Researching a country

Researching a country

Syllabuses from the curriculum.
• The Swedish, Nordic and other European natural and cultural landscapes. Underlying processes and their characteristic features and extent.
• Names and location of different countries in Europe, and also more important islands, water, mountains, regions and places.

Pick out a country that you find fascinating or that you have visited and now want to know more about. The country must be in Europe.

1. a) Draw and paint a map of the country. Place cities, mountains, rivers etc.
   b) Make a small fact box (inhabitants, capital, language, polity, coin etc.).
2. Describe the nature!
   Write about:
   * the country´s industrial and natural resources
   * agriculture
   * facts about the capital city
3. Other interesting things:
   * Famous people and places.
   * What is the country famous for?
   * Some facts about the country´s history.
4. Research:
   * Special animals or...
   * special plants.
   Remember to draw pictures of what you find.
5. Read through your facts.
6. Write a sketch on a peace of paper, leave it to me, the teacher, for corrections.
7. Transcribe your facts.
8. Assemble everything on a poster. (Think carefully about your layout!)

Remember to write with your own words. If you don´t understand a word it is pointless to have it on your poster. Look it up in a dictionary and try to explain it with other words in your text. .

The work will be presented with an oral presentation in which you display your poster.

Goals from the curriculum:

• make geographical analyses of the surrounding world, and evaluate the results by using maps and other geographical sources, theories, methods and techniques, and

I will look at:

• Your ability to take out the key from the texts you read.
• Your ability to take responsibility for your own work.
• The layout of your poster.
• How you make your oral presentation.

Best of luck!

Therese