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TEACHER
Emma Beale,
Sue Marquet,
Warwick Buckman,
Robyn Irvine
YEAR
9 |
LEVEL
5 |
DURATION
4 weeks |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Place and Environment
Why people move between places and the consequences of this for the people and the places.
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Students will:
- Explain why tourists travel to tourist destinations
- Describe the consequences of tourism for people
- Describe the consequences of tourism for places
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Social Decision Making
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Decide on social action in relation to tourism issues.
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Requirements
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| Settings: | New Zealand, Pacific |
| Perspectives: | Current Issues, The Future |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
- The physical environment of New Zealand and how people interact with the landscape;
- The location and significance of important natural and cultural features of the landscape
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Assessment
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Design your own assessment using the template provided.
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TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Starters
- Graffiti Sheets
Place A3 sheets of newsprint around the room headed:
North Island; South Island (and Stewart Island); Pacific; Australia; North
America (USA and Canada); South America; Britain; Europe; China; Japan;
India; Rest of Asia.
Students take a felt pen, go to the sheets headed with places they have
visited, and record their names and the tourist attraction or activity that
they enjoyed most at each place.
- What does it mean?
Tourism: the practice of travelling to and visiting places for pleasure and
relaxation. This is one dictionary's definition.
What other definitions of tourism are there?
In pairs or small groups, students find the meaning (start with
Onelook) of each of the following
"touristy" terms and create a
Word Shape for each term:
- Tourism
- Ecotourism
- Adventure tourism
- Package tours
- Backpackers
- Who are they?
Think about tourists who might come to New Zealand. Create an image of one
tourist on a sheet of newsprint.
Some Starters:
- Who is she/he?
- Where are they from?
- Why have they come here?
- Where are they going?
- How long will they stay in New Zealand?
- How much will they spent while they are here?
- What will they do while they are here?
- How will they impact on the environment?
Take Only Photos, Leave Only Footprints
- Travelling Responsibly
Ensure that all students have access to Earthwise Journeys: Ecotourism
information from the UN General assembly. What is Socially
Responsible Travel?
- Perception Check
What are the characteristics of socially responsible travel, more commonly
known as ecotourism?
Decide on a set of FIVE key criteria that
you could use to evaluate a tourist attraction on its degree of social responsibility
or ecotourism activities.
- How do they measure up?
Students use their criteria to evaluate a range of
tourist attractions.
- Planning a Tourist Resort
Students apply what they have learnt about ecotourism to design a socially
responsible tourist resort. Use Ecotourism
information from the UN General assembly to help you.
- Wrap Up
Check out potential careers
in tourism.
- Follow Up
Investigate the Ministry
of Tourism conservation policy and its importance for the tourism
industry.
RESOURCES
Electronic
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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