CGG3O – Unit 1 – Lesson 1: Introduction to Tourism

Overview

Duration

100 minutes

Lesson Objective

  • To learn about tourism.

Lesson Outcomes

  • šDescribe different perspectives of studying travel and tourism.
  • List and describe factors that motivate people to travel.
  • List and describe barriers that prevent people from travelling.
  • Learn to use Google my Maps by creating a map of the places you have travelled to.

The Lesson

Sequence

  1. Starter: Tourism Word Cloud.
  2. What is this course about? Video Activity.
  3. Task 1 | What is tourism?| Class Discussion.
  4. Perspectives of Tourism | Teacher led note taking and discussion
  5. Task 2 | Why do People Travel? | Paired brainstorm.
  6. Task 3 | Travel Motivators | Paired brainstorm.
  7. Task 4 | Barriers to Travel | Paired Brainstorm.
  8. The Language Barrier | Article Analysis.
  9. Task 5 | Barriers to Travel | Individual Activity.
  10. Task 6 | Travel and Tourism Map?
  11. Review: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

GlobalGeek Resources

External Resources

Word Art