Tri-fold Travel Brochure Project

 

Think of a city that youÕve never been to, but sounds interesting to visit. This city can be in the United States or outside of it. Your job is to research the city online to find out as much information as you can. Then you will use this information to create a tri-fold travel brochure that highlights the best and most interesting features of the city. Remember to use descriptive language in order to make your city attractive to tourists. Also, use pictures and maps to help ÒsellÓ your city to people reading the brochure.

 

Your brochure should include:

 

á          a description of the city (is it a beach town, a big city, a resort location, a small farming town, etc..)

á          a map of your city that shows some points of interest (a San Diego map might show downtown, the beach areas, the Coronado Bridge, the zoo, etc..)

á          information about the weather (Is it sunny all the time? Does it ever snow there? When is the rainy season?)

á          one or more historical locations, along with a brief description of each (San Diego examples could include the missions, Old Town, etc..)

á          other areas of interest, with a brief description of each (Sea World, Balboa Park, La Jolla cove, Coronado, etc..)

á          information about the population (this is also called demographic information - how many people live there, are these mostly students, families, older people?)

á          some activities, along with their locations (surfing, horseback riding, shopping, skiing, etc..)

 

 

 

We will be putting the brochure together in Microsoft Word using text boxes and pictures we find from the internet. The procedure for making your Word document into a tri-fold brochure using columns will be explained in class. The procedure for making text boxes and formatting pictures are as follows:

 

 

 

To make a new text box:

1.       Click Insert --> Text Box

2.       Click where you want the text box to appear in your brochure

3.       Type in the text box

 

 

To change the size or position of a text box:

1.       Click on the border of the box to select it

2.       To change position, click the border of the box (again) and drag it to a new position

3.       To change the size, click on one of the small white boxes on the border and drag it to the size you want

 

 

To insert a picture from the web:

1.       Make sure the picture you want is the actual picture, not a thumbnail.

2.       Right-click on the picture in Firefox then select either Save Image AsÉ or Save Image to Desktop. Remember if you leave the picture on the desktop after class, it will likely be deleted – so move it to your folder if you want to keep it.

3.       Go to your folder to find the picture. Move your Word document and your folder so that you can see both on the desktop at the same time.

4.       Drag the picture file into your Word document. You may have to adjust the size so that it fits within the column.

 

 

To format a picture so that you can move it around:

1.       In Word, right click on the picture

2.       Click Format PictureÉ

3.       Select Layout from the buttons at the top of the window that pops up.

4.       Under the heading Wrapping style, click In front of text and then click OK