• Unit Title: The Impact of Tourism

• Grade Level: Grade 8

• Duration: 6 weeks (30 lessons, 5 lessons per week)

• Objective: By the end of the unit, students will understand the positive and negative impacts of tourism, explore sustainable solutions, and connect tourism practices to Islamic values such as hospitality.

Learning Objectives

• Explore the economic, cultural, and environmental impacts of tourism.

• Identify Islamic principles of environment and hospitality in tourism.

• Propose sustainable and respectful tourism ideas.

  
  

Key Vocabulary

Tourism, Sustainability, Eco-tourism, Hospitality, Stewardship, Cultural heritage, Environmental impact, Over-tourism, Pilgrimage, Local economy.

Global Context: Personal and cultural expression.

Key Concepts

Communities.

Related Concept(s)

Setting.

Statement of Inquiry

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

Inquiry Questions

• Factual question: Does travelling mean someone is educated?

• Conceptual question: Does travelling make someone more tolerant?

• Debatable question: Does not travelling around the world make someone unintelligent?

• Objective: Define tourism and its types (domestic, international).

• Activity: Students brainstorm examples of tourism in their community.

• Video: “What is Tourism?” (YouTube)

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Thinking Skills

  2.) Communication Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Knowledgeable

  2.) Thinkers

• Objective: Explore motivations for travel (leisure, business, cultural, religious).

• Activity: Create a mind map of reasons people travel.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Knowledgeable

  
  

• Objective: Discuss Medina’s religious significance as a destination for Hajj and Umrah.

• Activity: Create a timeline of Islamic events tied to Medina.

• Video: “The Importance of Medina”

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Communication Skills

  2.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Knowledgeable

  2.) Communicators

• Objective: Identify how tourism helps local economies and culture.

• Activity: Group discussion: “How does tourism benefit Medina?”

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Communication Skills

  2.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Knowledgeable

  2.) Communicators

• Objective: Review the week’s content through an interactive quiz.

• Kahoot Link: Introduction to Tourism

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Thinkers

• Objective: Explain how tourism creates jobs and boosts local businesses.

• Activity: Research and list jobs related to tourism in Medina.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Research Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Inquirers

• Objective: Explore how tourism helps preserve cultural heritage.

• Activity: Write a short paragraph about how Medina’s culture is shared with visitors.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Knowledgeable

  2.) Thinkers

• Objective: Discuss pollution and resource overuse caused by tourism.

• Activity: Watch “Environmental Impacts of Tourism” and summarize.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Research Skills

  2.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Thinkers

  2.) Caring

• Objective: Understand over-tourism and its effects on communities.

• Activity: Case study analysis of over-tourism in Makkah.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Research Skills

  2.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Inquirers

  2.) Thinkers

• Objective: Test understanding of tourism impacts.

• Kahoot Link: Tourism Impacts Quiz

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Thinkers

• Objective: Discuss hospitality and how it relates to welcoming tourists.

• Activity: Role-play: Hosting tourists in Medina using Islamic manners.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Social Skills

  2.) Communication Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Caring

  2.) Communicators

• Objective: Relate environmental protection to tourism.

• Activity: Create posters with Quranic verses about protecting the environment.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Creative Thinking

  2.) Communication Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Caring

  2.) Reflecting

• Objective: Explore how Hajj and Umrah bring people together.

• Activity: Write a reflection on Medina’s role in religious tourism.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Reflection Skills

  2.) Writing Skills

• IB Learner Profile:

  1.) Reflective

  2.) Open-Minded

• Objective: Connect sustainable tourism to Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) guidance on moderation.

• Activity: Watch “Sustainability in Islam” and discuss.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Thinking Skills

  2.) Communication Skills

• IB Learner Profile:

  1.) Thinkers

  2.) Principled

• Objective: Review Islamic values related to tourism.

• Kahoot Link: Islam and Tourism Quiz

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Thinkers

• Objective: Define eco-tourism and its importance.

• Activity: Brainstorm sustainable tourism ideas for Medina.

• ATL Skills:

1.) Creative Thinking

2.) Collaboration Skills

• IB Learner Profile:

1.) Inquirers

2.) Thinkers

• Objective: Analyze eco-tourism practices in other countries.

• Activity: Present research on an eco-tourism destination.

• ATL Skills

  1.) Research Skills

  2.) Communication Skills

• IB Learner Profiles

  1.) Inquirers

  2.) Thinkers

• Objective: Discuss how tourism supports the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Activity: Group project: Create a tourism plan supporting SDGs.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Collaboration Skills

  2.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Caring

  2.) Thinkers

• Objective: Develop ideas to reduce tourism’s negative impacts.

• Activity: Create posters showcasing solutions for Medina.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Creative Thinking

  2.) Communication Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Thinkers

  2.) Caring

• Objective: Review sustainable tourism concepts.

• Kahoot Link: Sustainable Tourism Quiz

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Thinking Skills

• IB Learner Profiles:

  1.) Thinkers

• Objectives: Learn from experts about sustainable tourism in Medina.

• Activity: Prepare and ask questions during the visit.

• Lesson 24: Field Trip Reflection

• Reflect on what students learned from the trip.

• Activity: Write essays on the experience.

• Lesson 25-29: Final Project

• Create a group presentation on “A Sustainable Tourism Plan for Medina.”

• Lesson 30: Presentations and Peer Review

• Students present their projects and review each other’s work.

• ATL Skills:

  1.) Organization

  2.) Critical Thinking

• IB Learner Profiles

  1.) Inquirer

  2.) Reflective