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Teacher led activities

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Teachers' Tool Kit

Grade School

Tourism Saskatchewan Teachers' Tool Kits contain fun and informative age-appropriate activities to help students learn more about tourism and tourism careers in Saskatchewan.

Activity 1: The Seasons

The students identify the different seasons in Saskatchewan and list outdoor activities, indoor and outdoor sports and games that they can play or do in that season.

Activity 2: Travel Guide Search

Students are asked to use the Saskatchewan Discovery Guide to answer some questions about their reading.

Activity 3: Colouring Book

This is provided to print with your Tool Kit.

Activity 4: Tourism Word Searches

Three word searches are provided to print.

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Teachers' Tool Kit

Middle School

Tourism Saskatchewan Teachers' Tool Kits contain fun and informative age-appropriate activities to help students learn more about tourism and tourism careers in Saskatchewan.

Activity 1: Tourism Profile

The students are instructed to create a tourism profile of either a Saskatchewan a tourism destination, tourism experience, or tourism attraction. This can be a written essay, a presentation, or a video.

Activity 2: Tourist in my Town

Create a storyboard of how you would spend one day as a tourist in your own town. Students will present their storyboards to the class.

Activity 3: Map Quest

Students are asked to choose a travel destination in Saskatchewan. Then use a Tourism Saskatchewan travel map to locate the travel destination on the map, map how they would get to the destination, and record the distance to the destination.

Activity 4: Tourism Marketing

The students are instructed to create a tourism marketing video of a town or city.

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Teachers' Tool Kit

High School

Tourism Saskatchewan Teachers' Tool Kits contain fun and informative age-appropriate activities to help students learn more about tourism and tourism careers in Saskatchewan. More Information

Activity 1: Tourism Careers

Each student is asked to select an occupation in the tourism industry. Examples include: cook, tour operator, hotel front desk manager, food and beverage server, etc. The students are asked to deliver a PowerPoint presentation on the career that they have picked to present to the class.

Activity 2: Advertising

Each student is asked to pick a tourism business (e.g. hotel, tour operator, museum, etc.) and create and print an advertising poster to promote the business.

Activity 3: Tourism Business Plan

Students must create a business plan to start a new business in one of the following categories: restaurant, accommodation, or adventure sport tourism.

Activity 4: Customer Service Interview

Students are asked to interview a professional who works in a front line customer service role. A list of suggested questions is provided to help students conduct their interviews. Students may work individually or be divided into groups. Written or video interviews may be conducted.

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Resume Essentials

Help your students get the best start in the work-world by introducing them to these essential training opportunities.

Online Course

Service Best

Seven out of 10 young people get their first job experience in tourism-related employment. For students working part time or preparing to enter the workforce after graduation, customer service training provides life-long, transferable skills.

Give your students class time to complete the Service Best online course. The course is offered free to high school students when using the code CAREER through the registration system. Students can showcase the Service Best certification on their resumes once they complete the course.

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Student led activities

Consider learning more about tourism careers with this online module. You will need to create an account, select the module, check-out, and then go to the Learning Plan tab to start the presentation.

Explore Tourism Careers

Explore Tourism Careers is an interactive online presentation that provides teachers, career counsellors and students with an overview of the career opportunities available in the tourism sector in Saskatchewan.

The presentation explores four areas that answer students' and teachers' most-asked questions about building a successful tourism career:

  • What is tourism?
  • Who makes this happen?
  • Why should I choose a career in tourism?
  • Career exploration.
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