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zelaznog_odla — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:53:53 CDT

Country Profile

Your assignment is to write a profile about a Spanish speaking country. There are three parts to this assignment: 1) choose a country from the list below and research the information that is listed below (50 pts); 2) create a poster with the highlights of the information you researched (100 pts); 3) present the information that you have researched to the class (50 pts).

The Countries

1. Argentina	6. El Salvador	11. Venezuela	16. Puerto Rico
2. Bolivia	7. Rep. Dominicana	12. Paraguay	17. España
3. Costa Rica	8. Honduras	13. Uruguay	18. Panamá
4. Colombia	9. Guatemala	14. Chile	19. Ecuador
5. Nicaragua	10. México	15. Cuba	20. Perú

You will need to research the following
Flag (10 pts)
Coat of arms (10 pts)
Capital (5 pts)
Nationality (5 pts)
Ethnicities within the country (5 pts)
Official currency (name and photo example) (5 pts)
Exchange rate to US dollars (5 pts)
Official language(s) spoken (5 pts)
National anthem (10 pts)
Map/Location (North America, Central America, South America, Africa, Europe) (5 pts)
Population (5 pts)
Major industries/source of income (5 pts)
5 interesting facts (food, music, TV, movies, languages, people, customs and traditions, etc.) (5 pts each)

The points for the research part of the assignment will be awarded all or none. It is very apparent if you do the research or not.

Posters: You will need to have all of the above on a poster board. BE CREATIVE! The posters will be a summary of the research you have done and will be used for your presentation. The points will be awarded as all or none, that is, if you have it on your poster you will receive all the points. If you don’t, you will not receive the points.

Presentations: Presentations will be the highlights of your research. You may use your poster as a prop. You may bring anything that is culturally important (food, videos, music, clothes) to aid your presentation. You may not exceed 10 minutes in your presentation. I encourage you to use Spanish as much as possible but no points will be deducted if presentation is done in Spanglish or even English. I also recommend that you practice your presentation before presenting. Don’t just “wing-it”.

Due dates: Initial research will be done in class on Thursday, August 21 (all other research should be done at home). Posters are due Thursday, August 28. Presentations will start on this day.

Spanish 1a

zelaznog_odla — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:14:58 CDT

¡Hola y bienvenidos!

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zelaznog_odla — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:27:42 CDT

Enlaces / Links
Here you will find links to outside sites.

Diccionarios:
Real Academia Española

Word Reference

Yahoo Online Spanish-English Dictionary

Deportes:
ESPN en español

El tiempo/clima:
The Weather Channel en español

Noticias:
Univisión México

El Universal México

El País España

ABC News España

BBC España

CNN español

Yahoo News en español

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zelaznog_odla — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:55:17 CDT

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