Karista Lewis Professor Yang Fall 2013

 Pack your bags because its your lucky day! Have you ever wanted to explore a foreign country? Have you ever wanted to learn about other countries traditions and cultures? Well today is your day!!! Please Pick Your Destination: Italy, France, Germany, India, Australia, Japan, England, China, Russia, or Mexico

 Culture is defined as: the sum of the language, customs, beliefs, and art considered characteristic of a particular group of people.  A country is defined as: a large geographic region defined by political, natural, or cultural boundaries.  Today you will be learning the culture of the country you choose to visit!

 Today you will journey to the country of your choice  While there you will take notes about their culture including: - Holidays - Traditions - Food - Music - Art - Sports etc.

 When you have finished your research you will present your findings in one of the following ways: - PowerPoint Presentation - Poster Presentation - Essay - Travel Brochure

 STEP 1: Select a country to visit: Mexico, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Australia, China, England, India, or Japan Begin Research using one of the following search engines:

 China:  Japan: tml tml  India:  Russia:  England: e/ e/

 Australia: history/culture.aspx history/culture.aspx  Mexico: culture.html culture.html  Germany:  Italy:  France: al-etiquette/france-country-profile.html al-etiquette/france-country-profile.html

 STEP 2: Complete your culture worksheet shown below:

 STEP 3: Completer project of choice  Poster  PowerPoint  Brochure  essay

Criteria Indicators Needs Improvement 0 Good 1 Very Good 2 Excellent 3 Form -Spelling -Grammar -Sentence Structure 5-6 errors 3-4 errors 1-2 errors No errors and great sentence structure. Concept Student includes the art, food, music, sports, holidays, and traditions of their specific country Includes 0-1 of the concepts listed Includes 2-3 concepts listed Includes 4-5 concepts listed Includes all listed concepts Concept Students use creativity when creating and displaying their project Student uses little to no creative expression with their presentation Very little creativity, but project was developing Student used some creativity but the presentation did not flow some details left out or repeated Student used lots of detail and the project flowed nicely.

 Now boarding Flight 103 back to Syracuse, New York. Once you have returned make sure to share your new found knowledge of your country. Your classmates and your teacher are very excited to hear about your adventure