Touring England

Name of Hotel

Cost per night

Introduction:

You are headed to an all expenses paid vacation to London, England and before you leave you want to find out some important, if not necessary, information.

In this activity you will be completing five different searches that when combined will allow you to walk the streets of Piccadilly Square with the knowledge that you are a well educated "Londoner".

Step ONE:

Search these three websites and find the cost of a round trip plane ticket to Gatwick or Heathrow Airport in England.

A. American Airlines ____________________________________

What time would you leave and from which city? Cincinnati, Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Chicago?________________________________________________

Is it a direct flight? If it is not, where are the lay-overs? _____________________

How long is the flight that you have selected from beginning to end? ___________

B. Delta Airlines ____________________________________

What time would you leave and from which city? Cincinnati, Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Chicago?________________________________________________

Is it a direct flight? If it is not, where are the lay-overs? _____________________

How long is the flight that you have selected from beginning to end? ___________

C. British Airways ____________________________________

What time would you leave and from which city? Cincinnati, Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Chicago?________________________________________________

Is it a direct flight? If it is not, where are the lay-overs? _____________________

How long is the flight that you have selected from beginning to end? ___________

Which airline gives you the best deal? ________________________________

Your last activity in STEP ONE is to find driving directions from your home to the airport. Print them off and staple them to your paper. Make sure you print in the correct view. Please ask Mrs. Carroll if you are NOT sure how to do this.

Step Two:

Once in London, now we need a place to stay.

Search to find 3 hotels that you could stay at while visiting.

Find the cost per night for each of the hotels and list at least 5 amenities that the hotel supplies.

Step Three:

OK, now that we have a place to stay- what is the weather going to be like while we are there so that we know what we should pack for the trip?

Search to find the 5 and the 10 day forecast for London, England.

Five Day Forecast: ____________________________________

Ten Day forecast: ____________________________________

Step Four:

Now that the basics of our trip are planned, it's time for the fun stuff.

Where can we visit while we are there?

List 10 tourist and local attractions that can be visited while we are there.

Give the hours of operation and the cost to get in- give the cost in pounds and then use an on-line money converter to exchange that into dollars.

EX.COM- Universal Currency Converter

Remember to look for 10 different places.

Write your answers in the table.

Places to visit while in London.

Tourist Attraction	Hours of Operation	Cost in Dollars and in Pounds

Step Five:

So we need to know a little historical and general information about England.

Use your searching skills to answer these questions.

England still has a monarchy- what is a monarchy? _________________________________________________

Who is the leader? _____________________________

What does this person do (job)? ________________________________________

England also has a prime minister- who is it? What is their job? (Tony Blair retired in June.)

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What is the sport most commonly played in England? ______________________

(If you tell me soccer then an Englishmen would be very upset with you.)

What are the most popular foods in England? ___________________________

Where can you go to do some shopping while in London? ___________________

(One of the most famous department stores is located in London. The royal family even shops there.

Can you find the name of that store??)

List three major historical events that have impacted London/ England?

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(Something to do with a fire, and maybe a pretty nasty war and then there was something that had to do

with a serial killer named Jack, and that just scratches the surface of historical events.)

List five FUN FACTS about England.

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