STATE TRAVEL BROCHURE
Imagine that you work for a state Travel & Tourism Department and have been entrusted to create a travel brochure that will entice people to come to your state for a vacation (and spend money in your state). Follow these steps to help you create an informative and beautiful travel brochure. The entire brochure should be hand created (nothing printed from Internet and glued to your brochure). Your job is dependent on the quality of your brochure. Neatness and colorfulness are key ingredients to a successful brochure.
STEP #1: Check out a book about your state from the school Media Center. While reading it, keep an eye out for the following information. Use the "State Travel Brochure Form" (above) to take notes. You may also use an Internet search engine to find more information. Type in your state name then the words Tourism or Vacation Ideas or Things To Do. Have fun researching your state!
1. State Rank (when admitted to the Union; population)
2. State Size (square miles)
3. Natural Resources
4. Products Produced/Exported
5. National Parks
6. Landmarks
7. Historical Sites
8. State Symbols
9. State Nickname
10. Famous People
11. Important Landforms
12. Bordering States
13. State Government Officials
STEP #2: BROCHURE PAPER - Get an 11" by 18" drawing paper from your teacher. Place it landscape (long going left-to-right). Fold it in thirds: left and right sides folded in 6 inches. This will make the middle section 6 inches, too. (6 + 6 + 6 = 18 inches)
STEP #3: FRONT FLAP - Fold the left side on top. This is the "Front Flap". Hand print the name of your state as large as you can. (You may turn the Front Flap sideways if your state has a long name.) You may use block letters, bubble letters, etc. as long as it is done neatly. Also hand draw the outline of your state as large as you can. This "political map" should show the capitol city and three other major cities. Use a star in a circle to designate the capitol city and large black dots to designate the other cities. Around the edge of your state, label the bordering states.
STEP #4: RIGHT-FRONT FLAP - Open the Front Flap and you will see the Right-Front Flap. Draw another map, but this will be a topographical map that includes major landforms: rivers, mountains, buttes, etc. Draw the landforms and label them, then color the map so you can still read the labels.
STEP #5: INSIDE SECTIONS - Open the Right-Front Flap and you will see all 3 inside sections. Pick 6 to 9 interesting things to draw and label on these sections that would draw people to your state. For example, draw a picture of a landmark (for example, Delicate Arch if you are doing Utah), hand print a caption describing it below the picture (Delicate Arch - Arches National Park), and color the landmark. Make your pictures large and the captions very neat and legible. Use any of the 13 ideas listed in STEP #1 for the inside sections. You may use any of the 13 things more than once, for example you may draw 4 State Symbols, 2 famous people, 2 Historical Sites, etc.
STEP #6: Print your name on the back middle section.
1. State Rank (when admitted to the Union; population)
2. State Size (square miles)
3. Natural Resources
4. Products Produced/Exported
5. National Parks
6. Landmarks
7. Historical Sites
8. State Symbols
9. State Nickname
10. Famous People
11. Important Landforms
12. Bordering States
13. State Government Officials
STEP #2: BROCHURE PAPER - Get an 11" by 18" drawing paper from your teacher. Place it landscape (long going left-to-right). Fold it in thirds: left and right sides folded in 6 inches. This will make the middle section 6 inches, too. (6 + 6 + 6 = 18 inches)
STEP #3: FRONT FLAP - Fold the left side on top. This is the "Front Flap". Hand print the name of your state as large as you can. (You may turn the Front Flap sideways if your state has a long name.) You may use block letters, bubble letters, etc. as long as it is done neatly. Also hand draw the outline of your state as large as you can. This "political map" should show the capitol city and three other major cities. Use a star in a circle to designate the capitol city and large black dots to designate the other cities. Around the edge of your state, label the bordering states.
STEP #4: RIGHT-FRONT FLAP - Open the Front Flap and you will see the Right-Front Flap. Draw another map, but this will be a topographical map that includes major landforms: rivers, mountains, buttes, etc. Draw the landforms and label them, then color the map so you can still read the labels.
STEP #5: INSIDE SECTIONS - Open the Right-Front Flap and you will see all 3 inside sections. Pick 6 to 9 interesting things to draw and label on these sections that would draw people to your state. For example, draw a picture of a landmark (for example, Delicate Arch if you are doing Utah), hand print a caption describing it below the picture (Delicate Arch - Arches National Park), and color the landmark. Make your pictures large and the captions very neat and legible. Use any of the 13 ideas listed in STEP #1 for the inside sections. You may use any of the 13 things more than once, for example you may draw 4 State Symbols, 2 famous people, 2 Historical Sites, etc.
STEP #6: Print your name on the back middle section.
