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Ms. Sanneman's 7﻿th Grade E-P﻿eriod This is a real wiki! Check out wiki ettiquette before you begin. I expect you to be respectful, responsible and accountable for your actions. Please be aware that I will be monitoring everything you write whether or not it is deleted. You are not to change another group's entries under any circumstances. If you would like to make an appropriate suggestion, use the Discussion tab

**__Project:__**
Using a wiki page, you and your partner will become experts and share information about a country that interests you. You will use the web to find information and images. As you and your partner gather information, you will need to evaluate the web sites to make sure that you have credible information. Refer to your checklist.

Next, you will organize all of your interesting facts and information on the wiki page for your classmates to view. Others will then be able to view your page, make changes to your page and comment on your page. You will use what you have learned to make a presentation to the class.

=== Assignment #1 === 1. Talk with your partner about a country you would both like to research. 2. So that we can all see the countries our groups are researching, fill out the Google Docs form @ @http://bit.ly/7eperiod 3. Be sure to indicate who is responsible for what section. 4. Review facts about your country using the following resources:

** Resource Websites **
 * CIA Fact Book.@https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ ||


 * The World Bank @http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/0,,pagePK:180619~theSitePK:136917,00.html ||

Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com ||
 * Kid Info @http://kidinfo.com/geography/The_World.html

=== Assignment #2 === 1. Open your Wiki page and use the Discussion tab to determine who will put in the title and your names. The other partner will create the first table. (See the handout.) 2. Press Enter 3 times and create a table that is 2 columns x 11 rows Key in the text 3. Make the top row of each table a header by selecting the 2 cells in that row. Click the Table icon and choose: This Cell>Merge>Merge to Right Click inside the merged cell and click the Table icon again. Choose: This Cell>Make Header 4. Preview, Save and take turns with your partner creating the tables and filling in information.

Assignment #3
1. Add a related image to each section. 2. Save images to your My Pictures folder 3. Save the web address of your source to the wiki or a separate Word document. 4. Choose File and upload your image to your wiki

Assignment #4
Use the metric converter to change the area from square kilometers (km) to square miles. When you enter the square kilometers, leave the comma out. (example: write 799,380 km as 799380. You can round your answer to the nearest kilometer. (308,642 square miles)

Compare the value of your country's currency to American dollars. @http://www.xe.com/ucc/

There are several sites you can use to help you pronounce words you may not be familiar with. [|www.howjsay.com] - enter your word and roll your mouse over the pink text @http://www.merriam-webster.com/ - enter your word and click on the speaker icon

@http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html Create a pie chart to show how the population of your country compares to the world's population?

=== **Final Presentation ** === You will have the opportunity to tell your peers some of the interesting things you learned about your chosen country. They can follow along on their computers so it's a good idea to follow the order you used on your wiki page. That way, people won't have to scroll up and down.

Be sure to tell us your country's name, where it is located and what surrounds it geographically. Describe what it would be like to live there. For example, what kind of job would we most likely have, what might we wear, what language would we speak and what type of currency would we use to purchase things. Tell us a little bit about the pictures you chose.

Each of you is responsible for four - six elaborations.