Challenge: Create a project on a country competing in the Olympics
Which country?
The more obscure the better. I would like to learn something new whilst reading these so choose a bizarre country you don't know about. You may know a things about France or America but that seems a bit obvious to me. Challenge yourself!
What is the report about?
- The country - I want to know all about the country. Who are the people, where are they from, what do they eat, wear and enjoy doing for hobbies? What is the country's history, what is their future?Anything you can find out that is interesting.
- Their Olympic hopes - Because its the Olympics I also want to know what events they are competing in and how you think they will do.
- Past Olympics - What history do they have in the Olympics?
- Anything else...
Time Line
- 11th June - Challenge Set (I know this is only published Friday but we talked about it ages ago)
- 18th June - Week 1
- 25th June - Week 2
- 2nd July - Week 3
- 9th July - Hand in
Note: This is almost four weeks worth of home learning. It should reflect that amount.
Important Information
I do not want to read what Wikipedia has to say on your country. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE.
If you don't understand the information, then do not include it in your project.
References
(its in red because its hard and you should only bother if you want to challenge yourself)
You can reference small bits of information. For instance, if you are writing about Botswana's Olympic record you might say:
Botswana have yet to win an Olympic medal, but in 2011 Amantle Montsho became the 400m world champion (Wikipedia, 2012). Botswana are waiting in anticipation for the 2012 Olympics as they believe she may be able to bring home their first medal.
Then at the very end of your project (in a section called references) you would write:
Wikipedia. (2012) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana#Sports
Explanation
e.g. (Wikipedia, 2012) The first bit tells the reader where it came from and the second bit tells them when you found it.
If you are getting some info from a book, you say the authors surname and the date it was published. This date is usually in the front of the book.
I have mentioned this before and I'd be happy to explain in class again if you want to try and use references.
NOTE: If you are not sure about this don't bother doing it. Just do not copy and paste.
