COUNTRY CARDS: Due Date: January 26th 2009

Double Grade in class and @ home Chapters 7-10 project

 

Think of this project like baseball cards or Pokemon cards. 

 

1.     On one side you will have a map of the country with the country name and the capital city clearly labeled.  The map can be hand drawn or computerized.

2.     On the other side you will bullet a list of information important to the country.  Use the textbook and any other resources you would like.  You should include as much of the following information in your facts.

·        Physical features (mountains, rivers, lakes, plains, plateaus etc)

·        Climate & vegetation

·        Cultural aspects (religion, people, language, music, food, holidays)

·        History & historical sites

·        Vocabulary in the textbook associated with that country

·        Problems that country might be facing today (you may or may not be able to locate info. on this topic for each country)

 

Chapter 7 Countries: **Choose any 9 countries from this chapter

Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica

 

Chapter 8 Countries:  Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana’s (which includes the three countries of; Guyana, Suriname & French Guyana)

 

Chapter 9 Countries: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay

 

     Chapter 10 Countries: Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile

 

Grading

 

20 Countries:  4 pts. per card (1 pt. for the front and 3 pts. for the back) = 80 pts.

 

Neatness, organization and quality of work  = 20 pts.

                                                                                                                 

Total  = 100 pts.(DoubleGrade)