My country is: ______

Country Project

This project is designed to have each of you research an individual country using the Five Themes of Geography. You will create a PowerPoint or Prezi about your country. You must present your work to the class.

Requirements:

PowerPoint/Prezi – 12 slide minimum

  • 1 Title slide, 10 content slides, 1 Bibliography slide
  • 5 Themes of Geography must be incorporated into the content slides. (See back side of this page for guidelines.)
  • Each slide must have an image.
  • Minimum of 5 sources required. - NO WIKIPEDIA

Presentation of project – REQUIRED

Please make arrangements to present early if you plan to be gone the week of Dec. 16-20.

We will use 6 class periods to work on this project. We will provide a note-taking organizer and instruction on creating a bibliography. You may bring a jump drive to save the work you do at school. You may take the jump drive home to continue working from there if you want more than 6 class periods. PART OF YOUR GRADE WILL BE BASED ON HOW WELL YOU USE YOUR TIME DURING THOSE 6 CLASS PERIODS.

Important dates:

  • Tuesday, November 12, 2013 – Choose country
  • Monday, November 18, 2013 – research day in class
  • Tuesday, November 19, 2013 – outline of project due
  • Monday, November 25, 2013 – research day in class
  • Tuesday, November 26, 2013 – research day in class
  • Thursday, December 12, 2013 – finishing touches
  • Friday, December 13, 2013 – practice/feedback from a friend

Grading Rubric

Student name: ______

Country: ______

Location
10 points / Absolute Location
Relative Location / 5 points
5 points
Place
10 points / Human/Cultural Characteristics
Physical Characteristics / 5 points
5 points
Content
50 points / Region
10 points / Region in the World
Regions in the Country / 10 points
Movement
10 points / People
Imports/Exports
Ideas / 10 points
Human/
Environment
Interaction
10 points / Depend
Change
Adapt / 10 points
Resources
25 points / Minimum of 5 resources / 5 points/resource / 25 points
Images
10 points / Minimum of 1 image/slide / 1 point/slide / 10 points
# of slides
6 points / Minimum of 12 slides / ½ point/slide / 12 points
Conventions
10 points / Spelling, grammar, punctuation / 10 points
Organization
5 points / Well organized- logical progression of slides and information / 5 points
Presentation
15 points / Intelligent, understandable, well-paced professional communication / 15 points
Student Score / 130 possible

Other comments: ______

FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

Use these guidelines to build your content slides.

LOCATION

Where are we?

  • Absolute location – latitude and longitude
  • Relative location – neighboring nations, bodies of water

PLACE

What is it like there? What kind of place is it?

  • Human Characteristics –
  • What are the main languages, customs, beliefs, foods, fashion, holidays and festivals there?
  • How many people live, work, and visit there?
  • What is the country make-up (population)?
  • Physical Characteristics –
  • Landforms (mountains, rivers, etc.),
  • climate
  • vegetation, soil
  • wildlife
  • other

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

How do humans and the environment affect each other?

  • How do people depend on the environment?
  • How have people changed the environment?
  • How does the environment influence people?

MOVEMENT

How are people, goods and ideas moved from place to place?

  • Human Movement –
  • What are some unique ways people get around?
  • What kind of movement is there because of tourism?
  • Are people immigrating to the country?
  • Are people emigrating from the country?
  • Trade –
  • What do they produce/trade and to whom?
  • What do they import into the country?
  • Ideas –
  • What unique ideas have come from the country and moved to other places?

REGIONS

To what region does the country belong?

  • Physical region – ex. Landforms, Climate, Topography
  • Language region – ex. Latin, Francophone
  • Religious region – ex. Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim
  • Economic region – ex. Wheat Belt, Rust Belt, European Union
  • Political region – ex. NATO, African Union

Facts / Source
Title slide – Country and your name
Location Slide 1 – Absolute Location
Location Slide 2 – Relative Location
Place Slide 1 – Human characteristics
Place Slide 2 – Physical characteristics
HEI Slide 1 – Human effect on environment
HEI Slide 2 – Environment effect on humans
Movement Slide 1 –Human movement
Movement Slide 2 – Trade and idea movement
Region Slide 1 – Physical & political region
Region Slide 2 – Language, Religious & Economic region

Countries

Argentina

Australia

Brazil

Cameroon

China

Cuba

Egypt

England

France

Germany

Greece

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Kenya

Liberia

Mexico

Morocco

Panama

Peru

Philippines

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

South Korea

Russia

Switzerland

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Vietnam

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