Create-A-Country

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Credits


• Teacher Page

Process

Open JHMS 6th History Blog

Part 1: Country Flag:

Create a flag for your country.  A country's flag show symbolism and each element in the flag represents an aspect of your country. Look at the flag of the USA below. 

What do each of the components symbolize?  Think about this as you create your flag. 

First Flag Paragraph Plan form

You will have an opportunity after your country is created to revisit this assignment and make changes just as a Country’s flag changes over the course of history. 

New Flag Expectations and Scoring Guide

Part 2:  Physical Map:

Physical Map.doc

Create a Physical Map of your country.  You will choose a current country to study along side your created country in class. Use the same latitude and longitude for your country.  Then, create a plausible physical map of your country using information from your Journey Across Time textbook.  Our access code is B4F5E38503. (Copy this code, so you can paste it onto the student log in screen.)You must include a scale, a compass rose, a key, and a country name. Click on link to see a list  sample map and vocabulary.

Physical Map Description and Point Guide.  

Physical caption madlib. 

Physical Feature Descriptive Paragraph Plan form

Part 4: Political Map

Assessment:  Do you understand the flow chart? 

 

Political Map: shows where your cities, capitals, seaports, airports, and provinces OR state boundaries exist. Also, include your major roads, railways, rivers, lakes, swamps, and land forms.  Save and print out this scoring sheet  (2nd scoring sheet) for your project. You will fill it out as you work.

 

Open and complete this Graphic Organizer for your real country using the two resources below.

Yahoo Kids World Factbook

Culture Gram Country Comparison Chart 

 

Next, open and fill out this CAC Graphic Organizer  for your Create-A-County Political Map . When you are done, go back to the real country GO and use both to fill out the compare-contrast Venn diagram.

 

Complete your Political map using the GO. Then complete the caption on the back of the map using this Political Madlib .

Paragraph Plan for describing Political Makeup of Country

 

Part 5:  Economics and Flow Chart Time line

 

*Use this expectations and scoring guide to help you get an A!

 

Assessment:  using economics vocabulary with the flowchart!

 

Part 6 - A:  Religions

Religions:

1.     This section will serve as an introduction to religion to accompany the 6th grade standards.  While learning about religions, we will use the following:

Pre-Think Worksheet

Respecting Beliefs Movie Sheet.  (Read this sheet, then watch the Respecting Beliefs movie from United Streaming.)

Religion Graphic Organizer

Golden Rule for all Religions

Videos, Tests, and Quizzes from United Streaming (use your own name to get in) plus:  Hinduism Video 

Animated Graphic Showing Spread of Religions

 

2.  For Create a Country, you will need:

Religions Expectations and Scoring Guide

Religion Madlib

Part 6 - B:  Culture

Culture Compare/Contrast & Factors Affecting Culture

 During this section of the project, you will:

1. Make a culture web (remember to consider the factors that affect culture when doing this) using Inspiration or another tool of your choice. 

2. Determine your country's demographics (part 2) and graph them using xCell.  This is helpful in understanding your country's culture. 

3.  An interesting & challenging  culture project.

3. Determine your country's Social Hierarchy.  This graphic organizer helps you to understand the Social Hierarchy of the countries we have studied.  Use this information to help you create the Social Hierarchy of your Created Country.

4.  Comparing Cultures Assessment

Part 7:  Government

Part 8:  Trade - Isolation vs Globalization

Foreign Policy Expectations and Scoring Guide

Globalization Article (Issues for New President) Graphic Organizer

Part 9:  UN

Part 10:  Fair and Final Projects

How do I make a Table of Contents?

 

Think Sheet

I Am Poem Templates

 

Checklist for the fair

 

Fair scoring guide

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Homework and Extension Activities for Project 

Additional Homework Ideas