distracts your audience. You will lose points if the audience is distracted with sound effects.
Be careful!
5. Your slides must be in the following order: Location, climate, transportation, and attractions must be grouped into
categories such as attractions for young children, teens, adults, day-time fun, night-time fun, rainy weather activities,
warm weather activities, etc.
6. The second to last slide will conclude with pictures of your city while you share your final thoughts with the committee
members on why you feel this city would be best for the next Olympic Games.
7. Your final slide will contain a Bibliography showing where you found your pictures and information within your presentation.
Remember to save all your work in order to create the bibliography.
B. Option 2: Transparency
Whether you choose to do this transparency presentation or the PowerPoint presentation, you will follow the directions
1-7 above. The only difference with the transparencies is in how you create the transparencies.
How to make a transparency for your presentation:
1. Cut out all of your pictures that you need for your presentation. Arrange them on a white piece of paper. Glue the
pictures on the paper with a glue stick. You can use one, two, or three pieces of paper depending on the size of your pictures
or the number of pictures you have.
2. Be careful that your pictures are not too small. Each picture has to be more than three inches long and three inches
high for a good transparency picture.
3. You can have your transparencies made at any office supply store (i.e. Office Max, Staples, etc.) The cost for a black
and white transparency is approximately .60 cents and a colored transparency is approximately $1.75 - $2.30 depending on the
store. If there is a financial problem, please let me know privately after class. Do not have your parents buy a full transparency
box at the store. They are too expensive!! In addition, many transparencies smudge if you put the transparency through your
own printer. Unless you or your parents have had success doing this in the past, do not try to make your own transparencies.
Presentations: Due Date: January 22, 2008
1. You may use index cards to refer to during your presentation. They should contain only your main ideas from your outline
or bullets with a small amount of details. DO NOT READ THE INDEX CARDS TO THE CLASS. The index cards are only for the purpose
of refreshing your memory during your presentation.
2. Your presentation needs to be 6-8 (Red class 8-10) minutes long. If you have enough information and feel comfortable
with your topic, you should not have any trouble with this time frame.
3. Practice your presentation before you present it to the class. This will help you to feel comfortable with the information
that you will present. If you feel comfortable with your presentation, you will not even need the index cards. In addition,
you will be able to know just how long your presentation is and whether you need to make adjustments to the length of your
presentation.
4. The presentation will be graded as a test grade.
5. The Olympic committee that you will be presenting to is your peers. They will also be evaluating your city and comparing
it to the other cities that maybe hosting the Olympics. Awards will be given to the winning city!!
6. Do your best and remember to have fun with your presentation. If you are enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and feel comfortable
with your topic, your audience will enjoy your presentation.
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