How+do+I+create+a+Country+Profile?+(Part+2)

__LESSON TEN:__
How do I create a country profile?

**__DESCRIPTION:__**
During this independent research heavy class, students create a country profile on the country that they will be representing during the conference.

__TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:__
Preview countries and especially regional blocks so that you can support all students in their research.

__TEACHER PREPARATION:__
Print, and preview materials.

**__STEP BY STEP PLAN__**
//Pre-class homework//: Ask students to read an overview of their country. Consider the BBC’s country profiles as an excellent place to start. There are many informative (and surprisingly high level) books on countries in the Children/Young Adult Section of most libraries.

//Energizer//: Complete one of the activities in the Roll Call: Notice and Remember Who is in the Room section on pages of 9-10 __Preparing Students for Model United Nations Conferences – Mini-Activities that Build 21st Century Skills__ to get kids excited about countries in //the conference.//

//Independent or Partner Research//: Ask students to develop a country profile based on CIA World Fact Book, and/or Trust.org’s country profiles using the __Creating a Country Profile__ Worksheet.



//Application:// Students should use the information that they learned while creating a country profile to complete the __Country Blocs__ Worksheet. Students may not have time to complete this activity. If you need to chose between research and understanding country blocs, chose to do the research.

//Debrief//: Ask students to move to different sides of the room, based on the following statements:
 * Developed, developing, undeveloped
 * Colonizer, colonized, never colonized nor colonizing
 * Northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere
 * Western hemisphere, Eastern hemisphere
 * North of Tropic of Cancer, South of Tropic of Capricorn, Equatorial (between two)
 * Republic, Dictatorship, Monarchy
 * More than 15 official languages, Less than 15 official languages

//Skill Building Extension://
//Consider activities in the Roll Call: Sharing Materials is section on pages11-12 of __Preparing Students for Model United Nations Conferences – Mini-Activities that Build 21st Century Skills__ to help students practice working together in their new delegate pairs.//

//Content Extension: Go to the library and find a book about this country. Find an interesting news article (BBC has a country specific bank) and summarize. Find out what the weather was in the capital city of this country today using weather.com. The possibilities are endless!//