English week 10 - country projects

The plan is for everyone to give a 5 - 10 minute presentation on a country/area/people of their choice on Monday 23rd March and Thursday 26th March.



Some students are interested in particular countries (e.g. England, Cuba, Australia...) while others are interested in areas (e.g. the Arab world) and peoples (e.g. the Normans).


Everyone has an angle, e.g. football, cuisine, wildlife, politics or technology.

Here are some sources:

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

Culture Crossing: http://www.culturecrossing.net/

Here you will find lots of statistics.

Remember, a statistic is USELESS unless we have something to compare it to. So use Sweden as a benchmark when telling us things like how many people can read and write, how many people die in car accidents, etc.

Happy Planet Index: http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/

Transparency International - Corruption (by country): http://www.transparency.org/country

World Bank Data: http://data.worldbank.org/country

index Mundi - a compilation of data from different sources: http://www.indexmundi.com/

Your mission

Create a visually interesting presentation containing facts about your subject - e.g. a wall display, collage, blog entry or powerpoint.

Present your country to the class on Monday 23rd March - preferably with music and pictures!