Country+Reflextion+HT

Havana, Cuba by Tyler Hernandez
My bookr report was on the country of Cuba.

These are the facts that I know about the country of Cuba.
 * 1) Cuba is ruled by a horrible dictatorship.
 * 2) The people of Cuba are sadly very poor.
 * 3) Many baseball players have came from Cuba.
 * 4) When the dictatorship started they had freedom flights that took some of the people who were living in Cuba to the United States to be free.
 * 5) My Grandparents were on the last freedom flight.
 * 6) The country was very beautiful and up too date before the dictatorship came into power.
 * 7) The country is still beautiful but the towns are very poor and runned down.
 * 8) Havana is the capital of Cuba.


 * 4. Go to Country Report to research more information about the country. **
 * And go to the CIA World FactBook **
 * Do not copy and paste, but make notes of information about the country here. **


 * 5. Decide on a specific focus for the brochure and decide on a target audience. Describe both here. **


 * 6. What language of persuasion will you use in the brochure. Explain with examples. **


 * 7. Use Open Office Text to create a 3-column, 2-sided brochure. Make sure the information is accurate. You may use creative commons images for the documents. **


 * Keep in mind the 4 principles of good design: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity. **
 * Use //**CONTRAST**// to “pull” the viewer in, create hierarchy, and make it easy to pick out important information
 * Use //**ALIGNMENT**// to unify and organize the page(s) and publication(s), and make text easy to read and understand
 * Use //**REPETITION**// to unite, join, and fuse the pages and publication(s) together, and provide a consistent “look and feel”
 * Use //**PROXIMITY**// to indicate relationships and create visual connections between elements.


 * 8. Export the final document as a jpg and upload it to your wiki page. **

=Thinking about Your Thinking= =9. Your Analysis:= Learned: These are facts that I learned about the country.
 * 1) Baseball is Cuba's most popular sport.
 * 2) The people of Cuba are very poor.
 * 3) The capital of the country is Havana.

Resources: The most useful resources for images and ideas were:
 * 1) Frommers
 * 2) Country reports

Discuss the following:

 * 1) What is the target audience? Explain why this was a good audience for the country you were researching. Why would they be interested in the country? The target audience was people who live in the northern parts of the world where it is cold. I feel that this is a good audience because people up north can't do the same type of outdoor activities and don't have tropical beaches, jungles,mountains, so when they see these things it will interest them. They would be interested in my country because people will be able to see and experience new interesting things to them.
 * What creative techniques are used to attract attention? How do the text, colors, language, **images** appeal to a specific audience? Provide specific examples from your work. I used many techniques in my brochure. For example I used blue and white as contrasting colors to grab peoples attention. My images and colors appeal to my specific audience because may images were very happy and interesting, in my language I made sure to interest people with interesting facts about my country. It is important to use good pictures, colors, and language to make sure your brochure catches peoples attention and gets them interested in visiting your country.
 * **What Language of Persuasion did you use? Provide examples of the application to your document.** The language of persuasion that I used was facts. I made sure that in my brochure I put facts that would interest people. For example I said how Cuba has really great fishing and put what kind of great fish people can catch. I also said good interesting facts about diving in Cuba and how many amazing things you can see while diving. by using this language of persuasion I feel people will become interested in visiting Cuba.
 * How might different people understand this message differently? (Would a different audience find the brochure appealing to them? Why or why not?) Different people might understand my message differently because lots of people have different interests, so for those who don't like fishing or diving I also included information for some great hotels and beaches to go to. I do not think a different audience would find my brochure appealing. I say this because there are people who don't like to go to tropical places so would not find Cuba as the place for them to visit.
 * What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message? In my message there are descriptions of great five star hotel lifestyles.
 * Why would this message be distributed? My message would be distributed to show people about the great things there are in Cuba and to get more people to come and visit. This message would also be distributed to teach people some great interesting facts to people around the world about the country.

= Assessment Rubric =

Based on Science Leadership Academy Rubric

- Does student plan and structure the project thoughtfully and purposefully? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student demonstrate the understanding of ideas through inquiry, research, analysis, or experience? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student use a variety of skills and strategies to apply knowledge to the problem or project? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student take the necessary steps to fully realize the project goals? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student effectively communicate the central ideas of the project? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || Exceeds Expectations 4 || Meets Expectations 3 || Approaches Expectations 2 || Does Not Meet Expectations 1 ||
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