Country in a bag assignment / BBI 2O1

Country in a BagAssignment

How would you introduce Canada to the rest of the world?

Here is an example…

“Canada has many faces. It is one of the world’s richest markets; a country that encourages trade, innovation, and entrepreneurship. It also has vast natural resources, a supportive government, an educated and skilled work force, a strong domestic market, diverse arts and culture, a sound economy, a well developed infrastructure and much more.” (

How would you introduce your international country?

  1. Select a country to research and obtain teacher approval.
  2. Research facts of your country related to the following topics:
  3. Basic facts (Geography, Religion, Languages)
  4. Trade Agreements, Organizations & Barriers
  5. People of the country
  6. Culture and customs of your country
  7. Economy Business Practices (Dos and taboos)
  8. Major trading partners
  9. Government / Political Situation
  10. Imports & exports
  11. Popular events & traditions
  12. Problems & risks of doing business in your country
  13. Design a colourful and informative paper bag/box (can be provided if needed).
  14. Fill your bag with 10 items that represent various aspects of the country including topics listed above. These items do not need to originate from your country, but should be used to illustrate an aspect of your country.
  15. Present your paper bag to the class. Discuss the external design and each of the fifteen items inside the bag.

Rubric:

For this assignment your mark will come strictly from your presentation and what you decided to include with your bag (there is no written component to this assignment). The rubric is as follows (to be handed to the teacher before your presentation).

Country in a Bag EVALUATION

Name: ______Country:______

Level 4 / Level 3 / Level 2 / Level 1 / Mark out of
Knowledge / Extremely comfortable with information. Able to answer all questions. / Comfortable with information. Able to answer some questions. / Somewhat comfortable with information. Able to answer few questions / Extremely uncomfortable with information. Unable to answer any questions / /15
Thinking / Excellent ability to elaborate info. Excellent ability to connect info. / Good ability to elaborate on info. Good ability to connect info. / Some ability to elaborate on info. Some ability to connect info. / No ability to elaborate on info. No ability to connect info. / /10
Communication / Excellent eye contact with audience. Extremely enthusiastic. / Good eye contact with audience. Very enthusiastic. / Some eye contact with audience. Somewhat enthusiastic. / Minimal to no eye contact with audience. Not enthusiastic. / /10
Application / Design of bag reflects excellent effort. Items in bag connect with research to an excellent degree. / Design of bag reflects good effort. Items in bag connect with research to a good degree. / Design of bag reflects some effort. Items in bag connect with research to some degree. / Design of bag reflects minimal to no effort. Items in bag do not connect with research to any degree. / /15
Total Mark / /50