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Asian Web Project

ASIA GROUP PROJECTS
Pick any country from Asia from the list at the end of this paper. Complete all the tasks. Everything must be completed by Friday, before class.

IF YOU ARE WORKING IN A GROUP:
Everyone in the group must participate
Any member of the group not participating may be reported and failed
All members of the group need to have their name on everything
All members of the group must be working on something at all times

IF YOU ARE WORKING INDIVIDUALLY:
You may eliminate any ONE of the tasks without penalty (or receive extra credit by doing all)


Task One: Poster or PowerPoint


Gather information about the country you are studying. Create a poster. It must be pretty. It should also include the following information:

  • Name of country
  • Language of country
  • Primary religions of country
  • Government of country
  • Population of country
  • Famous facts / history / traditions of country
  • Typical foods / daily life / etc. of country
  • Pictures of country and citizens
  • Other fun and interesting facts about country
  • At least one famous work of literature or legend from the country


Task Two: Handout


Using information from your research, create a ONE page handout for the class. The handout needs to include information on the country and important facts. It may include some of the same info on the poster, but should include extras. The handout needs to be turned in before everything else--it will be copied and given to everyone in the class.

Task Three: Speech

Your group needs to create a TWO MINUTE speech about the country. You will present this speech in conjunction with your poster. It should be informative and creative.


Task Four: Questions on Quiz

Your group should write out FIVE questions that can be made into a quiz. Write out the whole question and the whole answer.


Task Five: Creative Elements

Your group needs to come up with TWO other elements that are creative. This could include, but is not limited to:

  • Food from the country (enough for the whole class to share)
  • Drawing of the country's landscape, people, or copy of art
  • Poem or short story about the country
  • Clay model of something from the country
People not working in a group need only create one creative element.

Task Six: Works Cited

Everyone must complete this task.
Write down every book and/or website that you get information from, and turn it in with your project.



ASIAN COUNTRIES TO CHOOSE FROM:
Japan
China
Korea
India
Thailand
Vietnam