Ms. Christie's Classroom

International Festival

 Country Rubric

Due November 20th and presented to the class

Presented to the school at the International Festival November 22nd

This is a home project.  Use books, magazines and the internet to help research your country.  The Weber County Library system has many librarians and resources available to help you do your research. You need to have a tri-fold poster display board. Please put all the information you found during your research on this board.  Here are the different topics to cover in your report. 

Heading of Project (3)

1. Name of your country (nice and big in the center – make it attention getting)
2. Your name clearly and neatly
3. Flag representing your country

Tourism

1. Language (10)
   1. List 10 English words/phrases of your choice and their translation in the primary language of your country. 
2. Currency/Exhchange (2)
   1. What is the money called?  How much money equals $1.00 of ours?
3. Points of Interest/Cities/Entertainment
   1. List 3 major points of interest or cultural significance that would interest tourists- why?  (6)

People

1. Population (1)
   1. How many people live in your country?  
2. Dress/Clothing (4)
   1. What are traditional or cultural clothing styles of the people?  Include a drawing or photo of the clothing or people wearing the clothing.
3. Customs  (2)
   1. What traditions or holidays do people celebrate?  
4. Food  (3)
   1. Are there certain foods that are common or considered a delicacy?  Share a recipe or a picture of the food.

Geography

1. On which continent is your country located?  Include a map of your country within the continent it occupies. (10)
   1. Include the hemisphere and what countries boarder yours.
2. Climate (3)
   1. Describe the climate of your country.
3. Biome   (10)
   1. What is the major biome in your country?  
      1. What kind of animals live in this biome?  How do they work together to help each other? Are any of them endangered?
      2. What kind of plants live in this biome?  Are any of them economically important (used for exports for animals or humans)?  
4. Landforms (6)
   1. What are the names of mountain ranges, lakes and rivers?  
   2. What is the highest point on the continent?
   3. Which oceans or seas border the continent?

Free Choice (10)

You must choose two topics from this section to research and include information about in your report.

1. Famous Person – Someone that is well known that lived/lives in your country.  Are they famous? What are they known for?  
2. Current event – Find an article of a current event that is taking place in your country.  Attach the article to your board with a summary about your article. Think who? What? When? Where? Why? And How?
3. Historical Event – An important event that helped shape your country’s history
4. School – What is a school day like?  Does everyone go to school, or only boys?  Is school free? Is there a lot of homework?
5. Government – What form of government does your country have?  What is the major industry? 
6. Religions – What are the major religions?  Are people forced to practice a particular religion?  Is the government influenced by the religion?
7. Food – A food item from your country to share with people that come to your booth and that history of the food in your country.

Bibliography (10)

In order to give credit where credit is due, you need to include a bibliography for all of your sources. 

 

70 points total

 

Check List – Once you have completed all requirements in each section, check off the section

___ Heading

___ Tourism

___ People

___ Geography

___ Free Choice 1

___ Free Choice 2

___ Bibliography