Final+Project

Congratulations, you are an intern in the United Nations. Your job is to work with other interns (your lucky classmates) to create a briefing on a region in the world. The pretend scenario is that the United Nations has a new Secretary General and she needs to be caught up to speed on every region in the world and educating her on one region is your job! A briefing is a package of information that is totally complete and yet really brief. Yes, it sounds like a paradox, but it can be done! You will be briefing others and graded upon your presentation so please remember to put the highlights on the slide, but more in depth stuff goes in the "notes" for your slide. Your briefing is about your region today, with info to catch your viewers up to speed on how your region became what it is today.

In your groups you will be working together to create a ppt. about your assigned region. You will be moving from country to country so please be careful to be specific about which country you are talking about. Please begin by creating a googledoc presentation. If the internet is slow in the library you can always work in word and then paste it later into googledocs before leaving the lab, but all work must be saved in the shared googledoc. (please do not tell me you saved it and can't find it, that is just sad in this day of technology.) As usual, a bibliography in MLA format is the final slide, no exceptions.

The regions: (step one of the assignment is to do the reading in the textbook) South Asia: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma/Myanmar (Ch 34.1-2, 35. and 36.8 India)

East Asia: Philippines,Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan (Ch 34.2, 35. and Unit 36.8 Philippines)

Africa: Ghana, Kenya, Angola, Rwanda, Nigeria, South Africa (Ch 34.3, 35.2 and Unit 36.8 Nigeria)

Middle East: Israel, PLO/Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia (Ch 34.4 and Unit 36.8 Israel)

Latin America: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba (35.1, Unit 36.8 Mexico)

Former USSR: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Afghanistan (34.5, 35.3-4)

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The Questions, your team will pick the **SIX most important** to your region, each to be answered in a slide or two and a minimum of 2 images per question (please, no clipart. Maps and photos are great use a google image search):=====

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What issues and conflicts have impacted this region since the Cold War? What caused them? Bring it up to today. Each of these questions has a why is it important, how does this impact the population, etc. This is the crucial part of the project, not just the listing of facts, but the importance of these facts. Please analyze, synthesize, and put your own spin on it. ===== PLEASE REMEMBER YOU ARE PICKING ONLY SIX (6) OF THESE QUESTIONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PICK THE MOST IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT QUESTIONS FOR YOUR REGION. (For example: if your area has no real AIDS issues, don't pick the last question.)
 * =====How is the economy of your region? What are the high GDPs and the low GDPs? Annual salary per household today?=====
 * =====What does each country export? import? who are their historical trading partners? who do they trade with today?=====
 * =====What are the countries populations? what are the age demographics? Is it top or bottom heavy with many old or young people? why? are there future population issues?=====
 * =====What are the levels of education? literacy? level of unemployment recently? why?=====
 * What type of governments are in the region? Why and how did they get that way? Were there any dreadful leaders that countries are recovering from? Or any wonderful leaders who shaped the countries in positive ways?
 * How are womens' rights in this region historically and today? Are girls allowed to go to school? What is the impact on the economy and culture in the region/specific countries?
 * =====What religions are practiced in the region/specific countries? Are there conflicts over these differing beliefs?=====
 * =====Describe the militaries in the region/specific countries, are they a focus? Do they have nuclear weapons?=====
 * =====Where does the region/specific countries get their power? (coal, hydro, nuclear, oil, etc)=====
 * =====Are their people immigrating to other places or are people migrating to the countries/region? why? where are people moving to or from?=====
 * =====What environmental threats are facing this region? endangered resources?=====
 * Is poverty an issue? How, for what parts of the population in the region/specific countries?
 * Is HIV/AIDS an issue, is there a high infection rate? Why? What are governments doing about it? How will it impact the region/specific countries in the future?

Resources: please go to: http://www.burlington.mec.edu/hs/library/databases.htm and scroll down to "global issues in context" you will be automatically logged in if you are in the library, if not, our password is.....bhs.

And your old favorite: worldfactbook

Tips: Never have a question in your title, you are answering these questions. Use titles to introduce most important info. Bullet, keep each slide under 25 words, avoid passive voice. Keep a running list of websites used so that you don't have to hunt down your sources, keep it in easybib for easy pasting into the last slide. MLA please.


 * **write out the question** || Fantastic, best in class || Excellent || Good, solid work || Needs more effort || Incomplete ||
 * Introductory statement || Thorough, lists all countries and all issues ||   ||   || Did not introduce project. ||   ||
 * Question 1

List countries: || Totally accurate and reflective information, good use of multiple images, includes 3 or more countries in answer. || A tiny bit of uncertainty in presenting data, 3 or more countries in answer || A small amount of confusion, fewer than three countries included in answer, 2 or fewer images || Does not fully answer the question, unrelated images, unrelated facts. || Incomplete, lacking detail, does not fully answer the question or include info from multiple countries. ||
 * Question 2

List countries: || Totally accurate and reflective information, good use of multiple images, includes 3 or more countries in answer. || A tiny bit of uncertainty in presenting data, 3 or more countries in answer || A small amount of confusion, fewer than three countries included in answer, 2 or fewer images || Does not fully answer the question, unrelated images, unrelated facts. || Incomplete, lacking detail, does not fully answer the question or include info from multiple countries. ||
 * Question 3

List countries || Totally accurate and reflective information, good use of multiple images, includes 3 or more countries in answer. || A tiny bit of uncertainty in presenting data, 3 or more countries in answer || A small amount of confusion, fewer than three countries included in answer, 2 or fewer images || Does not fully answer the question, unrelated images, unrelated facts. || Incomplete, lacking detail, does not fully answer the question or include info from multiple countries. ||
 * Question 4

List countries || Totally accurate and reflective information, good use of multiple images, includes 3 or more countries in answer. || A tiny bit of uncertainty in presenting data, 3 or more countries in answer || A small amount of confusion, fewer than three countries included in answer, 2 or fewer images || Does not fully answer the question, unrelated images, unrelated facts. || Incomplete, lacking detail, does not fully answer the question or include info from multiple countries. ||
 * Question 5

List countries || Totally accurate and reflective information, good use of multiple images, includes 3 or more countries in response. || A tiny bit of uncertainty in presenting data, 3 or more countries in answer || A small amount of confusion, fewer than three countries included in answer, 2 or fewer images || Does not fully answer the question, unrelated images, unrelated facts. || Incomplete, lacking detail, does not fully answer the question or include info from multiple countries. ||
 * Question 6

List countries || Totally accurate and reflective information, good use of multiple images, includes 3 or more countries in response. || A tiny bit of uncertainty in presenting data, 3 or more countries in answer || A small amount of confusion, fewer than three countries included in answer, 2 or fewer images || Does not fully answer the question, unrelated images, unrelated facts. || Incomplete, lacking detail, does not fully answer the question or include info from multiple countries. ||
 * **Overall presentation** || **Were there any spelling or grammar mistakes:**


 * Record them.** || **Speakers were loud and clear:**


 * Count the ummmms:** || **Logical organization it flows from one to next:** || **Eye contact maintained by all presenters?** ||  ||
 * Bibliography || Present and in MLA format || All websites listed. ||  || No bibliography ||   ||