Country+In+A+Box+Project

=Welcome to the Country-in-a-Box Project.= Welcome to your first Social Studies project of you seventh grade year. For this project you are going to become the class expert about one of our countries in our world.

You will be allowed to select the country that you want to learn about for the project. Sorry but the United States is not an option. The only problem is that only one person can be the expert on a country and the selection is based on first come first basis. You also need to make sure you are interested in the country because once you make a selection it cannot be changes!

Your job this summer is to learn as much as you can about your country. You are not going to be required to have any work done by the time you come back to school on August 31. You do need to get a cardboard shoe box that you can use for the project.

Since this is your first project I need to explain a little about plagiarism. Plagiarism is when you turn in someone else’s work as your own. It is easy to copy and paste from the Internet or copy from books but it is not your work. You can use ideas and information you find in these sources but the written work you turn in must be in your own words. It is not enough to simply change one or two words in a passage or rearrange the order of things to not be considered plagiarism. **Any evidence of plagiarism will result in a grade of zero being given for the project.**



Just the Facts - Due Date: Friday, September 16
In this activity you will use the **CIA World Factbook** to find accurate and up-to-date information about your country. The is a questions sheet is posted blow.



Country Map - Due Date: Wednesday, September 21
On line you will be able to find and print an outline map of your country. You will need to locate major physical features such as bodies of water, mountains, and deserts, as well as cultural features including the national capital, and major cities. You will also need to identify countries and/or oceans that form the borders of your country.



Country Kahoot! - Due Date: Monday, September 26
You are going to create 25 trivia questions about your country. Make sure that your questions will teach people about the country. Your questions must include 4 multiple choice answers. Make sure you mark the correct answer! Once you have your questions, you are going to create a Kahoot! with it and we will play it together as a class. //(Don’t worry about this. If you don’t know how to make a Kahoot!, I will show you how in class.)// You will need to create your question as a Word document ant turn them in to be graded.

Must See Brochure - Due Date: Friday, September 30
You are to choose a minimum of 5 places of things that a visitor to your country must see on their visit. You will need to include a description about the place and why it is important to see. You will also need to find a picture or two to show the place.

Country-In-A-Box - Due Date: Tuesday, October 11
Now you are going to need your shoebox. You are going to decorate your shoebox so that a person who looks at it will be able to learn about your country. You are going to need to include the pieces of the project you have already completed. Your box needs to be colorful, attractive, and represent your country. You can use pictures that are representative of your country. The name of your country should be on the top of the box and your name should be on the bottom.



Project Bibliography - Due Date: Tuesday, October 11
It is import ant when you create projects and papers that you give credit to the sources of information that you use. This is done in what is called a bibliography. You will need to keep a list of all of the sources of information and graphics you use in the completion of your project. For this project you will need at least 5 credible sources of information. We do not consider Wikipedia a credible source of information. In class we will learn how to use two programs, EasyBib and Citation Machine, which will create bibliographic entries in the proper MLA format that we use here. Your bibliography is to be separated into a section for information and one for graphics. Remember that each section is to be in alphabetical order. If your entry begins with numbers, these go before the alphabetical order in proper numerical order.

 Welcome to your first Social Studies project of you seventh grade year. For this project you are going to become the class expert about one of our countries in our world. You will be allowed to select the country that you want to learn about for the project. Sorry but the United States is not an option. The only problem is that only one person can be the expert on a country and the selection is based on first come first basis. You also need to make sure you are interested in the country because once you make a selection it cannot be changes! Complete descriptions of all of the activities we will do in the fall with this project may be found by going to the Seventy Grade World History site at http://milfordworldhistory.wikispaces.com/ and going to the Country-In-A-Box page. Your job this summer is to learn as much as you can about your country. You are not going to be required to have any work done by the time you come back to school on August 31. You do need to get a cardboard shoe box that you can use for the project. Since this is your first project I need to explain a little about plagiarism. Plagiarism is when you turn in someone else’s work as your own. It is easy to copy and paste from the Internet or copy from books but it is not your work. You can use ideas and information you find in these sources but the written work you turn in must be in your own words. It is not enough to simply change one or two words in a passage or rearrange the order of things to not be considered plagiarism. **Any evidence of plagiarism will result in a grade of zero being given for the project.**