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Country Research Project
Assignment 1
Name of traveler_____________________________Name of country _____________________________Before traveling someplace you have never been it is a good idea to gather information about the country you are going to visit. Answer the questions below on a word document.1. What continent is your country on?2. What are the major languages spoken?3. What are some important physical features? (mountains, rivers, volcanoes, water)4. What is the capital city?5. What is the population of the country? Choose recent data!!6. Who is the current leader of the country?7. What kind of currency (money) do they use?8. What is the U.S. dollar value in their currency?9. What is the climate like?10. What are the major religions practiced?Assignment #2
Phrases to translate from English into the country you are visiting:Good morningGood afternoonGood eveningExcuse mePleaseThank youWhere is the hotel?How are you?What is your name?Good-byeWhat time is it?Do you speak English?I don't understandPlease repeat thatWhere is the bathroom?Your country is beautifulAssignment #3
Travel Map requirements - using a draw program. Sumopaint or Word• Find a map of your country•Research the physical features, major cities and places of interest.•Draw the outline of your country including bordering countries and/or bodies of water•Use a symbol to show where you arrive and depart (airplane to show flying)•Decide on the major places that you would like to visit and color code those places.•Draw your travel route showing where you land, where you go next and continue using arrows to show all the places you go and where you depart from.•Label everything and create a key for your symbols.Assignment #4
Choose a monument, flag or a point of interest from your country and place a picture of you next to the feature. (Use Sumopaint or word)Assignment #5
Research two festivals or celebrations from your country. You will create two different presentations one for each celebration. One will be using Comic Life and the other will be using Powerpoint. You must use words and pictures to dipict the celebration. Search for descriptions of the festivals or celebrations in the country that you are going to visit. Include the following.......•Date of the celebration•History of the celebration•Foods associated with the celebration•Special costumes or dress for the event•Is the celebration a regional event or a country event•Pictures associated with the event.Assignment #6
Create a budget for your trip including transportation (flight, car rental, bus), lodging, food and entertainment. There is a budget of $4000.00 for everything. You must document the expenses on an excel document. Include websites that you find the information (show pictures of hotels). Sites like tripadvisor, expedia, orbitz are great places to get quotes.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Idioms Assigment
Looking at the idioms list at the top of this page, write down what the idiom means and illustrate it in the literal state. (5 idioms need to be illustrated using color)idioms.jpg------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Drawing Assignments
Choose 3 different step by step lessons from the pictures that have been printed out ( Located on the center table). Create the picture using one of the many drawing tools you have learned this year.
Step by Step Drawing site
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Human body labeling
Go to the shared resource file - 6th grade technology-human body labeling and label the parts of the human body. (skull, maxilla, mandible, clavicle, vertebrae, scapula, humerus, ribs, elbow, radius, pelvis, ulna, sacrum, carpal, wrist, phalanges, femur, patella, tibia, fibula, metatarsals, tarsals)
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Labeling the USA
Go to shared resource file - 6th grade technology-USA folder- open the USA template.Your job is to place a number on the state and then place the name of the state on the chart below the map.
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Animal Research
Select an animal or insect that you are interested in researching. Using comic life, address the following in your presentation.
• habitat (region: grasslands, desert, forest, rainforest, ocean, tundra) include a picture
• endangered?
• ways the animal protects itself
• enemies - include pictures
• map of where the animal lives
• diet (herbivore, carnivore or omnivore)
• special names for the animal (male, female and young)
•life span
• pictures of the animal at various stages of development.
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physical features of the animal ( color, skin, feathers, fur, scales,
size, weight, any special features-include three pictures of the
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National Monument Project using iMovie
1. Gather a series of photos of the assigned monument.
2. Create appropriate background music using Garage Band.
3. Narrate the digital story using the data you have gathered about the monument.
- location - State, City
- history of the monument
- when it became a monument and why
- photos
4. The movie must contain effects such as transitions, cropping, zooming.....
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Choose two of the following.....
Pretend you are a famous actor coming to your school to talk about acting and give acting advice and lessons.
1) Use Word Art to add a title announcing your visit. Use your name in the title.
2) Insert one or more clipart graphics about acting.
3) Insert a Text Box and write your event's admission times and ticket prices.
4) Write the details of What, When, and Where using lively words.
5) Add your own creative and exciting information about acting and your acting workshop.
6) Add a fun border to your ad.
7) Print your ad.
Pretend you are a famous inventor coming to your school to talk about inventing and creativity.
1) Use Word Art to add a title announcing your visit. Use your name in the title.
2) Insert one or more clipart graphics about inventions and creativity.
3) Insert a Text Box and write your event's admission times and ticket prices.
4) Write the details of What, When, and Where using lively words.
5) Add your own creative and exciting information about inventing and creativity.
6) Add a fun border to your ad.
7) Print your ad.
Pretend you are a famous author coming to sign your new book for your fans at your school.
1) Use Word Art to add a title announcing your book signing event. Use your name in the title.
2) Insert one or more clipart graphics about books or reading.
3) Insert a Text Box and write the book signing event admission times and ticket prices.
4) Write the details of What, When, and Where using lively words.
5) Add your own creative and exciting information.
6) Add a fun border to your ad.
7) Print your ad.
Pretend you are a famous astronaut coming to your school to talk
about space travel and answer student questions about being an
astronaut.
1) Use Word Art to add a title announcing your visit. Use your name in the title.
2) Insert one or more clipart graphics about astronauts and / or space.
3) Insert a Text Box and write your event's admission times and ticket prices.
4) Write the details of What, When, and Where using lively words.
5) Add your own creative and exciting information.
6) Add a fun border to your ad.
7) Print your ad.