Create a Peru Travel Brochure

Objectives:

To determine how geography affect how people live, work and play,
To identify the different landforms in the three regions of Peru,
To create a travel brochure highlighting Peru's attractions

Suggested Resource/Materials:

Paper and pencil,
Detailed map(s) of Peru showing its physical characteristics (soil, climate, vegetation, rivers, mountains), and places of interest,
Water colors or tempera paints,
Colored markers,
Chart or heavy duty paper,
Web sites.
- Infoplease Atlas
  http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/mapindex.html
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/
  Map_collection.html
- Lonely Planet Publications
  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations
- The Weather Underground, Inc. http://www.wunderground.com

The lesson:

Before beginning the Travel Brochure for Peru have the students complete a KWHL Chart. (K=What Do We Know?; W=What We Want to Know?; H=How Do We Find Out?; L=What We Learned). This activity can be done as an entire class or in small groups. If done in small groups, each groups will share its chart with the entire class and then the class can do a composite of all of the groups.

suggested activities:

Name different places in Peru that each student would like to visit or explore.
Each student should choose one particular location that they would like to visit.
Make a four part travel brochure about the particular location that each student has chosen.
The four parts should include a title, a map, areas of interest to visit, and things to do when there.
Give a presentation to the class describing the area chosen and the brochure made.

Vocabulary Search (search box)

Peru web site links