Reporting Your Project
Persuasively present your decisions based on your information.

Your team will report results of your research decision-making, dividing responsibilities between team members.

• First person: Write a letter home to your parents, as if you are now living in your country of choice.
• Second person: Present your team's selection of "The Best Country to Live In" using a persuasive and informative PowerPoint presentation.
• Third person: Create a product or demonstration of a cultural or environmental aspect of the country, with a visual aide (poster or overhead) showing the 5 themes of geography and how they relate to your country.

1. Letter to Parents:

Find a current event about your country using a world geography website. Reflect on this event as if you were already living in the country and write a letter home to your parents telling them about this event and how it is affecting your life. Study the writing rubric for more detail on how your letter will be assessed. A sample letter will show you how one student met this task.

Your letter should:

• include relevant anecdotes about events taking place in the country
• tell what is happening in your everyday life
• contain a minimum of 5 connections to research
• seem to come from your experience in the country
• give important information that your parents will be interested in learning
• include details that enrich the storyline
• include an attached page with research citations

2. PowerPoint Presentation:

Your presentation should use the information from your Country Matrix to persuade others that the country you chose is most favorable and the other countries unfavorable. Refer to the Presentation Checklist and the Persuasive Presentation rubric.

Required Elements:

• Introduction
• Topic slide
• Informational slides-give clear evidence that will persuade the audience and reflect sound research
• Conclusion slide which restates your question
• Citation of Sources slide using correct citation format
• Slide design: readable, correct spacing, good use of color and layout
• Use of proper spelling, grammar and punctuation
• Demonstrate in a practice session, signed by the librarian that all slides are working and you are ready to present
• Prepare and present orally using clear voice, proper posture and good eye contact
• Turn in your signed Presentation Checklist Form demonstrating all preparation is complete

3. Product or Visual Aid with Poster/Overhead:

Analyze your country for the Five Themes of Geography and create a product that represents your country. Products could include a prepared food item, a documentary movie, a commercial, an interview with someone from the country, singing the national anthem, or preparing some other visual display that represents the country. Study the Product/Visual Aid rubric.

Be prepared to explain to your audience:

• What is the product?
• Who first made it?
• Where does it come from?
• Why is it eaten, or why does it come from that country?
• How did you make the product? Explain your process

  Create a Poster or and Overhead:

  • Analyze your country using the Five Themes of Geography worksheet (see example)
  • Open and save the visual aid form to record your information.
  • Use good design to show the information in a visual, easy to understand manner
  • Balance color, readability, spacing
  • All words spelled correctly
  • Provide citations on your sources of information

All materials required to share the product must be in the classroom and ready before the start of class bell on Presentation Day.

On Presentation Day, be prepared to rate other team's presentation with the presentation rubrics. Your yellow sticky tabs will help the class build a bar graph to show visually how all presentations were rated by your peers.

Give your Buddy to the teacher for your final evaluation.