Sixth Grade

Country Project

Project details: You may choose a country in ______(continent that is being studied). You are to research your country of choice using the CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

You may use the attached note sheet below to take notes about your country. After you research your information you will be making a PowerPoint about your country. You will create at least one slide on each theme of geography. Please make sure the following is included in your PowerPoint:

ü  Title Page: includes the name of your country, your name, class period and a map of your country.

ü  Location

ü  Region

ü  Place

ü  Human/Environment Interaction

ü  Movement

ü  Be creative on each slide while conveying the information. You may use more than one slide for each theme of geography.

ü  Use graphics and/or pictures

ü  The rubric will be used to grade your PowerPoint.

Notes Page

You will be researching the following:

Five Themes of Geography:

Location: describe its relative and exact location

______

Movement: imports/exports, recreational areas, why people live there, why people may want to move away from there, etc.

______

Place: human and physical place, animals, soil, plants, religion, transportation systems, housing, etc.

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Human/Environment Interaction: natural disasters, weather patterns, etc.

______

Region: physical, human/cultural, landforms, climate, ethnic groups, etc.

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Country PowerPoint Rubric

Name: ______Date: ______

Description: Create a PowerPoint about your country of choice. Use the CIA World Factbook website to research information for your presentation. Be creative. You may use more than 1 slide for each theme of geography. Be sure to use pictures also. / ü  Self check / Score
Title page: includes the name of your country, your name, class period and a map of your country. (5 points possible)
Location: relative and exact location (5 points possible)
Region: physical, human/cultural, landforms, climate, ethnic groups, etc. (5 points possible)
Place: human and physical place, animals, soil, plants, religion, transportation systems, housing, etc. (5 points possible)
Human/Environment Interaction: natural disasters, weather patterns, etc. (5 points possible)
Movement: imports/exports, recreational areas, why people live there, why people may want to move away from there, etc. (5 points possible)
Total (30 points possible)