Process

STEP 1
  1. Your teacher will place you in expert groups of three people each.  Each group will be given a trivia question.  The answer to the question will identify a building or site which the group will research.
  2. As you research your site, find at least four more significant facts.
  3. Once you have gathered your facts, work together to design a brochure.  You will use the information you have learned to persuade a tourist to visit your site.  The brochure should include the location of the site and a picture or drawing.
    Click here to start your trivia search.
STEP 2
  1. Next the expert groups will jigsaw to create larger groups with one representative from each site.
  2. These jigsaw groups will locate their sites on a map of Philadelphia.
  3. Using the map, each group will develop an itinerary for a walking tour including all sites.

Click here to see the map.
 

Click here to see a sample itinerary.

STEP 3
  1. In this final step, your class will work cooperatively to transform the classroom into the historic district of Philadelphia.
  2. Each jigsaw group will walk the itinerary they developed while the other group members stand at their site's location.
  3. As the "tourists" arrive at each site, the experts share the important information from the brochure, speaking as the voice of the building.