The Task
Mardi Gras

The trip begins with your arrival to New Orleans. After New Orleans, you will be touring several islands. The other islands to be visited are going to be determined by you. Why? The radio station was so impressed with your knowledge of the Carribbean that your project for the radio station will be to produce a brochure of the trip for your fellow participants. The radio station is being generous enought to pay for your trip so they are asking that you complete this project in return for your trip.

Select the tour :

Islands:

French Guiana

Guadeloupe

Haiti

Martinique

Your project will need to be in the form of a written brochure or video travel journal . Be sure to include:

• Map of the Carribbean on the cover with the islands visited labeled
• Brief historical comment for each island
• Two places of interest for each island. Be sure to inlcude a comment about why someone would visit the site.
• Bibliography. (Bibliographic form sheets are on top of the card catalog in the Library)

Optional items for your project:

• Maps or directions to places
• Pictures of places on your visit
• Calculate how much money you will need for admission charges for the places you will visit
• Type of currency needed for each country visited

Assessments 

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Step 1: Questioning and Planning

Task/Product | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6

Questioning

Martinique

As you look at the task above, list as many questions as you can that will help you to understand and investigage this topic. Consider the following factors:

Several things to consider:

• A map of the Carribbean with the islands to be visited should be on the front of your brochure since not everyone knows where the islands are located. Consider the location of each island to determine how to plan the trip.
• You should write a brief statement about the history of each island visited. Also consider how the history has influenced the culture and landmarks of the island.
• Plan to visit Martinique and at least two other islands. You will be visiting at least three islands. Transportation will be provided but you must determine which islands best fit your plans.
• After locating each island, find at least two sites/places of interest for your group to visit. Don't forget to find out the entrance price and be sure to include a comment about why the group should visit. Be sure include why is it important to visit each selection.

What do you already know about the the Carribbean?
What do you need to know to begin your research?

Examples of questions:

• How have the French influenced the culture of New Orleans?
• Which monuments are you going to visit and why?
• Which peoples influenced Carribbean?
• Why would you go to New Orleans?
• How much money will you need?

Planning

Doing Research in French

Check point! It is time to assess your progress. Now that you have gathered information, stop to evaluate your findings. Have you found sufficient details to answer all your questions? Can you throw away material which is not useful or does not answer your questions? Do you need to rearrange the information in different categories? Can you condense or combine the information? Do you need to develop new questions to adequately cover your topic?

Figure out how much you have learned. Is the puzzle beginning to take shape? Are you able to make out any patterns? Try moving your information pieces around until some kind of picture emerges. You are looking for insight. What have you learned so far? What more do you need? You are trying to "tease" meaning out of fragments. Synthesis requires rearranging pieces of information until a new version emerges.