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This project involves selecting and exploring a country within Central/South America, Africa, Asia, or Eastern Europe. Students will delve into the country's location, region, basic information, history, current events, UN development goals, and solutions to problems faced. The final product entails a PowerPoint presentation encompassing all research areas and answering questions. Various website sources related to the project are provided for reference.
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Mr. Wallender’s World Geography Final Project
Selecting a Country • It must be in Central/South America, Africa, Asia or Eastern Europe. • Choose a well known country • Have interest
Geography • Examine location, region, and basic information on country • Prepare a handout presenting this information • Answer questions posed by location
History • Research and prepare a one page summary of the country’s history • Answer questions about key aspects of a countries history
Current Events • Choose three articles from the last three months • Summarize the key points, understand the issues, and examine the relevance to Millennium development goals
UN Development Goals • Select two goals and compare them across countries • Research or hypothesis possible solutions to problems faced by your country
Final Product • Present a PowerPoint to the class involving all four sections of research • Answer questions examining relation between all four areas.
Sources • The movie was adapted from: • "United Nations Population Fund." If the world comes together.... 2005. United Nations Population Fund. 22 April 2006 <http://www.unfpa.org/icpd/goals/index.htm>. • The images as they appear we made in Photoshop but their base images came from: • sotck.xchang vi. 2005. HAAP Media LTD.. 22 April 2006 <http://www.sxc.hu/>. (UN Logo) • Foley, Dan. "Stanford Model United Nations Conference." Dan Foley. 2003. 22 April 2006 <htt:\\www.stanford.edu/ ~dmfoley/SMUNC/>.