Learning Unit template _ Portugal
E. L. I. O. T.- ENHANCING LITERACY BASIC SKILLS AND FIGHTING DROPOUT WITH CROSS-
CURRICULAR THEATRICAL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ID Number: 2016-1-IT02-KA219-024165
Learning Unit template _ Portugal
Subject Title
Geography
Why are Mediterranean countries a paradise for tourists Goals of the Unit At the end of the Unit, the student must:
Learning Outcomes
� Identify Mediterranean countries; � Enumerate Mediterranean countries main features; � Recognize different development rates among Mediterranean countries; � Point out the causes of different development rates among
Mediterranean countries; � Analyze the environmental costs of tourism � Understand the environmental consequences of tourism in terms of natural resources
Oral presentations Multimedia presentations( prezi, powerpoint); Drama sketch
Key competences
• Use Geography related vocabulary in a precise way, either written or orally:
• Read different types of maps;
• Read different types of map scales;
• Select and organize statistic data;
• Create different graphics;
• Identify the distinctive features elements of a landscape;
• Locate places in a world map, using geographical coordinates;
• Evaluate the different touristic regions, with reference to a sustainable development rates Skills
Contents
( Referring to a single competence)
( contents for each competence)
Interpretation skills( students used maps, photographs, diagrams, cartoons, images, statistics, keys, graphs, text, models, internet, speeches, surveys, films, TV, video clips and GIS to explain geographic information Construction skills( students presented spatial, statistic and visual data).
• Tourism, its importance, evolution and multiplying effect
• Physical and human characteristics as appealing and diverse factors;
Communication skills( students presented geographic information in a variety of forms such as essays, paragraphs, visuals, films, PowerPoint presentations, speeches, and graphic organizers).
Tourism versus sustainable development;