Carmen Sandiego Activities
Most of these activities are kept in a folder called Carmen
Record Book and children work on these activities either while they are playing
Carmen Sandiego or when they are back at their desks
Carmen Record Book
First page has a graph to plot progress as a detective
Second Page has Self Evaluation and monitoring information
| Name | |
| Please date whenever any work is carried out on any of the following activities | |
| Compulsory Activities | Date |
| Play CD | |
| Crook Profiles (at least 12) | |
| Letter writing to a relative or a friend | |
| Make a word find | |
| Presentation to class about a particular country (discuss with teacher using Action Learning Process) See unit | |
| Carmen Sandiego Travel Book | |
| Games - True or false questions regarding maps - Match country and currency - Countries and capital game dominoes - Countries and flags |
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| Choose any one of the following | |
| Read a book about a particular country and fill in Information sheet | |
| Plan a Trip | |
| Overseas Trip Travel Brochure | |
| Character Trait poster, must include picture, personality and physical traits | |
One thing I have learnt about a particular country
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One thing I have learnt about using a computer
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I felt our presentation was
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We could have improved our presentation by
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Crook Profile
Children have a blank table with just the first column with the questions filled
in. They must put in as much detail as possible. They will find out that the
collected information will help them on many occasions. Here is an example
| Hair Colour | Pearly white |
| Body Shape | Very large, almost pear shaped |
| Height | very tall, tall enough to be a basketball player |
| Wearing anything? | an unusual hat and rings on 3 fingers |
| Who is it? | Ready Eddie Malone |
Carmen Sandiego Travel Book
| Name of Place | |
| Language spoken | |
| Capital City | |
| Land Area Size | |
| Currency | |
| Population | |
| Surrounding countries |
| Draw the Flag
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| Draw the shape of the country
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Plan a Trip
Plan an overseas trip. You will need to
- contact travel agents (email, fax, phone, visit)
- find out what sort of trips they offer
- find out prices
From this information plan a trip to the country of your choice: include
information about
- dates
- times
- Plane information
- itinerary
Letter Writing
Write a letter to a relative or a friend to find out what countries they have
visited. You will need to think about and prepare what questions you are going
to ask them
Make a WordFind
Children design own wordfind. Instead of writing the words to find write
questions that need a one word answer
| write list of words or questions here
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Information sheet
| Name of Country | |
| Capital City | |
| Currency | |
| Language spoken | |
| Surrounding countries | |
| Dominant religion | |
| Notable monuments or buildings that identify what country this is i.e Sky Tower Auckand | |
| Native animals i.e Kiwi - New Zealand | |
| National dress | |
| Government | |
| Type of food they eat | |
| Any interesting facts you have
discovered about this country
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| Reference Books used:
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Overseas Trip Travel Brochure
Design a brochure advertising a particular country. Your brochure
should have
- Graphics
- Text
- Prices
- Highlights
of area
- Map
© Jacqui Sharp 2001