Name: ______________________________________________________________ Date: _____________________ Class: _____________ SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY PROJECT Social Studies Project 2 – 100 Points Total Project #2: For this project, you will be using Power Point to create a presentation about a South Asian nation. To do this, you will research key information about your country, pick the most important information and put that into a Power Point to present to the class. Keep this packet to help guide your research and planning! Task I: Research The Country After choosing a country in class with Mr. Shane, begin researching. Use the internet to find out key information about your country. Answer the following questions: 1. What is the name of your country? Where is it located? 2. Describe the major physical features located in your country. For example: The Ganges in India or the Himalayas and Mt. Everest in Nepal . 3. Describe the population of your country: How many people live in your country? What major cities are in your country? Do most people live in cities or in the countryside? Describe the major cities. 4. Describe the natural resources of your country: What natural resources can be found in the country? Water, Natural Gas, Copper, etc. How do they use these resources? Do they have any sources of renewable energy? 5. What other interesting facts did you discover in your research? What is their culture like? What foods do they eat? What is their religion? What languages do they speak? Any interesting holidays or rituals (like Aarti in India)? Task II: Make a PowerPoint Prepare a PowerPoint about your country. Be creative! Explore the tools for changing the theme and layout of each slide. Make sure to use pictures to make it interesting! Each slide should contain: a Title, a Graphic (picture, map, or chart), and Text (simple, clear information about the topic). PowerPoints must be between 6 and 10 slides long. For example: Slide 1: Introduce your Country Slide 2/3: Tell about the Major Physical Features Slide 4/5: Tell about the Population + Major Cities Slide 6: Describe the Natural Resources Slide 7/8: Tells other Interesting Facts about your country. Slide 9: Conclusion – wrap up your presentation by summarizing information you have presented. Task III: The Presentation Bring your PowerPoint on a USB to Mr. Shane on the first day back from break. The Presentation schedule will be drawn on this day, so make sure you are ready to present! 1) Using the PowerPoint as reference, explain each slide to the class. 2) Avoid READING directly from each slide. The presentation should contain MORE information than the slides, because you should be adding to what is shown in the Title, Picture and Text. 3) Presentations will be evaluated by your peers! For each presenter, the class will complete the following survey. The surveys will be collected and will contribute to your overall score on the project. PRESENTOR’S NAME: _________________________________________ EVALUATOR’S NAME : _________________________________________ YES (1) The power point is visually appealing, text is easy to read, it includes pictures or graphics The power point answers the key questions about the topic (country, physical features, population, natural resources, fun facts) The presenter is prepared, knows their topic well. I understand the speaker and can hear them clearly. The presentation taught me something I didn’t know before. Total - / 5: NO (0) Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ Date: _____________________________________ Period: ________________________ SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY PROJECT Task I: The Research Task III: The Presentation Possible Points POPULATION – Did you correctly describe the population and how it is distributed within the country? PHYSICAL FEATURES – Did you correctly describe the major physical features of the country? NATURAL RESOURCES – Did you correctly describe the natural resources in the country? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – Did you describe other interesting facts about your country? Points Earned 8 Possible Points RELEVANCE – The presentation explains key information about the country. Answers all 5 questions PREPARATION – Know your stuff! Don’t just read aloud from the PowerPoint. PRESENTATION SKILLS – Student speaks clearly, makes eye contact, can be heard. 8 8 8 LENTH – Power Point contains between 6 – 10 slides DESIGN – Each slide contains: A title, text and a graphic CREATIVITY – Power Point is nice to look at, information is clear 10 10 10 10 10 Peer Evaluation Task II: The PowerPoint Possible Points Points Earned Possible Points Points Earned Average Score 1 – 2 points 2 – 4 points 3 – 6 points 4 – 8 points 5 – 10 points Points Earned 10 8 Total Points: ______ / 100