Humanities 7 Summer Make up Assignment

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Humanities 7 Summer Make Up Assignment

Instructions: In this make up assignment, you will put together the various skills learned during the year in Humanities 7. The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. One of their main goals is to fight poverty. Their motto is “Working for a world free of poverty.” In deciding which countries to invest in, the World Bank is seeking your assistance in researching the countries that are being considered for investment. You will also make recommendations about the countries that should receive the loans, as well as the particular types of anti-poverty programs that you believe, based on your research, are best at meeting the World Bank’s main goal of reducing poverty in the world. You will complete this assignment in steps:

Step I / ·  First you will start by researching countries that are applying for one of the loans from the World Bank. The list of countries is below, with their region. You must select six countries from the list below, with at least three different world regions represented in your research.
o  Latin America – Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Peru
o  Sub-Saharan Africa – Angola, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania
o  South Asia – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India
o  East Asia and Pacific – Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam
o  Middle East and North Africa – Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Yemen
·  Download the blank research profile handout at http://mrvalenzuela.com/?p=8584 to complete the profiles for each of the six countries you selected
·  All of the following websites MUST be used when conducting your research: the CIA World Factbook (http://cia.gov/worldfactbook), the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org), and GapMinder (http://gapminder.org/world)
Step II / ·  Next you will research various anti-poverty programs from the World Bank (see below), and evaluate their effectiveness in the world. Download the blank anti-poverty research handout at http://mrvalenzuela.com/?p=8584
o  Climate Change
o  Girls’ Education
o  Food Security
o  Jobs and Poverty
o  Water
Step III / ·  Make a presentation in Google Slides that summarizes your recommendations
·  Download the presentation template at http://mrvalenzuela.com/?p=8584 (be sure you make a copy and save into your Google Drive)
·  Include a bibliography of sources used in MLA Format (use Easybib.com)