Your Task
During this assignment, you and your group members will choose a country that you will research.
Within your group, you will be given a specific duty. Duties include a cultural expert, an economist
expert, and political expert. Each job will require the research to find specific information. After
you find your information, you will meet with your group to combine your information and create a
PowerPoint in order to teach other members of your class about the country you researched. There
can be 4 people in a group.
Process
★ Access links to resources that will provide information about your country and the particular
information you for your duty.
★ Read the information
★ In your own words, record important information that you find. ★ Cite the source where you
found the information.
After your have collected the information that you need, you will meet with your group.
★ Discuss with your group members what you have found.
★ Create a PowerPoint to show how you will combine your information in a PowerPoint.
★ Work with your group to create the PowerPoint
★ Practice your presentation to make sure every member can present the appropriate information.
Each person in the group will be assigned a section to research information. It would be wise
to assign two team members to research the economic section, since the research is extensive.
Cultural
 Language
 English Use
 Religion
 Business Customs
o Greetings
o Gift giving
o Dress
o Protocols
 Family Life and Education
Economics
 Type of Economy
 Level of Development
 Balance of Payments
 Trade
 Population
 Growth Rate
 Density
 Income
o GDP
o Rate of Growth
 Distribution of Wealth
 Imports
 Exports
 Foreign District Investment
 Natural Resources
 Currency
 Labor Force
Political
 Political Development
 Political Overview
**On Presentation Day you have the opportunity to receive extra credit! If your group brings an
item of food from your country (enough for each student in the class), you will receive extra credit.
This requires that someone (or multiple) people from the group MAKE this item! It cannot just be
bought straight from the store
Good luck and have fun!!
Rubric ~Economic Systems Activity
Cultural
Part
Language
English use
Religion
Business Communication:
Greetings
Gift giving
Dress
Protocols
Family life and education
Total
Points
5
5
5
5
Points earned
5
5
5
5
40
Economics
Part
Type of Economy
Level of Development
Balance of payments
Trade
Population
Growth rate
Density
Income: GDP
Income: Rate of growth
Distribution of wealth
Imports
Exports
Foreign district investment
Natural resources
Currency
Labor force
Total
Points
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
80
Points earned
Political
Part
Political development
Political overview
Total
Points
5
5
10
Points earned
Presentation
Overall Presentation:
/10
PowerPoint Quality:
/10
TOTAL POINTS:
**Extra credit**
/150
/10