About the unit: City Blogs & the Zombie Apocalypse
Week One - Prep Week (Suggestion: Teacher should model a trip to a city that is NOT a choice; resources use San Antonio)
- Project Introduction
- Setting up a Budget
- Planning a Trip
- Getting to Know the Resources
- Minilessons
* How to set a budget; using tools (Hotels.com, Yelp.com)
* Using Reviews (Hotels.com, Yelp.com)
* Choosing sites of Historical Significance (Project Sites)
Week Two - Leaving & Blogging
- In-Flight movie
- Elements of a blog
- Getting to know the blog accounts
- Blogging
- Minilessons
* A day on a trip (what happens); using geography tools
* Analyzing a blog (structure)
* Keeping track of spending
Week Three - Zombie Apocalypse
- Finish Trip Blogs
- Zombies attack
- Two days of survival blogging
- Minilessons
* Survival techniques
* Using geography tools
* Revising your BEST blogs
Week Four - Revising and Publishing
- Revising your 2 best
- Publishing Party
- Minilessons
* Commenting on blog posts
- Project Introduction
- Setting up a Budget
- Planning a Trip
- Getting to Know the Resources
- Minilessons
* How to set a budget; using tools (Hotels.com, Yelp.com)
* Using Reviews (Hotels.com, Yelp.com)
* Choosing sites of Historical Significance (Project Sites)
Week Two - Leaving & Blogging
- In-Flight movie
- Elements of a blog
- Getting to know the blog accounts
- Blogging
- Minilessons
* A day on a trip (what happens); using geography tools
* Analyzing a blog (structure)
* Keeping track of spending
Week Three - Zombie Apocalypse
- Finish Trip Blogs
- Zombies attack
- Two days of survival blogging
- Minilessons
* Survival techniques
* Using geography tools
* Revising your BEST blogs
Week Four - Revising and Publishing
- Revising your 2 best
- Publishing Party
- Minilessons
* Commenting on blog posts