Around the World
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in Ten Days
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Welcome to the
wonderful world of research!
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You have two weeks
to complete a huge task:
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Know Your Country
Inside Out!!!!
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At the end of two weeks, you
will create:
1) a
PowerPoint presentation that includes specific information,
collected from a variety of
sources, about a country of your choice; and
2) a travel brochure
for your country, incorporating some of the information you
collect
During the course of this
research project, you will:
- investigate the geographic
location and features of your selected country
- determine the time zone of your
country and compare the time with South Carolina
- calculate the exchange rate
between the currency of your country and US
dollars
- investigate the primary language
of your country and get audio samples of the
language
- compile important historical
events of your country
- investigate the culture and
religion of your country
- read and be able to tell a
folktale or story of your country
- examine the food of your country
and prepare a recipe
- research a game that was created
in your country
- know the clothing worn by people
of your country
- present your research to
classmates in a PowerPoint presentation
- create a travel brochure for your
country
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Your vocabulary:
- accommodation
- anticipate
- border
- budget
- climate
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comparison
conversion
currency
exchange
indigenous
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invasion
passport
primary
significant
transportation
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You must know how to do this
before you begin:
- use reference materials
- Atlas
- Encyclopedia
- Dictionary
- use MSWord to create a document,
including such skills as
- formatting and editing text
- inserting clip art and scanned/saved images
- saving and printing documents
- use Internet, including skills
such as
- cutting and pasting text
- choosing and saving images and audio files
- create a basic PowerPoint
presentation, including skills such as
- formatting and editing text
- inserting clip art and scanned/saved images
- inserting audio files
- viewing a slide show and using special effects
such as transitions
- saving and printing presentation--slides,
outline, notes, and handouts
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Click
on the following for worksheets that you need to print
out and complete. Attached to each worksheet are
links to web pages that will help you with your research.
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Good Luck
and Have Fun.
It's a wonderful world out
there!!!!!!
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Geography
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Time zones
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currency
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language
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History/culture
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Folktales
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food
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games
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national dress
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Created by
Julia White
Hilton Head High School
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
e-mail: jmwsyr@yahoo.com
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