Day Eighteen

Food and Culture Day!

After a lecture (filling in your Food and Culture sheets) we practiced how to use chopsticks! This is to prepare us for Monday's food lab (sushi!).

Here's a link to the Bizarre Foods series from the Travel Channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuzqYJ2xKxM

Please remember that your Map of Cultural Japan is due on Tuesday!

Happy weekend...

Day Seventeen

Today was our last research period to work on the Cultural Mind Map of Japan.

Day Sixteen

Me2We speaker in the library.

Here's a link to travel possibilities through Me2We:

http://www.metowe.com/trips/adult/

Day Fifteen

Watch the last 5 minutes of Memoirs of a Geisha ...

Work period for mind map research.

Day Fourteen

Memoirs of a Geisha Continued....

For those of you who just can't wait to see the last five minutes ... check out YouTube, part 15!

Monday is Family Day :)

Japanese Cultural Mind Map research days: next Tuesday and Wednesday!

Day Thirteen

Sign in.

Day Twelve

Memoirs of a Geisha ... Continued!

But before we discussed your upcoming assignment: Creating a Cultural Mind Map of Japan! See me for more specific details.

Day Eleven

Happy Flag Day!

We continued watching the Geisha documentary (but not in its entirety) and moved into Memoirs of a Geisha. Please hold on to your question sheets ... I will be collecting them at the end of the film.

Here's a link to the first part of the film on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xUnwmcrucM

Day Ten

Happy Valentines Day!

We took started the class with a discussion of Cultural Taboos from around the World! Please be sure that you have all of the taboos matched with the appropriate country/description.

You all finished presenting your Cultural Japan mind maps. Well done! You guys were also very quick to recognize some of the stereotypes in our class.

We started our study of Geisha in Japan by watching the first 15 minutes of the documentary "The Secret Life of Geisha". You have been given handouts for the documentary that you will need to complete and hand in!

Day Nine

In today's class we had our introduction to our first major travel topic: Culture!

We talked about the meaning of culture (it's socially constructed...).

And, we took a note on the Four Phases of Culture Shock.

Here are some of the links to the YouTube clips we watched:

Balinese monkey dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkxuPxdsZ58

Culture shock - long necked women of northern Thailand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBND33BNfZw

Culture shock - the Rat Temple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t1hJjlCnY0

Day Eight

Congratulations on a wonderful EUROFAIR! The creativity that I saw today was OUTSTANDING! Thank you so, so much for putting together such remarkable displays. The comments I heard from staff and students were ALL positive. Well done!

Please remember to email your powerpoint presentations...

Time for some 'Culture Shock' tomorrow!

P.

Day Seven

Last day to prepare your Eurofair projects!

Please keep in mind that my classroom will be open for your use tomorrow during period 3. If you need to warm up food for the event ... please be sure to check with Mrs. S.

Good luck! I'm sooooo looking forward to seeing all of your creative ideas!

Day Six

Eurofair research ... Continued!

I handed out a 'Eurofair' checklist to help remind you of all required elements for the project. I also had a number of display boards for you to use ... remember, nothing to big! We want to see you behind the display tables...

Thursday is the day! Please remember to not bring food with any nuts (or traces of nuts). Read packages carefully.

Day Five

Eurofair Project

Please remember that our event will take place this Thursday during period four!

Some of you were able to locate travel guides in the library to help with your research. You may also want to use these as part of your visual display!

Day Four

Oh my goodness ... our class is getting oh so big!
The more, the merrier!

Lecture and note-taking: The 'Five A's' of Travel and Tourism:
Attractions, Activities, Access, Accommodation, Amenities
Hmmm... can you describe the difference(s) between Attractions and Activities?

For those of you who were absent because of Ms. Ross' drama workshop, please be sure to get the notes on the 5 A's from a classmate.

Review of the Eurofair Project (the actual Eurofair event will be happening on Thursday, February 10th!)
Students chose their countries.

Please remember to go online over the weekend and familiarize yourself with the Lonely Planet website: www.lonelyplanet.com
This will be one of the best resources for the project (and for the course in general!)
Have a great, safe weekend!

Day Three

Welcome back from the snow day!
Time to get down to business...

Recap of current situation in Cairo, Egypt

What are the advantages to using a backpack?
Lecture and class discussion: What do I need to pack?

Introduction to the Eurofair Project
Homework: Review assignment sheet and think about:
i) Who you'd like to work with
ii) Which country you'd like to research

Thinking about getting a team together for The Inside Ride? You can do so at:
www.theinsideride.com/calendar/academic-events.php

Day Two

Snow day!

Enjoy...