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African Country PREZI Project

Mr. Grill’s & Mrs. Posey’sproject Done in Mrs. Crawford’s Class

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We will be using Prezi to create this project.http://prezi.com/login/

Create a new project name xxxafrica

Open your copy books we all have accounts –

Get out your notebooks and look up your passwords then log in

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NO COPYING AND PASTING.

We will be taking notes on loose-leaf then worked into a paragraph and typing after rewriting them into a paragraph and saving them as a word document - file name xxxafricanotes

You must use your own words and be able to explain anything that you write!!

Keep track of the website with a citation page in the notes file

Save the file onto your server as well as your memory stick

 

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SITES TO USE (OTHER THAN TEXTBOOK FOR INFORMATION) 1.      You can use your Africa textbook, worldfactbook.com, http://www.ducksters.com/geography/africa.php  2.    Site for maps and pictures: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/continents/africa/ 3.    Site with maps and answers to many of the questions from above. You will need to read this site carefully to find your answers.http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/africa.html

NO COPYING AND PASTING.

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You will make a PREZI presentation of your country. You must show the flag of your country. Somewhere in your presentation must be your country stats (this can be copied from the textbook). Be sure you understand and are able to explain each fact when you present. If you are not sure of a term or word, you must look it up! 

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 You will make a presentation with the MOST important information about your country. Be sure the following are answered in your presentation:

       Geography—Where is your country? What does it border? What is the climate of the area?       Nature—Is it known for any specific plants or animals?       What is the culture like and the people?      Any other important information or anything you find quite interesting.

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You must show a map of your country and be able to list the areas that lie to the North, South, East, and West of your country.

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 Please have pictures in your presentation and captions to go with the pictures you choose. If you find any interesting (short) video clips, you can show them to the class too!

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DUE DATE 3/22/13

1 copy to Mr. Grill or Mrs. Posey

1 copy to Mrs. C with the rubric in the bin

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List of Countries In AfricaAlgeria (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) Angola (Republic of Angola) Benin (Republic of Benin) Botswana (Republic of Botswana)Burkina Faso Burundi (Republic of Burundi)Cameroon (Republic of Cameroon) Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde) Central African Republic (Central African Republic)Chad (Republic of Chad)Comoros (Union of the Comoros) Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire)Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti)Egypt (Arab Republic of Egypt)Equatorial Guinea (Republic of Equatorial Guinea)Eritrea (State of Eritrea)Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)Gabon (Gabonese Republic)Gambia (Republic of The Gambia) Ghana (Republic of Ghana)Guinea (Republic of Guinea)

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Guinea-Bissau (Republic of Guinea-Bissau)Kenya (Republic of Kenya) Lesotho (Kingdom of Lesotho)Liberia (Republic of Liberia) Libya (Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)Madagascar (Republic of Madagascar)Malawi (Republic of Malawi)Mali (Republic of Mali)Mauritania (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) Mauritius (Republic of Mauritius)Morocco (Kingdom of Morocco) Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique)Namibia (Republic of Namibia)Niger (Republic of Niger)Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria)Republic of the Congo (Republic of the Congo)Rwanda (Republic of Rwanda) Sao Tome and Principe Senegal (Republic of Senegal) Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles)Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone)

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Somalia (Somali Republic)South Africa (Republic of South Africa)Sudan (Republic of Sudan) Swaziland (Kingdom of Swaziland)Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania) Togo (Togolese Republic)Tunisia (Tunisian Republic)Uganda (Republic of Uganda)Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) Zambia (Republic of Zambia)Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe)

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Have fun!