Friday, March 22, 2013
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Project: Civil War - Schedule
Monday, 25 March: Ramona, Kevin, Mike, Kwesi, Mirembe
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Project: Country Profile - Presentation Schedule
Monday, 25 March
Wesley, Olivia, Caleb, Malachi, Rodas, Grace
Tuesday, 26 March
Gwen, Megan, Tanner, Arnold, Martin, Ishyaka
Wednesday, 27 March
Alex, Anais, Alexis, Rama, Hannah
Wesley, Olivia, Caleb, Malachi, Rodas, Grace
Tuesday, 26 March
Gwen, Megan, Tanner, Arnold, Martin, Ishyaka
Wednesday, 27 March
Alex, Anais, Alexis, Rama, Hannah
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
- Choose a country.
- Gather research on your country.
- Create a PowerPoint presentation.
- Refer to the Country Profile Rubric and Presentation Rubric for requirements.
- 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
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