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Above: The Famous White Cliffs of Dover

Above: Brighton Beach

Above: Edinburgh Castle

Above: London's Piccadilly Circus

Above: Swindon's famous "magic roundabout". Most American tourists avoid this area like the plague. Can you even figure out how it works? It's comprised of one large roundabout with five inner roundabouts. Yield to all oncoming traffic within the circles, no stopping and good luck! 

Above: Newcastle on a beautiful British day

Go for a cruise around London in a traditional double-decker bus. 

Above: The Isle of White. This small island can be seen when one takes the ferry from Dover, England, to Calais, France. People do live on it, but there is little to do there. One of the activities is a bike race arouond the island. 

Monday March 17th- Friday March 21st

Due THIS lab day: Virtual Power Point tour of a city in England.  ALL presentations must be ready and in class on this date. Failure to have your Power Point ready will result in an automatic loss of 20 points per day late. (This is a 100-point assignment). Be sure to have it backed up on the network, a Web-based email and a jump drive to ensure your presentation will work. The more back-ups the less chance of your work malfunctioning. 

In-Class: Presentations of the city you are working on. We will move through as many presentations in class as possible.  

Assignments: Take notes regarding what you learned about each city in class, then TYPE up a report in bullet form, that highlights the five main points you learned about each city. This will be due the week after we complete ALL presentations. We will look at ALL of these presentations, so please be prepared!

For those of you lucky enough to not go the first week of presentations, be sure your Power Point is ready for next week. 

Links:   Virtual Tour of England

           Tour of Canterbury

           Info. on British Cities

           British Guide to Travel

           Info about the Isle of Wight, (Not an area on the list)

Power Point Information: (Again)

•      Where is the city located? Use a map and show what other cities it is close to.

•      What is this city famous for? Does it have any famous buildings, architecture?

•      What is there to do in this city? Show some images that detail the town.

•      What is the history behind this town? Did any famous people live here, die here, etc.?

•      What are some of the recent events going on in this town?

•      What is your overall impression of the town?

Here are the requirements:

•     A complete  Power Point presentation outlining the above details.

•     Minimum of ten graphics

•      Cue cards can be used, but NO information should be read off the screen.

•     Information should be paraphrased in your own words, NOT copied and pasted!

•      Include all bibliography used

•     Must have introduction and closure

•     Power Point: ten slides minimum,

•     Presenters should be prepared to give their information

You will have one week, (and a lab day of school), to prepare for this project.

Good luck!

Above: How the magic roundabout works.