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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. Service Best and Frontline Sales Essentials are free to high school students when using the code CAREER at registration check-out.
For a limited time, Workplace Essentials training is also fully refundable once completed. Check out the details by clicking the link below. Once the courses are completed, students can add these certifications to their resume.

Online Courses

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.

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Frontline Sales Essentials

Your students will be the first point of contact for every customer, including visitors to Saskatchewan. They'll learn to make positive first impressions, deliver high‑quality service, and ensure visitors leave happy with their trip.

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Workplace Essentials

Give your students the practical, job‑ready skills employers value: communication, teamwork, professionalism, time management, and workplace safety. It's free for Saskatchewan students under 19, and they'll earn a certificate of completion for their resumes.

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Tourism Career Exploration

Bring tourism career exploration into the classroom with this engaging online module. Easy to access and ready to use, it helps learners discover career opportunities, explore industry pathways, and gain a better understanding of Saskatchewan's tourism sector.

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:

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Phone 1-800-331-1529 or email training@tourismsask.com