Trippin'+New+Bern

**Grade**: 7 **Project Idea**: __Problem__: Local jobs are being cut due to a lack of tourism revenue. Students will read local newspaper articles featuring this topic. They will plan to help fix the problem. __Challenge__: Students will create a marketing plan to increase family tourism in New Bern. **Driving Question**: How can we design a marketing plan, geared towards families, to increase tourism in New Bern? **General Content**: reading comprehension; gathering data; argumentative writing; presenting claims; using multimedia; identifying and appealing to the appropriate audience **Major Student Products**: letter, commercial (create and present), google map information
 * Project Title**: Trippin’ New Bern

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**1. Challenge:** I am still struggling with Writing Workshops and how to best incorporate them as mini-lessons in my project plan. **2. Changes:** I may add collaboration with another school district. **3. Cheers:** I am really excited to do this project! I also think the people in my group at the end were awesome and we had some good discussions.