Go Travel!

5th Grade, Research and Inquiry Activities

1. Connect to this link: http://www.kidtravels.com/.

2. Click on the map to choose a region of the world you think you would like to visit.

3. Choose several journal entries by a student traveler and read them. Then answer the questions below.

a) What do the entries you read have in common? What are their differences?

b) Whose entry was your least favorite? Why?

c) Which place would you most like to visit with a friend? Why?

4. Write a paragraph about why traveling is helpful to students and how it might make a difference in your life.

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