Friday, March 22, 2013

Professional-Quality Fonts (Free!)



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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Historical Figure Rubric

Content - 40%
  • Biographical Sketch - 10%
    • time and place of birth
    • major movements in location
    • educational and professional milestones
    • marriage
  • Historical Impact - 30%
    • What did they do?
    • What was their motivation?
    • How did they make a difference?
    • When did they make most of their contributions?
    • Where did they operate?
    • How would that time and place be different without them?
    • What adversity did they face? 
    • Who were their enemies?
    • Who were their allies/supporters?
    • How did they respond?
The other 60% will be graded according to the Presentation Rubric (Presentation - 40%, Sources - 10%, and Effort - 10%).

Monday, March 18, 2013

Country Profile Rubric

Content - 50%
  • Political - 10%
    • flag
    • map
    • population
    • major cities
    • type of government
    • structure of government
    • national leader(s)
  • Geographic - 10%
    • landforms
    • bodies of water
  • Economic - 10%
    • natural resources
    • infrastructure data
    • industries
    • agricultural products
    • tourism
    • GDP
    • per capita income
    • imports/exports
  • Cultural - 10%
    • ethnicities
    • religion
    • education
    • art
    • music
    • dress
    • food
  • Historical - 10%
    • important historical event
    • current event
The other 50% will be graded according to the Presentation Rubric, slightly modified (Presentation - 40%, Sources - 5%, and Effort - 5%).

Project: Country Profile - Topics

Directions
  1. Choose a country.
  2. Gather research on your country.
  3. Create a PowerPoint presentation.
  4. Refer to the Country Profile Rubric and Presentation Rubric for requirements.
  5. Present next Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
Countries
  • Afghanistan - Caleb
  • Armenia - Ishyaka
  • Bahrain - Martin
  • Bangladesh - Olivia
  • Bhutan
  • Georgia
  • India
  • Iran
  • Iraq - Gwen
  • Israel - Alexis
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan - Alex
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan - Anais
  • Lebanon - Rodas
  • Nepal - Wesley
  • Pakistan - Hannah
  • Qatar - Malachi
  • Saudi Arabia - Tanner
  • Sri Lanka - Grace
  • Syria - Rama
  • Tajikistan - Megan
  • Turkey - Arnold
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Yemen