The group then writes a letter to a fictitious agent asking him or her to represent the group. The letter has to include the experience and educational backgrounds of the band members, the type of music, and their plans for the world tour. Finally, the group designs a flyer to advertise its tour. The flyer has to include their band's logo, the name of the group, and the places they will be playing. This work takes place during geography, math, science, and foreign language classes.
Students use spreadsheets, the Web, and a graphic-design program.
We tell each group that it must choose eight cities for the tour. To expand their geography skills, students should choose cities from at least three different continents, with no more than three cities on each continent. Students must research and write a report on two of the cities they will visit. Students also are asked to find the distance they will cover in the tours. This information will be put into a spreadsheet that will be used later to calculate airfare.