HYPERLINKING--Countries

To continue on with Power Point and hyperlinking know-how, you are going to create a short (much shorter than your PowerPoint game!) informative power point on a country.

Your Powerpoint will first consist of a well-designed, eye-catching front page which will hyperlink the user to the menu of categories. The menu slide will include a list of subtopics on the country you are assigned. Your final slide will be a credits slide listing all of the websites you used to gather information.

You must choose 8 out of the 12 categories, gather information and a suitable graphic to put on each category page. You slide show will then be at the very least, a minimum of 11 well-designed, visaully pleasing slides. YOU MAY NOT COPY TEXT AND PLACE IT ON ANY CATEGORY SLIDE! You MUST read the information yourself and paraphrase it. And you must attribute your sources on your credits slide at the end of your show.

Each category will have a separate page. Each page should have the option to return to the menu slide to choose another category

Here are a list of topics you may choose to research about your country. If you have a topic that is not on here, please submit speak with me about it.

POSSIBLE CATEGORIES

• A clear map showing the capital city, other major cities and it's relationship to countries near it. If cities are not already highlighted on map, use the drawing tools like stars and circles to do so on your own. Don't forget to include a key.
• A clear map showing the country relative to the continent. If your country is not highlighted use drawing tools like arrows to help designate this.
• Climate - discuss various seasons, typical highs and lows, anything interesting about the weather. You may also wish to include a climate map
• Points of interest for tourists - choose three places of interest a tourist would want to visit if they were traveling to your country. Also include pictures of these places.
• Most common religions of your country- include information on worship, Gods/Goddesses, religious holidays, or any type of religious information you find interesting
• Civic holidays of interest - this can include the holidays that any common person living in your country (religious or not) would celebrate. Do not repeat the same information if it is too closely related to the religions category above.
• Most common exports - what types of items/goods is your country known for producing or shipping out to other countries
• Transportation - does your country have an interesting way of getting its people from one place to another? If so, discuss and give pictures of it!
• Currency - what is the value of the currency compared to the American dollar? What does their currency look like?
• Notable foods - are their any special foods/desserts particular to your country? If so, discuss and show a picture...or maybe even display the receipe!
• Notable apparel - are their any special types of clothing particular to your country? If so, discuss and show a picture.
• Hobbies and sports - if an American traveled to your country, would they learn a new and exciting sport or hobby from a local? If so, discuss that particular activity. Give the rules and a rundown of what it is. Also include a picture.

THIS IS DUE ON FRIDAY AT THE END OF THE HOUR! YOU MUST HAVE IT ALL COMPLETED! I EXPECT THAT YOU ARE WORKING HARD TO RESEARCH AND COMPLETE YOUR SLIDESHOW DAILY!

RUBRIC:

_____/25 Focused and working all 5 days of the project (up to 5 points per day)

_____/40 Each category slide gives good detailed information and is presented in a visually pleaseing way (5 points per category)

_____/15 Contains a title slide, a menu slide, and a credits slide (5 points per slide)

_____/50 All hyperlinks work properly

_____/130 TOTAL