Fodors Personal Trip Planner

BY: Dan Garwood and Hank Matthys, Liberty Middle School, Valparaiso 

Site address: http://www.fodors.com/ptpbegin.cgi

Theme: personal trip planner

Grade Level(s): 6 & 7

Annotation of Site:

Students can select cities around the world to which they would like to plan a trip. Information pertaining to hotel accomodations, restaurants, activities, museums, airfare, historical sites and more important travel "tips" may be gathered by accessing this web site. Use this web site in a Social Studies unit about "planning a global trip at 30 degrees north latitute" or "planning a global trip visiting all continents" (with unlimited funds, of course!).

Geography Standards addressed:

#18) How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

• Identify, evaluate, and use appropriate reference materials and technology.