Country+of+Choice

  __Social Studies Project – Grade 8G “The Country of My Choice” __    __Date Due __: Friday, April 24th  __Method Choices __: 1) Power Point (At least 10 slides)  2) Word Document (Research essay)  3) Bristol Board  4) Booklet Format   __<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Requirements __<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">: **This project will be presented to your class** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">This is an individual project! __ <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> __<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Topics to Discover __<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">: <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Country name, flag, national animal, tree, etc.
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Country’s population
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Country’s capital and major cities, ports
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Country’s states or provinces
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Physical properties: main rivers, mountains, deserts etc.
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">People: religion, cultures (dress, races, languages)
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Government: type of government (democratic republic, monarchy, military, communist, socialist)
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Products: what do they produce for trade?
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Include a map of your country
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Anything else that you may find interesting about the country that you have chosen.