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 * Let's Plan a Vacation! **

=** A 5th Grade Interdisciplinary Math and Literacy Unit **=

Introduction
==Congratulations, you are a travel agent! You will interview a classmate (aka. your client) on a location in the United States that he/she would like to visit for vacation this summer. You will research about a vacation destination that best suits your client, and using the skills you learned this year in math and literacy, you will create a budget and an itinerary for your client and present him/her with a persuasive letter and travel information to help your client make the most of his/her vacation plans.==

Essential Questions:
What considerations does a travel agent need to address when working to prepare a vacation for a client? How might a travel agent use research skills in determining the "best" travel plans for a client? How might a travel agent use communication and writing skills, including persuasive writing, to present travel plans to a client? How are math skills, such as bugeting and charting distances, significant aspects of planning a vacation?
 * Task **

Here is what you have to work with so far:

 * **Two people will be going on this trip.**
 * ** They have $4,000 to spend in total. **
 * ** They will be traveling for 5 days/4 nights. **

==You will receive a research packet for this project. In addition to the lessons and activities we will work on in class, the pages on the side of this wiki will help you navigate through the steps of this project. You will be assessed on both your progress through this unit and on your final project and presentation.==

Before we begin with the project, we are going to watch an educational travel video designed for kids. It's called //**Car Trip USA The Ultimate Car Companion: The First Kids Travel Video Made to Watch in the Car**.// Here is a sneak peak of the [|video]

//Mr. Macionis 2008-2009//