Advanced+Studies+Country+Project

** Mrs. Sherbert  ** The country project will be accomplished over the months of March & April. Your child will begin by drawing his/her country from a bowl of choices. Everything about this project centers on your country. You will be given days in the computer lab and library between each deadline, as well as days in class to work on the next part of your project. **__However, some out of school work may also be needed__**. You will be given a calendar with what we will be working on every day so if you are absent you know what was missed in order to make it up. This calendar will also have your deadlines for each part of the project (there are 6) and for materials you will need each day. This project is worth 100 points per part for a total of 600 points. Each part is divided by points for the work and part for the presentations, as each part will be presented by each child. The 9 week exam will be a short writing test about the country and project your child did. Keep in mind that this will be the majority of your child’s grade. colored pencils and/or markers flash drive pencils and paper money for copies (optional), use of a computer notecards 1 coat hanger yarn materials for making house or materials for dressing up ingredients for food and drink. **__Part 1- Passport Book__**- You will create a booklet with a minimum of 4 pages (back of cover counts as a page). This book will be designed to look like a passport and will contain the following information: 1) Discuss all shots or medications needed to enter your country, 2) Discuss whether a passport, visa or both are required and tell about expirations on visas etc., 3) Discuss if your country takes traveler’s checks, U.S Currency and tell what their currency is like and what the rate of exchange is, 4) Discuss any entry charges into the country or taxes into the country and taxes once there, 5) draw (or print in color or print and color yourself) a picture of 1 piece of cash currency from your country (if they don’t use cash currency display two coins. You are required to use technology in some way to do this project. You may choose to actually use a program to create your passport. Be creative! **(80 points for work and 20 for presentation)** **__Part 2- Mobil of Country__**- You will create a large image of your country using construction paper, white paper, poster board, etc… You will hang this image, using yarn, from a coat hanger. On your country you will NEATLY write or type the history of the country, the time zone the country is in and what that country’s time is if it is 8:00 am here, their methods of transportation, their methods of communication, and the languages spoken (tell the percentage of people that speak each) You may write on both sides of your country. **(80 points for work and 20 for presentation)**  **__Part 3- Top 4 Places Poster__**- You will create a presentation using software such as PowerPoint, Movie Maker, etc. displaying the top 4 places to visit in your country. Your presentation must include a picture of the place (in appropriate size- not tiny) and 2 paragraphs, 8 sentences each, describing the place. Make your presentation interesting and decorative. **(50 points for the work and 50 points for the presentation)** **__Part 4- Dress and Living Presentation__**- You will create note cards to be used in your presentation. Your note cards should contain information describing the dress of men, women, and children (if available) and a description of how the majority of the people in that country live- rich or poor- and describe the housing. Then, as part of your presentation, you will either dress up like a man or woman of that country __OR__ create a model of the housing of that country (your model can be made from your choice of items, clay, popsicle sticks, wood, etc… but it may not be drawn. **(30 points for work and 70 points for presentation)** **__Part 5- Education__** – You will create a chart showing the differences and similarities between your country’s schools and education and ours. This chart should be creatively done on something that relates to school (you can draw, type, cut out, build - whatever you want to do) Examples might be to create a computer screen and on the screen put the chart or do a shoe box with a hole to look through and see the information displayed in there. __Must have at least 5 differences and 4 similarities__. BE CREATIVE!!! **(80 points for work and 20 points for presentation)**  **__Part 6- Food and Drink__**- You will create a menu (designed like an actual menu) containing at least 4 dishes, 2 sides, 3 drinks, and 2 desserts from your country. On the day of your presentation you will bring 1 food (can be main dish, side or dessert) and 1 non-alcoholic drink for each student to __sample__ (including the teacher and yourself there are 15). **(50 points for the work and 50 points for the presentation)** Monday, March 23 - Draw for countries and go over directions Tuesday, March 24 - HS computer lab to gather info Wednesday, March 25 - HS computer lab to gather info Thursday, March 26 - library for research/work on passport (markers/pencils/colors) Friday, March 27 - work on passport (markers/pencils/colors)
 * Advanced Studies Country Project **
 * __ Needed materials for whole project: __**

Monday, March 30 - Present Passports Tuesday, March 31 - library for more research Wednesday, April 1 - Present passports/ computers if time Thursday, April 2 - HS Computer lab to gather info Friday, April 3 - HS Computer lab to gather info

Monday, April 6 - Work on Mobil (clothes hanger, yarn, markers, etc…) Tuesday, April 7 - Work on Mobil (hanger, yarn, markers, etc...) Wednesday, April 8 - library Thursday, April 9 - Present Mobil Friday, April 10 - Present Mobil (Bring poster Board, markers etc…)

Monday, April 13 – No school Weather Day Tuesday, April 14- Work on places presentation/library if needed Wednesday, April 15- Work on places presentation Thursday, April 16- Present places presentations Friday, April 17- Present places presentations/research in lab

Monday, April 20- Computer lab (bring note cards) Tuesday, April 21- Computer lab (bring note cards) Wednesday, April 22- finish note cards (work on dress or model house) Thursday, April 23 – work on dress and living

Friday, April 24 – 27 - No School

Tuesday, April 28 - Present dress and living (bring your dress/house) Wednesday, April 29- Present dress and living Thursday, April 30- Library/computer lab Friday, May 1- library/computer lab

Monday, May 4- work on education (need markers, pencils, paper, poster etc…) Tuesday, May 5- Present education Wednesday, May 6- present education Thursday, May 7- computer lab Friday, May 8- computer lab

Monday, May 11- work on menu (bring needed supplies) Tuesday, May 12- work on menu (bring needed supplies) Wednesday, May 13 – Present food and drink Thursday, May 14- present food and drink Friday, May 15- present food and drink