Projet

Project 2

Evaluation 32 World Cultures 2: Africa and the Eastern Hemisphere (SSTH 054 058)

Be sure to include ALL pages of this project (including the directions and the assignment) when you send the project to your teacher for grading. Don’t forget to put your name and I.D. number at the top of this page!

This project will count for 13% of your overall grade for this course. Be sure to read all the instructions and assemble all the necessary materials before you begin. When you have completed this project you may submit it electronically through the online course management system in either .pdf (Portable Document Format), or .doc (Microsoft Word document) format. If you scan your project as images, embed them in a Word document in .gif image format. Make sure your pages are legible before you upload them. Check the instructions in the online course for more information.

This needs to be your own work. DO NOT copy and paste information from the sources that you use. You need to write everything you learn in your own words. REMEMBER: failing to cite sources or submitting another person's work as your own is PLAGIARISM, which will result in a failing grade

Part A (20 points)

The number of cellular phones exceeds the population number in many, many countries around the world. Many people have more than one device, which sometimes makes it difficult to determine the percentage of the population that uses cell phones.

Read the Compare Across Regions Mobile Access section on pages 590-591 of your textbook and then answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Why do you suppose China and India have the most cell phone subscribers?

2. What conclusions can you draw about economic development in Mongolia (population 2.5 million) and Nepal (population 29 million) based on their cell phone usage? Explain the reasoning for your conclusions.

3. Now, do a little research (either on the Internet or at your local library) to compare cell phone usage in South Africa, Egypt, and Australia. Use information similar to the information found in the graphs on page 591 of your textbook to compare the numbers of cell phone subscribers and cell phones per population in these countries. Which county has the most cell phone usage? Which has the most cell phone usage per population? What does this tell you about the economies of these countries?

Part B: Investigating a Region (80 points)

For this project, you will do an in-depth investigation into the culture and geography of another area of your choice (besides the one that you used for your Cultural Map in Project 1). You should explore and report on an area in a completely different part of the world from that which you have previously investigated, and a different part of the world from that in which you live.

The geographical region you choose can be an island or group of islands, a country, or group of countries that share many geographic and cultural elements. You are free to decide whether you would like to do your project on a small region such as an island or a larger region such as a state or nation or group of nations. Just remember, whichever you decided to present, you need to do a thorough job. Besides basic factual information, you will need to include some of the interesting cultural traditions and geographic features of the region. Be creative in what you present as well as how you present it. You are encouraged to add pictures, graphics, or links to websites that will enhance your project. Just be careful that you don’t overload the project with graphics and neglect the required content.

Essential Elements

Your project needs to contain the following information regarding the region you are investigating:

1. Geographical Elements (25 points). Include the following geographical information in your description of the region:

a. The name of the region.

b. Location of the region, both absolute location and a relative location.

c. Physical geography (including topography and climate) of the region.

d. Special or interesting geographical features of the region.

2. Cultural Elements (35 points). Include the following cultural information in your description of the region:

a. What groups of people originally settled this region?

b. What elements of cultural heritage are still found in the region?

c. How has the cultural heritage in this region affected the economic, political, or social systems that exist in the region today? (You may address just one of these, or more if you wish.)

d. Provide at least four examples of cultural contributions that the people of this region have shared with the world. These can be examples of art, literature, architecture, food, music, and so on. You are welcome to give many more than four examples.

3. Sources (10 points). At the end of your project you need to list at least five outside (not included in your course materials) resources that you used to compile the information for your project. You may feel free to use newspapers, encyclopedias, other history or geography books, the Internet (especially the travel sites!), and local governmental agencies (like the Chamber of Commerce or the Department of Tourism). Make sure you include titles, authors and publishers’ names and copyright dates of any written material, and if you use Internet resources, be sure to include their URLs (the full Internet addresses). You can also include interviews as long as you give credit to the person you interview. If you use people as a resource, include their names, titles (if they have one), and why you chose them as a resource.

4 Presentation (10 points). Make sure your project is neat, clean, and free of errors (such as typographical errors and spelling and punctuation errors). It should be organized or laid out in a way that is easy for the reader to follow. Remember that this is an in-depth investigation into the region, so make sure that you write full and complete paragraphs, have a good introduction and conclusion, and that you properly reference all sources of your information.

a. Feel free to make your presentation just as creative as you wish. If you choose to include written material—either as a written report, travel brochure, web-based presentation, or PowerPoint, you need to make sure that your written content is 1,000 to 1,500 words in length.

b. If you choose to submit a written document, it must be in .rtf, .doc, .pdf, or .ppt format. You should append the pages of the written report to this document and submit the whole project (including these instructions) as a single document.

c. If you choose to do a video or slide presentation with an audio component, please submit your script as well as your presentation.

d. To submit electronically, you will upload your files using the UNHS DropBox and the Project 2 page in the “My Work” section of your online course. Please follow all instructions carefully so that you can get full credit for this project.

e. Make sure that your name and ID number appear in a prominent place at the beginning of your presentation.

Part B of this project will be graded according to the following rubric:

Objective	Exceeds minimum project expectations	Meets minimum project expectations	Approaches project expectations	Does not meet project expectations
Geographical (25 points) and Cultural Elements (35 points)	Project content reflects all geographical and cultural element parameters. Student went well beyond the course-based resources to incorporate additional information.	Project content reflects all of the required geographical and cultural element parameters.	Project content reflects most of the minimum required geographical and cultural element parameters.	Project content does not reflect most geographical and cultural element parameters.
Presentation: (10 points) Integrating and organizing content	Student used a great deal of creativity in this presentation. In addition to all required elements, student provided clearly articulated descriptions and/or well-placed graphics to enhance the information designed for someone who knows little or nothing about the region. Student went beyond the course-based resources to incorporate additional information.	Student followed presentation parameters and also provided clearly articulated descriptions and/or well-placed graphics to enhance the information designed for someone who knows little or nothing about the region.	Project was presented adequately, but without any undue creativity or additional graphics. Student incorporated the required elements in the project.	Project was poorly presented. Student did not incorporate the required elements in the project.
Use of resources (10 points)	Student went beyond the required five resources to incorporate additional information and described or developed additional media to enhance the activity.	Student critically analyzed resources and used most or all available resources in the project.	Student used only the absolute minimum required resources in the project.	Student did not use resources effectively in the project.
Possible Grade (in points)	80-70	69-60	59-50	49 or below

This project can be submitted electronically. Check the Project page under “My Work” in the UNHS online course management system or your enrollment information with your print materials for more detailed instructions.

Project 2 227 SSTH 054

Project 2 231 SSTH 054