Country Essay – Gathering Information (Day Three)

Overview

• You will be writing a five paragraph essay using the five themes of geography to describe a country of Southeast Asia or Oceania

• You will begin by researching your country– The “Country Essay Information” sheet will help

you figure out what kind of information you are looking for and organize what you find

General Information Sites• Today you will gather information for your essay from a number of

sites:– Country Reports

• Go to mhs.mcsd.org, click on “Library” and then “MHS Library,” then click on “Country Reports”

– BBC Country Profiles• Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm or search for

“BBC Country Profiles” and select your country

– Search for specific issues about your country using Google or another search engine, but make sure that the websites you find are reliable

• First, figure out what the in-text citation should be for each site– In-text citations for internet sources are the name of the webpage in

parenthesis and quotations• Next, look throughout the page on your country and put any

information that you find on the “Country Essay Information” sheet

News Sites• Today you will gather information for your essay from

news sites– Go to news.google.com and use the name of your country

to search for news stories– Try to find stories from major newspapers or sites

• First, figure out what the in-text citation should be for each site– In-text citations for internet sources are the name of the

webpage in parenthesis and quotations• Next, look throughout the page on your country and

put any information that you find on the “Country Essay Information” sheet