Books can be about music, art, history, food, anything concerning the country, past or present. Bring to class on fourth day. Students will go to computer room to gather more website information concerning their country. Using their specific country as a goal, students will learn basic website information to browse, search, locate, create fists, save, recognize a website number, and print out information. Students given physical and e-mail addresses of the consulates of all five countries.
Students are to write, e-mail, or call to acquire more information concerning their country.
Bring rough draft to class to edit in groups and give to teacher for final edit. In each cooperative group, students will chart what they know about their country and what they want to know about their country. From this brainstorming, the class as a whole will create a matrix for research. Students will be given a tour of the library concerning reference materials and their locations pertaining to their countries. Breaking into five groups, students will be given a blank map of their country to fill out with their matrix to help them organize their information gathering process.