Getting Started:Principles of Hospitality Tourism & Geography and World Cultures

2010 NAF Summer Institute

Melody Cockrell

• Ben Barber Career Tech. Academy in Mansfield, Texas

• 30 years of Teaching; 3 years with course

• Principles of Hospitality and Tourism

Griselda Vile

• New Utrecht H.S. in Brooklyn, NY

• 5 yrs with NAF; 3 yrs with course

• Geography and World Cultures

What is it that we want to teach our students?

How can we make a difference?

Springboard:

Words Change the World!

Lesson 7 Lesson PlanStudent ResourcesTeacher Resources

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Teams

• Working in teams is a reality in today’s workforce.

• Using the strength of each team member builds strong effective teams.

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How Do You Form GroupsIn Your Classroom?

• Think or write• Pair• ShareWin As Much As You Can!Wilderness Survival

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Experience the Curriculum

• Instructor’s Dilemma…How do I get students to experience that ‘dream-teen-trip’ without actually going on the trip?

• What elements of the curriculum can they experience?

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Units and Lessons

• UNIT ONE: 1,2,3 –Intro/Development/Needs• UNIT TWO: 4,5- Effects on Environment and

Economy• UNIT THREE: 6,7,8 -Fundamentals• UNIT FOUR: 9,10,11 -Transportation• UNIT FIVE: 12,13 -Selling• UNIT SIX: 14,15,16 -Careers

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• Where would you go?• How would you get there?• Where would you eat?• Where would you stay?• What would you do while you are there?

• What would you need to do to present an effective presentation to the senior class or other group of teens?

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Culminating Project: Senior Trip

Principles of Hospitality Tourism Culminating Project

Congratulations!!! You have just been given$1500 to spend on your Senior Trip, BUT…

In order for you to go, you must convince 10other teens to join your group!

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Seeing is Believing!• You will be the ‘front team’ for a group of

teens traveling to your destination.• Your mission is to present them with a

presentation to show them what they could experience in your area.

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Principles of Hospitality Tourism : Student Learning Artifacts

• Senior Trip• Drip to Dallas

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Geography and World Cultures

2010 NAF Summer Institute

Elements of the Curriculum:

• Lesson 3- What teens would enjoy seeing and doing.• Lesson 7-Food and Beverage• Lesson 8-Entertainment• Lesson 11 Ground Transportation• Lesson 12 –Customer Service• Lesson 13-Marketing• Lesson 16-Presentation

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Example of the Curriculum File

• Insert Lesson 7• Last year, most of the audience did not have a clue

what the curriculum looked like or how it was formatted. We said last year we needed to bring it to them. Since we will not have internet, we need to put it on slides. I am working on getting poster size for displaying in presentation room, put not sure it will happen.)Sending lesson 7 as separate file.

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Geography: Assumptions & Prerequisites

At least the first course,

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Tourism it is very flexible

Students have some basic

computer skills (ability to type,

use word processing

programs, do simple Internet

research).

Students have understanding of key terms / areas

of knowledge that deal with

the importance of geography

and world cultures in the international

arena.

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Course Topics

• Unit 1- Getting Started• Unit 2- The Concept of Place• Unit 3- Global Geography• Unit 4- History, Culture, Attraction• Unit 5- A Traveler’s Perspective• Unit 6- Career Development in Travel

Geography

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Geography and World Cultures: Culminating Project

• In this project, students are asked to imagine that they work for a travel website. They need to create a portfolio of information on a specific country or world destination- to expand the website’s offerings. They will research the country and present all this information to the class.

• Driving Question “What information can we present to attract tourists to our destination?”

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Geography and World Cultures: Culminating Project

Main skill & content objectives: • A one- to two-page introduction and description of its

geography• A climate profile• A timeline of key events in the country’s history• A summary of the cultural heritage of the country• Two tour itineraries that are thematically different and

that appeal to specific target audiences

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Geography and World Cultures: Culminating Project (cont.)

Main skill & content objectives: • A storyboard for a webmercial that promotes the

country• A list of travel tips and warnings (what to bring, safety

tips, etc) • Final product Powerpoint or display board. Oral

Presentation.

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Geography and World Cultures: Student Learning Artifacts

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Geography and World Cultures: Student Learning Artifacts

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Geography and World Cultures: Experience the Curriculum

• Sticky Note Review: Traveler Motivation– Unit #5 A Traveler’s Perspectives– Lesson #5: Travelers and Tours

• Skill or concept objective– Make use of the research they have compiled

Geography and World Cultures: Experience the Curriculum (Cont.)

• Students will be able to…– Design tour itineraries– Review theories of traveler motivation– Apply theories to assess tourists’ motivations

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how to revise and improve the

course.

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