| Summary |
In On the Road, students are presented with an enriching study of a variety of classic and contemporary texts relating to travel. These include documentaries, non-fiction texts, poems, and feature articles. The core text for this unit of work is the comedic travel documentary Travels with My Father (Series 1) by Jack Whitehall. By exploring these texts, students will cultivate a repertoire of skills, enabling them to comprehend, analyse, and assess travel-related content. These practical competencies extend to deciphering precise travel information, health recommendations, safety guidelines, and government regulations-skills that are vital for the real world On the Road also links to other subject areas across the curriculum, helping students to develop and understanding of social and cultural practices, global issues, and the ethics of tourism. Some activities also involve financial literacy, such as developing budgets and planning for travel experiences. By considering the personal impact of travel as depicted in a range of texts, students, will improve their understanding of the power of language to unveil diverse landscapes, cultures, and people, thereby realising how travel literature serves as a portal to many worlds. |
