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!
