Magical Mystery Tour
Plan
an expedition to a country anywhere in the world that really interests
you. Your purpose, besides enjoying the
trip, is to try to solve a mystery somehow related to the country. It could be a mysterious legend of a hero
that has been passed down from the indigenous people. It could be a newly-discovered secret passageway
in an ancient site or building. It could
be a mysterious event in the country’s past that has never been solved, or it
could be a lost treasure that you want to try to find. Your destination and means of transportation
must be real and possible today.
Your
expedition is sponsored by Mrs. Gloria Vandercluesen, a wealthy aristocrat from
Rhode Island. Her only condition is that
you compile a pictorial scrapbook to
record everything you see and learn in your quest to solve the mystery. Since Mrs. V will finance your entire
expedition, it is important that you communicate with her by letter, email, and
postcards, and you will create a
scrapbook, either physical or digital, that thoroughly records your
expedition.
Before
you go, you must make several decisions
·
How
will you travel to your country?
·
Where
will you stay in your country? City, village, camp?
·
What obstacles
do you expect to encounter? What surprises
happened?
·
Did
you solve the mystery? If so,
was it what you expected?
You are not writing an essay! Using your best creative skills, incorporate
into your scrapbook the following information about your expedition:
- ·
Map(s) of your country, city, and areas where
you will be exploring;
- ·
Hotel in the city where you will be staying,
currency of the country, method(s) of transportation (If you will outside a
city, document that.);
- ·
Travel rules/requirements for your destination
(passport, visa, immunizations);
- ·
Pictures, sketches (Each should have a
description of what is shown and the names of any people in the picture.);
- ·
Picture post cards with addresses and messages
to Mrs. V and others;
- ·
Emails and letters to friends, family, and
professional contacts, in which you include information about your expedition;
- ·
Plane, train, boat tickets (and other
transportation arrangements);
- ·
Museum tickets;
- ·
Invitations to special events;
- ·
Information on indigenous people of the region
(their history, language, cultural information, legends);
- ·
Something completely unexpected that makes your
scrapbook different from the others.
Before you begin, you will need to do research on the country and all aspects of the people and their
culture, past and present. Keep a list
of every book, magazine, documentary, web site, etc., that you use to gather
information, and create a WORKS
CONSULTED page that is a required part of your project. A no-fail site that will help you cite your
sources and create your Works Cited page is Noodle Tools that is available on the MMS Library Resources
page.
You
will work on your scrapbook in class during times set aside for that
purpose. You may also do some work at
home, but most of your work will be done in class and you will be graded on the
work you do in class.
If you
choose to create a digital scrapbook, use “Pic
Collage.” The app is available on
the class iPads. If you have used
another free scrapbook app, talk to your teacher, and we will see if it can be
approved to add to the school iPad.
Design
the cover of your scrapbook to
include a title, the date, and your name. The pages of your scrapbook should be dated,
but you do not need a page for every day.
Your trip should begin on Monday, May 1, 2017, and end on Friday, May 12. That means you have two weeks to solve your mystery!
Your completed journal or scrapbook is due
Wednesday, May 17.
______(5)
Cover follows guidelines listed above
______(20)
Works Consulted page is complete, correct and follows all MLA format conventions
______(10)
All conventions are followed (-2 each error up to 5)
______(15)
Travel information (visas, passports, modes of transportation, etc.) in complete
and appropriate
for real life travel to your destination of choice.
______(40)
All the stuff J (I really want you to have flexibility here. Make sure you cover
what’s in the bulleted list and that it
reflects accurate information about your destination.
______(10)
Voice, Personalization, Unique quality that shows it’s YOURS
