My Pet Country

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My Pet Country!

• LO To know what country I will be taking for my
  topic and to be able to evaluate my last topic

Starter List as many things you can think of that
you have done during the France topic. You have 5
minutes There are 2 merits for the 2 biggest
lists (count each bullet point you make about
something you have learnt- not a word count!)
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Topic evaluation

• Things I have done in France topic
• Brainstorm of France
• Map of Physical Features
• Map of human Features
• French economy
• Tour-de-France
• Rural to urban migration
• Population of Paris
• What did you enjoy
• What did you dislike
• What did you think you learnt a lot about
• What did you think was too difficult to
  understand?

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• You are going to do a topic over 3 weeks

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My pet country-How to pick your pet

• First you have to choose a country
• It could be one you have never heard of e.g.
  Bhutan or Togo.
• It could be one you have seen in a film e.g.
  Kazakhstan or Madagascar?
• It could be one you have visited on holiday, e.g.
  Spain, USA?
• Maybe you close you eyes and pick one from a map-
  I got Iran!
• It could be one you want to find out more about
  (you may know someone from there) or heard it on
  the news (like Iraq or Afghanistan).

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What you need to do

• Choose your country
• A title page with the name of the country, your
  class and your name on it
• A flag of your country
• Map 1 (physical) of your country with rivers,
  mountains and seas on
• Map 2 (human) with the capital city, other cities
  and town and road/rail routes
• Facts Population, Income (GDP), Imports,
  Exports, prime minister/president/leader, size,
  biggest river, biggest mountain, largest city
• Famous people from the country
• Tourist attractions
• History What is the history (as far back as you
  can find out up to today
• In the News Why has this country been in the
  news lately?

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History

• Find out the history of your country. Try and go
  as far back as you can.
• Give the dates of kings, queens or presidents
• If the country has been colonised and dates of
  independence.
• Has it been through any wars or battles?
• Try and put in your own words

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Facts of my country ______
Draw a picture and put the figures for your
country and UK comparison for the following
facts See page 94 onwards for Population Weal
th (GNP) Human Development index Illiteracy
rates Any other interesting facts
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Homework 1

• Complete your title page at home

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Homework 2

• Go to a travel agent and see if you can get a
  brochure for your country
• or
• If you can not go on the internet and see what
  the tourist board for that country says about it.
  Print out its home page

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Homework 3

• Travel Diary
• Write a diary of a 7 day holiday to your country.
  Make sure you visit at least 3 different places
  and say how you travelled around and what
  activities you did there
• e.g.
• Monday Got a plane from Manchester Airport to
  Charles-de-Gaulle airport Paris. Got a taxi to
  my hotel (Hotel de la rue) and unpacked. In the
  afternoon I did a bus tour around the sites (like
  Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower) and then went
  back to the hotel. Im exhausted now and ready
  for bed!
• Tuesday Got up early today for breakfast as had
  to get the Train to Nice at 9.00am. It took 2
  hours to get there but was worth it as the
  weather was great. After booking in my lovely
  hotel (Hotel Isabelle) I walked aroung the old
  town and went into Nice museum
• Wednesday etc.

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Homework 4

• Make a post card of what your country looks like.
  Write on the back what you have done on your
  holiday