Introduction
Wrote by Jules Verne in 1873, Around the World in Eighty Days narrates the intrepid adventure of Phileas Fogg around the world. Fogg travelled from Europe to Asia, up to North America and more.
This is just a novel, but what would you say if I told you that you could travel the world in 80 days and learn about new languages and cultures? Tempting, right? Well, let's go for it!
Task
In order to explore the world and learn about foreign languages and cultures, you will embark in the adventure of traveling like Phileas Fogg. However, it is clear that the world has changed since 1873 and so have the means of transport.
In groups of six, each team will be responsible of 'traveling' one of the continents that Fogg went trough: Europe, Africa, Asia, North America. Using modern means of transport, such as airplanes, each team will have to create a wiki with their travel proposal and a presentation of at least two of the languages that we could find in that country.
Ready?
Process
To complete the task you will have to follow this process:
1) Choose a continent.
2) Roles.The group will be divided into two teams: team A, responsible of finding out the means of transport, and team B, responsible of analyzing the different languages and cultures of the continent. In both groups, each student will have a specific role, such as the searcher (who will look for information) or the writer (who will be writing down all the important information).
3)Organization. After collecting all the information, team A and team B will share the information and they will organize it according to its appropriateness to the topic.
4) Wiki. All together, you will have to create a wiki with your travel proposal that will include the means of transport, using the information you have effectively organized. The wiki will also include a presentation on at least two of the languages present in the continent of your choice.
Evaluation
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CONTENT |
Students fail to present a complete proposal and do not include means of transport. Moreover, they fail to present the languages spoken in the continent |
Students present a poor proposal of the travel, including one type of transportation. They include a simple presentation on one of the languages spoken in the continent |
Students present a proposal of the travel, including one or two types of transportation. They include a presentation on two of the languages spoken in the continent. |
Students present a detailed proposal of the travel, including all types of transportation. They also include a detailed presentation on two or more of the languages spoken in the continent. |
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ORGANIZATION |
The information is disorganized, without any picture or visual. The use of different types of letters and colours is not present |
The information is poorly organized, with one or two pictures. The use of different types of letters and colours is not present |
The information is organized, including a few visuals such as pictures. They use one or two types of letters and colours |
The information is effectively organised, including several visuals such as pictures, charts and tables. The also use different types of letters and a wide range of colours |
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ORIGINALITY |
The information provided and the organization is not either original or creative |
The information provided and the organization is barely original and creative |
The information provided and the organization is original and creative |
The information provided and the organization is highly original and creative |
Conclusion
I hope you had an amazing experience traveling the world and that you have learnt a lot about it so far.
However, I am sure that you still have infinite places and cultures to discover, so keep on learning!
Credits
Here you have some useful links both to find out more about the countries and the means of transport. You also have two links that will lead you to the book and the movie on Around the World in Eighty Days.
Around the World in Eighty Days, THE BOOK - https://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/Around-the-World-in-80-Days.pdf
Around the Wolrd in Eighty Days, THE MOVIE (VERSION FROM 2004) - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kzrr4
EUROPE- Information - http://www.visiteurope.com/es/
AFRICA- Information - https://www.africa.com
ASIA- Information - http://asiasociety.org
NORTH AMERICA (US)- Information - https://www.usa.gov/about-the-us
Flight searcher - https://www.skyscanner.com
Transport finder 1 - https://maps.google.com/landing/transit/index.html
Transport finder 2 - https://www.combitrip.com