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:
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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
Place
10 points
Content
50 points
Region
10 points
Movement
10 points
Human/
Environment
Interaction
10 points
Resources
25 points
Images
10 points
# of slides
6 points
Conventions
10 points
Organization
5 points
Presentation
15 points
Minimum of 5
resources
Minimum of 1
image/slide
Minimum of 12
slides
Spelling,
grammar,
punctuation
Well organizedlogical
progression of
slides and
information
Intelligent,
understandable,
well-paced
professional
communication
Student Score
Absolute Location
5 points
Relative Location
Human/Cultural
Characteristics
5 points
5 points
Physical
Characteristics
Region in the World
5 points
Regions in the
Country
People
10 points
Imports/Exports
10 points
Ideas
Depend
Change
10 points
Adapt
5 points/resource
25 points
1 point/slide
10 points
½ point/slide
12 points
10 points
5 points
15 points
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 –
o What are the main languages, customs, beliefs, foods, fashion, holidays and
festivals there?
o How many people live, work, and visit there?
o What is the country make-up (population)?
 Physical Characteristics –
o Landforms (mountains, rivers, etc.),
o climate
o vegetation, soil
o wildlife
o 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 –
o What are some unique ways people get around?
o What kind of movement is there because of tourism?
o Are people immigrating to the country?
o Are people emigrating from the country?
 Trade –
o What do they produce/trade and to whom?
o What do they import into the country?
 Ideas –
o 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
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
Source
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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