May 21, 2012 ... that information as a guide to make your own country. You will create a
PowerPoint about your country, map out the landscape, and even ...
Create Your Own Country Project
Name:_______________________ Due: Monday May 21, 2012
Worth: 250 points
To Do Check List ___1. Decide Jobs ___2. Brainstorm Ideas with your group ___3. Come up with ideas for your job ___4. Check with group to see if they agree with your ideas ___5. Make your slides for your section ___6. Have your group check your slides and check all other members slides ___7. Put your Part Labeled in your groups folder in shared docs to be combined by Friday May 18th. ___8. Write note cards for presentation ___9. Double check all slides meet all guidelines for the project ___10. Have another group and Mrs. Schwab check your project before you present 1
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Create Your Own Country End of the Year 7th Grade Social Studies Project Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your own country? What type of government would you chose? Would you be the president or a King/Queen? What would the layout of the land look like? Is your country an island? Are their lots of trees or is it a barren wasteland? Now you have the chance to create your own country! In this assignment you will learn about different types of governments and look at a few countries to see how they are set up. Then from what you have learned about other countries and geography you will use that information as a guide to make your own country. You will create a PowerPoint about your country, map out the landscape, and even create a flag. Afterwards you will share it with your classmates. Remember to have fun. You will work in small groups of 4 to 5 to complete the project. But first each person will be assigned a job to complete before you can work together to put you’re your country project together. If there are 5 people in your group you will need to take one of the jobs and split it into two separate jobs. ______________________ 1. The Geographer - The Geographer has the following jobs: _____ a. Create a physical map of their country which must include the following: Major landforms (such as mountains, plains, deserts, rivers, lakes, other major bodies of water like an ocean or sea), and at least 3 major cities. You need to show if it located next to other countries or if it is an island. Your map must also include a compass rose and a key. _____ b. Choose climate regions: Choose at least 2 different climate regions for your country. In your PowerPoint you will list these climate regions. P 37-47. _____c. Choose vegetation: Choose at least 2 different types of vegetations. In your PowerPoint you will list your vegetation. P 37-47 _____d. Choose Natural Resources: You need to choose at least 2 different natural resources. Remember, if you choose hydroelectric power, you need to make sure your country has rivers. In your PowerPoint you will list your natural resources. P 105-116. _____e. Natural Disasters and How people affect the environment: In your PowerPoint you will need to include at least one natural disaster that affects your country and one environmental issue your country faces. ______________________2. The Historian and Demographer– The Historian and Demographer has the following jobs: _____ a. Founding of your country: In your PowerPoint you will include information that explains how your country was founded. When was your country founded? When did it start? How did it start? Did it break off from another country? Was it settled by people who left their homeland? Did one very rich person decide to create their own country one day? Be creative here. _____ b. You need to write about your country has gone through. In your PowerPoint you will write about the history of your country. What good times and bad times has your country gone through? Use at least one of the following: War, famine, epidemic disease (like the Black Death), natural disasters, industrial revolution, change in government (for example, a change from monarchy to democracy). You need to say when it happened, how long it lasted and how it affected the people of your country. _____ c. Demographics: In your power point you will list the following: Population, Birth Rate, Death Rate, Life Expectancy, What percent of your country is urban (major cities), suburban (smaller cities), and rural (farmland and countryside). 3
______________________3. Economic and Political System Designer - The Economic and Political Designer has the following jobs: _____a. Choose a government: In your PowerPoint you will explain what type of Government your country has. Use P 87-92 to help you. If you choose a democracy, list the voting age and who is allowed to vote (if you choose to have restrictions. _____b. Choose an Economic System: In your PowerPoint you will explain what type of Economic System your country has. Use P 87-92 to help you. _____c. Exports and Currency: You need to make up a currency and create an exchange rate with US money. Like $1 = 5000 chincos (chincos being your country’s currency). You need to list at least 2 items your country exports/trades with other countries. This can be a natural resource like petroleum, agricultural products, minerals like salt, metals like silver, gold, copper or iron, and/or precious gems like diamonds or rubies. _____d. Industries: You need to list the industries in your country. You need at least 2 main industries. Is it mainly farming? Are their factories? What kind? ______________________4. Cultural Designer – The Cultural Designer has the following jobs: ____a. Design a Flag. This can be created on your computer, on poster board, or with fabric like felt. You need to explain in your PowerPoint. You need to explain how your flag relates to your country. Do the colors have special meanings? Do the shapes on your flag have special meanings? _____b. Design the Culture of the People in your country. This information will be included in slides of your power point. Use pages 77-86 to help you answer the following. Also use your creativity. You must include the following: Customs - What traditions/customs do they have? Do they celebrate holidays? Do they have sports? What type of technology do they have? Food and Clothing - What types of food do your people eat? What kind of clothes do they wear? Language - What languages do they speak? Religion - What religions exist in your country (you need at least one; they are listed on P 86)? ____ c. Careers: In your PowerPoint you will include what types of careers/jobs the people of your country have. You will need to talk with the Economic and Political System Designer and the Geographer to see what industries, agriculture and natural resources your country has. For example, if your country farms watermelons, then many people would work in farming watermelons.
You need to research all of the required material and write out what you plan to put in your PowerPoint before you create your PowerPoint. Use the worksheets provided to gather information for your PowerPoint.
Remember to use your best judgment and make sure everything in your Power Point is appropriate. Do not include anything that could be offensive!!!
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You PowerPoint Presentation will include the following Use this as a checklist to help you make sure you have everything in your PowerPoint. ______1. Title Slide with your Country Name, Flag (if you made one on the computer, if not you will just hold it up for everyone to see) and your group names ______2. Country Map Slide (if you made one on your computer, if not you will hold up your map for everyone to see) ______3. Geography Slides (you can combine info from two slides to one) a. Main Slide – Explain the landscape of your country (mountains, hills, plains, plateaus, rivers, oceans, lakes, etc), where your country is located in relation to other countries (made up or real countries) or in relation to a large body of water if it is an island. You also need to say how big your country by comparing to the size of another real country. b. Climate Slide c. Vegetation Slide d. Natural Resources Slide e. Natural Disasters Slide (Earthquakes, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Drought, Mudslides, Wildfires) f. Environmental Issues Slide (Deforestation, Desertification, Air/Water Pollution, Endangered Animals) ______4. History and Demography Slides a. Founding of your Country Slide – This slide describes how your country was founded. b. History of your County Slide – This slide describes the history of your country including good and bad things that have happened to the country. Remember to include when it happened, how it happened, and how it affected the people of your country. c. Demographics Slide - Population, Life Expectancy, What percent of your country is urban (major cities), suburban (smaller cities), and rural (farmland and countryside). ______5. Economic and Political System Slides a. Government Slide – Your type of government with the definition of that government. If you have a monarchy you need to list the King and/or Queen. If it is a dictatorship, you need to list the dictator. If you have a democracy you need to list the President or Prime Minister. Also, if you have a democracy you need to list the voting age and any voting restrictions you have. b. Economic System Slide – This slide includes your economic system with the definition. c. Exports and Currency Slide – This slide includes your exports (goods you trade to other countries) and your currency with exchange rate. d. Industry Slide - List the industries in your country. ______6. Culture Slides (you can split these up more if you need to use more slides) a. Tradition, Customs, Holidays Slide b. Sports, Technology, and Food Slide c. Language and Religion Slide d. Careers/Jobs Slide There should be at least 15 Slides. Most of you will have more than that. If you use outside resources, like a book or website, you need to include that in your PowerPoint.
Presentations: Everyone in your group will be involved in the presentation. Each person will explain the slides they created for their job. 5
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Create Your Own Country Project Information Outline Worksheet Name:_______________________________ 1. The Geographer - The Geographer has the following jobs: _____ a. Create a physical map of their country which must include the following: Major landforms (such as mountains, plains, deserts, rivers, lakes, other major bodies of water like an ocean or sea), and at least 3 major cities. You need to show if it located next to other countries or if it is an island. Your map must also include a compass rose and a key. Write Map Ideas Here
_____ b. Choose climate regions: Choose at least 2 different climate regions for your country. In your PowerPoint you will list these climate regions. P 37-47.
_____c. Choose vegetation: Choose at least 2 different types of vegetations. In your PowerPoint you will list your vegetation. P 37-47
_____d. Choose Natural Resources: You need to choose at least 2 different natural resources. Remember, if you choose hydroelectric power, you need to make sure your country has rivers. In your PowerPoint you will list your natural resources. P 105-116.
_____e. Natural Disasters and How people affect the environment: In your PowerPoint you will need to include at least one natural disaster that affects your country and one environmental issue your country faces.
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Create Your Own Country Project Information Outline Worksheet Name:_______________________________2. The Historian and Demographer– The Historian and Demographer has the following jobs: _____ a. Founding of your country: In your PowerPoint you will include information that explains how your country was founded. When was your country founded? When did it start? How did it start? Did it break off from another country? Was it settled by people who left their homeland? Did one very rich person decide to create their own country one day? Be creative here.
_____ b. You need to write about your country has gone through. In your PowerPoint you will write about the history of your country. What good times and bad times has your country gone through? Use at least one of the following: War, famine, epidemic disease (like the Black Death), natural disasters, industrial revolution, change in government (for example, a change from monarchy to democracy). You need to say when it happened, how long it lasted and how it affected the people of your country.
_____ c. Demographics: In your power point you will list the following: Population, Birth Rate, Death Rate, Life Expectancy, What percent of your country is urban (major cities), suburban (smaller cities), and rural (farmland and countryside).
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Create Your Own Country Project Information Outline Worksheet Name:____________________________________________3. Economic and Political System Designer The Economic and Political Designer has the following jobs: _____a. Choose a government: In your PowerPoint you will explain what type of Government your country has. Use P 87-92 to help you. . If you have a monarchy you need to list the King and/or Queen. If it is a dictatorship, you need to list the dictator. If you have a democracy you need to list the President or Prime Minister. Also, if you choose a democracy, list the voting age and who is allowed to vote (if you choose to have restrictions.
_____b. Choose an Economic System: In your PowerPoint you will explain what type of Economic System your country has. Use P 87-92 to help you.
_____c. Exports and Currency: You need to make up a currency and create an exchange rate with US money. Like $1 = 5000 chincos (chincos being your country’s currency). You need to list at least 2 items your country exports/trades with other countries. This can be a natural resource like petroleum, agricultural products, minerals like salt, metals like silver, gold, copper or iron, and/or precious gems like diamonds or rubies.
_____d. Industries: You need to list the industries in your country. You need at least 2 main industries. Is it mainly farming? Are their factories? What kind?
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Create Your Own Country Project Information Outline Worksheet Name:_______________________________________________________________4. Cultural Designer – The Cultural Designer has the following jobs: ____a. Design a Flag. This can be created on your computer, on poster board, or with fabric life felt. You need to explain in your PowerPoint. You need to explain how your flag relates to your country. Do the colors have special meanings? Do the shapes on your flag have special meanings? Write Ideas here
_____b. Design the Culture of the People in your country. This information will be included in slides of your power point. Use pages 77-86 to help you answer the following. Also use your creativity. What traditions/customs do they have? Do they celebrate holidays? Do they have sports? What type of technology do they have? What types of food do your people eat? What languages do they speak? What religions exist in your country (you need at least one; they are listed on P 86)?
____ c. Careers: In your PowerPoint you will include what types of careers/jobs the people of your country have. You will need to talk with the Economic and Political System Designer and the Geographer to see what industries, agriculture and natural resources your country has. For example, if your country farms watermelons, then many people would work in farming watermelons.
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Create Your Own Country Project Rubric
DO NOT LOSE THIS RUBRIC YOU WILL TURN IT IN WHEN YOU PRESENT
Name:
Map Major Landforms Location Cities Compass Rose Key
Flag Colors Shapes Creativity Neatness
PowerPoint Title Slide Geography * History and Demography * Economic and Political System * Culture * Spelling/Grammar Neatness and Creativity
Country:
N
N
N
I
I
I
V +
V +
V +
Score /5 /5 /5 /5 /5 /25 Score /5 /5 /10 /5 /25
Presentation Speaking Geographer Historian and Demographer Economic and Political System Designer Cultural Designer Participation Name
I
V
+
Score /10 /10
/10 /10 /40 N
I
V
Total Score
Score /5 /25
N
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Score /35
/250
Comments:
/25 /25 /25 /10 /10 /125
* means there is a separate grading rubric for that portion on the back of this rubric
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Each Section of the Power Point Geography
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I
V
+
History and Demography
N
I
V
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Landforms Climate Vegetation Natural Resources Natural Disasters
Score /5 /5 /5 /5 /5 /25
Score
History Population Birth Rate Death Rate Life Expectancy Urban, Rural, and Suburban %
/10 /3 /2 /2 /3 /5 /25
Economy and Political System Government Type Government Info Economy Exports Currency and Exchange Industries
N
I
V
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Score /5 /3 /5 /2 /5 /5 /25
Culture
N
I
Customs Food and Clothing Language Religion Careers
V
+
Score /10 /5 /3 /2 /5 /25
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