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Around the World in 1896
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Step One: Research Background
**Activity: As an individual, prepare an executive summary of your research
topic and share with your team members. The executive summary consists of:
- a one-page abstract;
- a glossary or outline of important information, and
- a bibliography of sources consulted.
Post your summary in your team folder and submit a paper copy.
**Journal: In your journal, discuss:
- What processes did you use to find the information?
- What problems did you encounter?
Step Two: Plan Itinerary
As a team, plan the itinerary of your trip choosing from the World's Transportation Commission Trip Itinerary. You MUST include:
- purpose of trip;
- countries to visit (minimum of four, maximum of six);
- world map with countries and route plotted;
- method(s) of travel that you plan to use;
- line budget listing items;
- packing list; and
- anticipated challenges.
**Activity I: As a team, submit your proposed itinerary to the Board of Trustees of the World's Transportation Commission for approval.
Your proposal answers the following questions:
- Why does your trip merit funding?
- What challenges do you anticipate encountering on your trip, and how will you overcome them?
**Activity II: As a team, evaluate another team's proposal. Use the following prompts as a guide:
- Should your proposal be approved? Why or why not?
- Respond with comments on the other team's proposal.
- Include a one-paragraph summary of your findings.
- (Review your partner team's proposal by accessing their team folder and record your comments in their folder.)
**Journal: How does the planning process for this trip differ from planning a similar trip today?
Step Three: Tour the World
Using photographs from Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896, choose images that best represent your experiences and impressions. These photographs become the visual images that you present to the Board of Trustees upon return. Check Collection Connection for Around the World in the 1890s for help in searching the collection.
You must choose images from the following categories:
| Children |
Education |
Fashion |
| Homes |
Leisure activities |
Local customs |
| Modes of transportation |
Places of worship |
Technology |
| Women |
Work and workers |
**Activity I: As an individual, choose an image to make into a postcard to send home to the Board of Trustees on the status of your trip. Your message must include:
- a caption identifying the image;
- proper citation (see Citing Electronic
Sources), and
- a message to the Board of Trustees explaining the significance of the image.
Create a paper copy postcard by downloading your image and printing it. (How
to Print and Save on
the Learning Page has detailed information on printing and
saving images.)
**Activity II: Your team is the Board of Trustees. Your partner team
has sent you postcards from their tour of the world. As a team, use the perspective
of a historian today, and write a two-page critique of the postcards sent to
you by your partner team.
For each postcard, answer the following questions:
- Is this postcard a historically valid document? Why or why not?
- What does it tell you about Western mentalite at the turn of the
twentieth century?
- What is the significance of this image?
**Journal: Why did you choose this image for your postcard?
Step Four: Present to the Board of Trustees
**Activity I: Write a narrative report to the Board of Trustees which chronicles your experiences and impressions from the world tour. Illustrate your narrative with photographs from the collection which are linked to the text. Focus your narrative on:
- how people live;
- how people work;
- how people play;
- technology, and
- modes of transportation.
Submit your narrative by posting it in your team folder.
**Activity II: Give an oral presentation with a slideshow on your trip
to the Board of Trustees. Select the images for your slideshow to document your
experiences and findings as a member of the World's Transportation Commission.
Each member of the team must participate and the presentation should include:
- a description of your itinerary using a world map;
- a description of the images and why they were selected, and
- an analysis of your findings as the World's Transportation Commission.
**Activity III: Role play a contemporary non-Westerner responding to the findings of the World's Transportation Commission and write a letter to the members of the World's Transportation Commission commenting on their mission.
Assessment
By the end of the unit, you complete the following products for evaluation:
- process journal (individual);
- executive summary of independent research (individual) - one-page abstract,
glossary/outline, bibliography;
- proposed itinerary (team) - world map, line budget, packing list;
- peer review of partner team's proposal (team) - written evaluation of one-paragraph
summary;
- postcards updating Board of Trustees (individual) - selection of visual images and citation;
- peer review of partner team's postcards (team) - critique of visual images;
- illustrated written report (team);
- oral presentation (team), and
- letter from contemporary non-Westerner (individual).
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