As of December 2017

Countries of the World – QTR 3 Website: Countries of the World . com https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-north-america.html Website: CIA.gov https://www.cia.gov/index.html

Tales of a Traveling Suitcase QUARTER 3 – Africa continent

• complete packet • create travel brochure • present travel brochure (5 minutes)

We Wonder: 1. What do people where you live eat for breakfast? 2. What are some games that are typical to your area? 3. Tell us 3 of your favorite local places to visit. 4. What are some famous or historical places or landmarks in your area? 5. What language(s) do people speak there? Could you teach us a couple fun words from this

language? 6. What are some famous dishes from your culture? Could you share a yummy (and hopefully simple)

recipe for us to try? 7. What are some holidays that are celebrated in your area? What are some unique traditions that you

can teach us? 8. What kind of money is used there? 9. What is your favorite secret spot that only locals would know about? 10. What is school like for children in your area? 11. If you moved away, what would you miss the most? 12. Are there amazing museums, libraries or other cultural centers in your area? Tell us about one.

Students listening to presentation will complete one Exit Slip per presentation.

Tales of a Traveling Suitcase Exit Slip

Presenter: ___________________________ Country: ____________________________ Most Interesting Fact: ________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Most Interesting Opinion: _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________

Tales of a Traveling Suitcase Exit Slip

Presenter: ___________________________ Country: ____________________________ Most Interesting Fact: ________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Most Interesting Opinion: _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________

Tales of a Traveling Suitcase

Title of Country: __________________

Student Name: ____________________

Due Date: _______________________

*FLAG: Picture of your country’s flag..

What do the colors and symbols represent?

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Source: ___________________________________________________________

*GEOGRPAHY: Locate your country on a world map. Quarter 3

Absolute Location Latitude _______________________ Longitude _________________________ Write a few clues to use in your for someone who doesn’t know where your country is located.

1. What 2 hemispheres? _________________________________________________

2. What oceans surround you? ____________________________________________

3. Other? ____________________________________________________________

Source: ____________________________________________________________

*GEOGRAPHY: Landforms and bodies of water that are found in or near your country. Be sure to describe how they influence the way of life for families in your country.

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Source: ____________________________________________________________

*CLIMATE: Includes annual temperatures and precipitation that are found in your country. You can include charts or graphs but you must site your source. Also give a summary of the climate.

Average Temperature Average Precipitation

May create either a bar graph or a line graph for each. Your choice J.

Summary of the climate:

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Source: ____________________________________________________________

*CLIMATE: Includes annual temperatures and precipitation that are found in your country. You can include charts or graphs but you must site your source. Also give a summary of the climate.

Annual Temperature – use a line graph Precipitation – use a bar graph

Summary of the climate:

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Source: ____________________________________________________________

*ECOSYSTEMS: Plants that are unique to your country. Must include picture, label, and description.

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*ECOSYSTEMS: Animals that are unique to your country. Must include picture, label, and description.

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*ECOSYSTEMS: Endangered Animals that are unique to your country. Must include picture, label, and description.

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Source: _____________________________________________________________

*ECONOMICS: Natural or Man-Made Resources that are produced in your country. Must include picture, label, and description.

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Source: _____________________________________________________________

LIFE STYLES

*SOCIAL & POLITICAL ISSUES:

1. Type of Government

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3. Major Religions

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2. Major Languages

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4. Other

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Source: _____________________________________________________________

*HISTORICAL EVENTS: What events occurred in your country INTERESTING to you? Must include picture, label & year, and description.

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*TRADITIONS: What unique traditions does your country celebrate? Must include picture, label, and description.

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*THE ARTS: What types of art (music, dance, art) are unique to your country? Must include picture, label, and description.

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*SPORTS: Sports that are tradition in your country. Must include picture, label, and description. Most countries now participate in Olympic type sports, but have old traditional sport.

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Source: _____________________________________________________________

*SCHOOL DAYS: What are elementary kids in your country like?

How many school days a year?

Uniforms? Number of students in a class?

K-12?

Subjects? Responsibilities?

Home life?

Other? Other?

Source: _____________________________________________________________

Quarter 3: Africa

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana

Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad Comoros Congo: Democratic Republic

Congo: Republic Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Djibouti Egypt

Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon

Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau

Kenya Lesoth Liberia Libya

Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania

Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia

Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome & Principe

Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia

South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland

Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda

Zambia Zimbabwe

QUARTER 3 Africa (Independent)

1. Algeria 2. Angola 3. Benin 4. Botswana 5. Burkina Faso 6. Burundi 7. Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) 8. Cameroon 9. Central African Republic 10. Chad 11. Comoros 12. Congo: Democratic Republic of the Congo 13. Congo: Republic of the Congo 14. Cote d’ Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 15. Djibouti 16. Egypt 17. Equatorial Guinea 18. Eritrea 19. Ethiopia 20. Gabon 21. Gambia 22. Ghana 23. Guinea 24. Guinea-Bissau 25. Ivory Coast (Cote d’ Ivoire) 26. Kenya

27. Lesoth 28. Liberia 29. Libya 30. Madagascar 31. Malawi 32. Mali 33. Mauritania 34. Mauritius 35. Morocco 36. Mozambique 37. Namibia 38. Niger 39. Nigeria 40. Rwanda 41. Sao Tome and Principe 42. Senegal 43. Seychelles 44. Sierra Leone 45. Somalia 46. South Africa 47. South Sudan 48. Sudan 49. Swaziland 50. Tanzania 51. Togo 52. Tunisia 53. Uganda 54. Zambia 55. Zimbabwe