Overview

 Vacation Project, Overview

**DEADLINE EXTENDED ON FEB. 22nd --- NEW DEADLINE IS MARCH 8, 2010!**

This project is about going on vacation with your family or friends. Although there are several parts to the project, the final piece is to be presented as a poster. The individual pieces have specific sheets giving you the details needed.

There are no restrictions; you may “go” anywhere you’d like to go! If you choose to “go” with friends, you may pretend you are old enough to legally travel alone, meaning you may rent a car. This project is designed to be worked on during our integrated project time at school, but you may choose to work on it at home as well. Other than the writing prompt, I don’t care about the order in which you complete the pieces of the project. Most likely, you will need to put the poster together at home.

You may work with **//one//** partner if you wish, with the understanding that you will both earn the same grade, even if one person does most of the work. If it is not turned in on time, you will both receive zeros. If you choose this option, choose a partner carefully. Do not ask me about working with more than one partner. The work quality of a group will be judged more harshly than those working by themselves as there are two of you working together.

There are several parts to this project, five as of this writing. You will also be writing a summary of the project telling me what you liked, didn’t like and what you’d change about the project for the next group to do it. The five parts are: writing prompt; timeline; map; postcard; expenses spreadsheet. This will count as a test grade for either math or history and a quiz grade for the other.

Your individual project pieces will be put onto a regular-sized poster board, your choice of color. You will be responsible for completing the project by the due date. The only piece I will be giving an individual due date for is the writing prompt. I want an idea of what each person/group will be working on during this project. You poster should be bright, colorful and use the bulk of the space of the board. You should glue your individual pieces to your poster board and you may add pictures, etc. if there is room.

I am allotting eight integrated periods for this project, not including the summary sheet. Barring an unforeseen circumstance, the due date will be Monday, March 1, 2010. You may, of course, turn your poster in early for an extra five points of credit. Be aware that if you are done early, you will not be allowed to play games on the computer. You will be required to read or work on academic work during the integrated project time.