Final+Project

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Students will research which geographic area they want to settle for their country. Students will need to have detailed drawing on poster or presentation software showing physical attributes of their country. Students will research which type of government they would like to use in their country. Students will present their country to the class using digital tools.
 * __Goal Statement:__ I will create a project entitled "Starting a New Country." You will need to start a new country and make sure you follow all of the steps needed to start a successful and productive society in the eyes of the world. You will need to present the material with presentation software such as PowerPoint and any other presentation software that is available to you.** ﻿ ﻿ ﻿  Here are the objectives for the project:  Students will use technology, in their own way, to enhance their learning and to provide other students with the information they found while doing their research.

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Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a new country! Your group will need to develop a new country and give some details on how it will be run. Here are some things that you will be graded on: 1. Completion of the project planning form (40 points). You can submit this on google.docs, submitting on email through Microsoft Word, or simply printing off the project planning form and filling it out. The link below is where you will find the form to be filled out.

2. Construct a poster on the computer or on a poster board (10 points). You will need to have an aerial look at your country. You will need to have the name of your country. You will need to show natural resources that your country will have. You will also need to show where your capital is and the name of your capital city. You will need to have at least three other major cities in your country. 3. A paper from Microsoft Word or Google.docs describing how your government and jobs will be run (20 points). You will have to come up with which type of government your country will run on. You will need to describe how your leaders of your country will be elected and how often. You will need to break your country down into different districts and describe how many representatives will be from each district. You will also need to come up with the name of the leader of your country (President, King, Emperor, or anything else you may come up with). Finally, how will your people in your country make money? What types of jobs will be available for them? What jobs will come from the natural resources that are in your country? 4. A paper from Microsoft word or Google.docs describing your educational system (20 points). You will be describing how your educational system will be run in your country. When will the children start school? When will high school end? What will be the focus of the schools (ex. math, science, vo-tech)? Will there be national tests like the PSSA exams? If so, how will they be used? 5. Presentation of the project using digital tools. You will need to present your project to the class using presentation software (PowerPoint, Youtube, or any other software you have access to). You will need to address each of the objectives that were described above. Each person needs to be involved in the presentation. The presentation will be shown using the Promethian board in the classroom. Your presentation needs to be at least 10 minutes. This project is meant to be a lot of fun for you and your group. You need to be as creative and as unique as you can be. I will be looking forward to what you come up with. This project will be a two week project. I will give you a week in class to work on it. The second week of the project is when you will be given time. I will also sign up for the computer lab for 2 days in that week. Here is a copy of the rubric that I will use to grade your project: