Grade 6
Country Report Criterion Sheet
Date Assigned: Friday, August 31, 2012
Date Due: Friday, April5, 2013
Your country report will have four parts: the written report, the oral presentation,
the map and the display board.
For your written report, you need to include all of the following information (not necessarily
in this order). Your written report need to be done on a word processor, double spaced, using 12 point font, with 1 inch margins.
-Title Page-Contents Page
-History of the country-Current Area
-Current population-Population Density
-Capital city and major cities-Land types
-Natural Resources-Major bodies of water
-Industrial Products-Agricultural products
-Foreign trade (with whom?)-Climate
-Languages spoken-Currency (money) (traditional, not EURO)
-Form of government-Government leaders
-Tourist attractions-Highest and lowest points of elevation
-National Anthem-Holidays
-Education-Religion
-Foods-Sports
-Transportation-Clothing (traditional and modern)
-Flag of the country-Arts (architecture, literature, painting)
-Longitude/Latitude-Evaluation Page (what you liked/disliked)
-Resource page (5 sources)
Map
For your map, you need to include the following:
-CapitalCity and major cities-Landforms (Mts., valleys, rivers, etc.)
-Major bodies of water-Natural resources
-Elevation-Latitude/Longitude Lines
-Scale-Areas most populated
-Industries-Points of Interest(museums, parks, etc.)
- Map Key-Compass Rose
Map may be done on one sheet of poster board, several different posters, several sheets of computer paper, etc. Do what is easiest for your group. Remember, the map must be done by you and your group. You may not download or copy an already completed map. It must be drawn and created by you!
Display Board
You must create at least one display board, showing brochures, pictures, newspaper articles
flag, etc. of you country. You may order display boards and header boards from me, or
you may purchase them at any of the “office supply” stores in town.
+++A good place to obtain brochures for your country would be travel agencies in town
Reference Page
When using a book as a source, you reference it as follows:
If the book was called “Pillars of the Republic” and the author was C.F. Kaestle, the
reference would look like this:
Kaestle, C.F. (1983). Pillars of the republic, New York, New York: Hill and Wang.
(author) (year) (title) (city of publisher) (publisher)
When using the internet as a source, you reference it as follows:
HTTP: [1995-2001]
When you use the internet as a source, you need to give the web address you used,
not “The internet” or the search engine you used. Most articles you choose will give you the title, author, publisher, and date in the reference part of the article. Use this in your reference page when possible. If this is not given, the article will have the web address at the bottom of the page. Reference it in your paper with this address in the form given above.
When using an encyclopedia as a source, you reference it in the following manner:
Webster Encyclopedia, (1992), (Volume 1, pp.227, 690-714)
(title of reference) (year) (Volume and page(s) )
Some good search engines I use a lot are and
When you type these in, and it asks you for a subject, type in the name of your country
and it will give you hundreds of sources to click on. With sites such as
or , the kids can plug in specific questions such as “What is the currency used in Spain?” the site will link them to resources to find the information, or might even give them the straight answer. On the link , you can come up with
with facts by typing in a search by topic. Other sites I have heard of, but have never personally used myself are the Internet Public Library at , or the site
, which is the American Library Association, where you can e-mail one of the librarians with your question or request. They supposedly will respond within 2-3 working days.