TEXAS CTE LESSON PLAN

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Lesson Identification and TEKS Addressed

Career Cluster Hospitality and Tourism

Course Name Travel and Tourism Management

Lesson/Unit Title Planning Vacation Adventures

TEKS Student 130.258. (c) Knowledge and Skills

Expectations
(3) The student solves problems independently and in teams using
critical-thinking skills. The student is expected to:
(A) generate creative ideas by brainstorming possible
solutions;
(B) guide individuals through the process of making
informed travel decisions;
(C) interpret and use industry standards for principles of
budgeting and forecasting to maximize profit and growth;
and
(D) analyze customer comments to formulate improvements
in services and products.

Basic Direct Teach Lesson

(Includes Special Education Modifications/Accommodations and
one English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) Strategy)

Instructional Objectives
Students will:

 Plan the details for various travel scenarios

 Learn the process of decision-making and apply to travel decisions
 Learn how to budget for various travel vacations
 Develop solutions for customer concerns and formulate
improvements for services, products, and training of staff
Rationale There are many decisions to make when vacationing; Where to go? What

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 kind of transportation to use? How much money to budget? This lesson
will help you make some informed decisions as you plan a travel
adventure.

Duration of Lesson Five 45-minute class periods

Word Wall/Key
Vocabulary Booking a reservation: The process of making/taking arrangements for
(ELPS c1a, c, f; c2b; c3a, b, accommodations which are secured in advance, as in a hotel or on an
d; c4c; c5b) PDAS II (5) airplane

Budget: A guideline for spending money

Evaluate: To judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of;

assess

Expenses: Cost or charge

Experience: The process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or

undergoing something

Identify: To recognize or establish as being a person or thing; verify

Implement: To fulfill, perform; carry out

Planning: Setting goals and developing methods to meet those goals

Process: A continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place

in a definite manner

Products: The totality of goods or services that a company makes

available, output

Profit: The money that a business has left after all the costs of running the
business are paid

Services: An activity that is done for another person

Training: The education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that

is being trained

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 Transportation: Price of travel or transport by public conveyance; fare

Materials/Specialized
Equipment Needed Equipment:

 Computer with projector for multimedia presentation

 Computers with internet access (be sure to follow district
guidelines for internet access)
 Light projector (Elmo)
 Presenter/remote

Materials:
 Maps of:
o Texas
o Europe
o United states
 Travel brochures
 Travel books
 Travel photos

Supplies:
 Basket
 Card stock paper
 Scissors
 Stickers, stars in various colors
 Copies of handouts

PowerPoint:

 Travel Adventures: Making Informed Decisions

Free iPad Apps:

 Trip Advisor: Hotels, Flights, Restaurants

Plan and have a perfect trip
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tripadvisor-hotels-flights/id28487
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 6795?mt=8
Cruise Finder – iCruise.com Vacation Cruises Travel Deals
The most comprehensive cruise-vacation planning apps in the
travel industry.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cruise-finder-icruise.com/id38107
4627?mt=8

Graphic Organizers:

 Travel Decisions
 Travel Decisions (Key)

Handouts:

 Customer Comments
 FCCLA Planning Process
 Rubric for PowerPoint or Prezi® Travel Adventures Presentation
Travel Adventures Project
Anticipatory Set Before class begins:
(May include pre- Note to Teacher:
assessment for prior
Acquire various vacation brochures, travel books, and photos from hotels,
knowledge)
travel agencies, and chambers of commerce.

Print the Customer Comments on card stock cut out the comments and
place in a basket. These will be used in the Guided Practice section.

Display the travel brochures, books, and photos around the room so that
students may view as they enter.

Ask the students the following questions:

 Have you been on a family vacation?

 Where have you been?
 What details do you remember about the vacation?
 Where would you like to visit for vacation?

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 Discuss all the various answers with your students.

Direct Instruction *
Review lesson objectives, terms, and definitions. All Handouts

Distribute handout FCCLA Planning Process and graphic organizer Travel

Decisions so students may take notes while viewing the slide presentation.

Introduce PowerPoint Travel Adventures: Making Informed

Decisions. Follow slide presentation script and discuss details with your
students. Allow time for them to take notes.

View YouTube video from Discover America (slide 5):

 Land of Dreams
The official channel of United States tourism. The goal is to inspire
people from around the world to explore all the exciting travel
possibilities in the United States.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=WWUA1CXIku8&feature=share&list=SPD062EB6722BB03A0

This presentation includes seven short videos that can be viewed. They
include the making of the commercial Land of dreams as well as the
marketing ads “See It,”, “Hear It,” “Feel It,” and “Taste It.”.

Continue viewing and discussing PPT content.

Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for all special education students must be
followed. Examples of accommodations may include, but are not limited to:

 checking for understanding

 providing assistance with note-taking
 extra time to complete assignments
 preferred seating

Guided Practice *
Divide class into subgroups of four or five. Each group will select a
spokesperson.

Place Customer Comments cards in a basket and allow each group to

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 select one or two comments (depending on the size of your class). Instruct
the groups to read and brainstorm solutions to the problems or situations
on their cards. Other comments may be added. Remind students that
staff may also need to be re-trained for better service.

Allow time for sharing responses.

Each spokesperson will take turns reading the comment cards and
present the group’s solution.

Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for all special education students must be
followed. Examples of accommodations may include, but are not limited to:

 provide peer tutoring

 reducing the length of the assignment
Independent
Practice/Laboratory Divide the class into subgroups of three or four students.
Experience/Differentiate
d Activities * Distribute the Travel Adventures Project and assign or allow students to
select or create a travel scenario. Inform students that they will be
creating a multimedia presentation for this travel adventure.

Students should utilize the FCCLA Planning Process to assist them in

making informed travel decisions for their scenarios.

Distribute Rubric for PowerPoint or Prezi® Presentation so that students

are aware of assessment procedures.

Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for all special education students must be
followed. Examples of accommodations may include, but are not limited to:

 assisting student in gathering information

 providing praise and encouragement

Lesson Closure
Review lesson objectives, terms, and definitions.

Place one of the maps you have available from the Materials or
Specialized Equipment section on a wall in your classroom.

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 Begin by placing a star where you have had an opportunity to venture
and share decisions you made such as:

 Destination
 Time
 Budget
 Transportation
 Lodging
 Recreation
 Meals

Ask your students to do the same and tell the class about their travel
adventures.

This map can then be placed on a bulletin board for everyone to see.

Summative/End of
Students will present Travel Adventures Presentations to the class.
Lesson Assessment *

Students will be assessed with appropriate rubric.

Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for all special education students must be
followed. Examples of accommodations may include, but are not limited to:

 grading according to work done

 providing praise and encouragement

References/Resources/
Images:
Teacher Preparation

 Microsoft® Office Clip Art: Used with permission from Microsoft®.

Textbook:

 Reynolds, Johnny Sue. (2010) Hospitality Services. Tinley-Park,

Illinois: The Goodheart-Wilcox Company, Inc;

YouTube:

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 Land of Dreams
The official channel of United States tourism. The goal is to inspire people
from around the world to explore all the exciting travel possibilities in the
United States.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=WWUA1CXIku8&feature=share&list=SPD062EB6722BB03A0

Additional Required Components

English Language
 Word wall
Proficiency Standards  Draw visual representations of terms on word wall
(ELPS) Strategies  Add terms and definitions to personal dictionary

Utilize four corners vocabulary/word wall activity http://cte.sfasu.edu/wp-

content/uploads/2012/02/four-corner-vocabulary2.pdf

College and Career

Readiness Connection1

Recommended Strategies

Reading Strategies
Allow students to read travel magazine blogs to find out more about
traveling adventures.

From the National Geographic Magazine:

 All Aboard! Multigenerational Cruising

Cruising with the family
http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/28/all-
aboard-multigenerational-cruising/
 Around the World with Kids
Globetrotting Mama
http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/04/around
-the-world-with-kids/

Encourage students to “visualize” as they read. Many students are visual

learners and will benefit from making sketches or diagrams on scratch
paper as they read. Providing students with graphic organizers to help
1
Visit the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards at
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/collegereadiness/CRS.pdf, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(THECB), 2009.
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 them organize their thoughts is also helpful.

Quotes
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.
-Saint Augustine

One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.

-Henry Miller

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.

-Robert Orben

The thing I love most about going on vacation is that I get to leave behind
any kind of schedule. My entire life is scheduled from morning to night,
and when I’m on vacation, there is no schedule.
-Kelly Clarkson

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

-Buddha

Writing Strategies
Journal Entries + 1 Journal Entries:
Additional Writing
Strategy  What is Your Dream Vacation? (be sure to give details)
 What is Your Favorite Theme Park? Why?
 If you could go to Washington D.C., which monument would you
want to see? Why?
 Which would you choose: white-water rafting or horseback riding in
the mountains? Why?
 Describe in detail, a hotel you have stayed at or would like to stay
at.

Writing Strategy:

 Raft writing strategy

o Role – customer
o Audience – travel website

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 o Format – review of hotel
Topic – stay at hotel
Communication
 What three things make a vacation memorable?
90 Second Speech Topics  The best vacation for a family with small children is….

The best vacation for a family with teenagers is ….

Other Essential Lesson Components

Enrichment Activity
(e.g., homework Allow students to log onto the Travel Texas website and create a “Texas
assignment) Passport” of vacations and activities they would like to do.
Allow them to also sign up to receive a free Texas Travel Guide – the
printed authority on Texas travel.

Texas: It’s Like a Whole Other Country

The Office of the Governor, Economic Development, and Tourism (Texas
Tourism) is responsible for promoting Texas as a premier travel
destination.
http://www.traveltex.com/

Family/Community Ask a local travel agent to come and speak to your class about their job
Connection responsibilities and duties or visit a local travel agency (there are over
6,000 in the state of Texas).

CTSO connection(s)
Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)

http://texasfccla.org

 Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation: An individual event that

recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge of the
hospitality, tourism, and recreation industries and ability to
translate their knowledge into a hypothetical or real business.

Lesson is preparation for Hospitality LEO test.

Service Learning
True service learning is developed with student voice about concerns and
Projects
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 needs. As the students are learning and researching this topic, ask them
to think about ways they can maximize their learning to benefit others.

Use the LEADERS Model from http://www.servicelearning.org. Brainstorm

with your students for a service project pertaining to this lesson.

Example:

Assist in fundraising for the Make a Wish Foundation to send a child on a

vacation of their dreams.

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