On this page you will find the requirements for the project, extra credit opportunites, a list of the standards addressed by this assignment and research links.
You are a foreign diplomat and you have to make a 5 minute presentation/briefing on your country. During this briefing, you will present facts, visuals, and answer questions from other foreign leaders. The world is in your hands - Good Luck!
Directions: You will research and create the following separate items
for the conference. Place the items in a folder in the order outlined below.
Check off items as you complete them and hand in the checklist at the front
of the folder.
1. Checklist- with each item you have finished marked.
included at the front of the folder
2. Fact Sheet (no more than two type written pages) - Print 2 copies
official language(s) and religion(s)
capital city, and the name of the largest
city
population (based on what year?)
what are the major imports and exports?
list the major rivers, lakes, and mountains
day of independence (or equivalent)
involving who?
2 key people/leaders and 2 key historic
events (brief explanation)
how far is your country’s capitol from
San Francisco? (in miles)
3. Flag - 8” x 10” (Make - no Internet)
type written explanation of the design/colors
(See Flags of the World Book)
4. Modern Problems (no more than two type written pages)
Identify and summarize one major current
problem in your country (e.g. like human rights,
the environment, population control, pollution,
deforestation, animal rights, AIDS, etc.)
Make recommendations and/or solutions
to the problem
Take on the Challenge! “Extra” items for
your presentation:
Books, illustrations, graphic charts, photographs, postcards, stamps,
food, money, music, short video clip, jewelry, recipes, make a passport,
POWERPOINT, Web Page, and more...
Standard 10.1
Students understand that problems facing the contemporary world are
caused or influenced by geographic, ecological, historical, economic, political,
social, scientific, technological, and other cultural factors.
10.1.2 Describing possible solutions to or accommodations with unresolved global dilemmas.
10.1.3 Explaining the ways in which individuals and organizations work to resolve current problems.