Princess For A Day - Investigation

Investigation

Before you begin to plan your party, you will each choose a role at random. Each role is numbered; in order to find your group members, you must find the other people that share your number. The role that you have drawn is the role you will fulfill throughout the project. Each student will have the opportunity to bring his or her own personal style to this role. The roles are as follows: music/entertainment expert, chef extraordinaire, decorator/photography coordinator, dress/accessory/gift coordinator, location/transportation manager. Each of the roles is equally important.

Follow these steps in order to plan the perfect party. Links you will need may be found on the resources page.

1. Each of you must familiarize yourself with the traditions associated with a quinceañera.

2. As a party planning team, you must create a name for your company and decide on a theme for the party. You should also decide on how you will present your final product (PowerPoint, web page, video, poster, etc.) After you make these decisions, each person will begin to work on his or her individual role.

3. Begin your individual portion of this project by browsing the links I have provided for you on the resource page. As you make decisions on your ideas for the party, you must keep track of prices and the websites where you find the information. You should have pictures of your items whenever possible. Please remember you are not limited to only the resources I have given you. At this point, your individual portion should be in the format the group has chosen for the final presentation (for example, if you are creating a poster you should have your pictures and prices printed).

4. After you have all finished your individual portions, you should discuss what you have found. You may need to adjust or alter some items to fit into your budget of $50,000. When you are certain you are within the budget, as a group, you should begin to create your final presentation.

5. Split yourselves into 3 teams, based on the strengths of the group members. One team will create the budget (in Excel or Word), one team will create the invitation (in Spanish), and the other team will put together the individual presentations into one, coherent, group presentation.

6. Once these three tasks have been completed, everyone in the group should review them to ensure there are no mistakes and that all requirements have been met. Please see the evaluation page for specific guidelines.