Great Cities project

Social Studies  6                                                       Name: ______________________

City Research

Background

You have learned urban migration (moving from country to city) is happening all over the world. Population densities (people per sq km), and urban environment (quality of life) are two important factors that are very different in urban areas and rural areas.

Use your text p109-111 (or memory from your lesson) to describe these 2 factors that vary so differently between Urban (city)areas and Rural (country) areas

Population Density

URBAN

RURAL

Quality of Life  -  Underlined areas are in text – others you need to THINK ABOUT

Urban	Quality of Life	Rural
	Open Space
	Types of Jobs (Work)
	Shopping
	Health Care
	Housing
	Transportation / Services -  ldrinking water,sewage, garbage, electricity, telephone
	Sports/Culture (Play)

Research – Great Cities of the World    Name: _____________________

1. Key Word Note-Taking-You are to choose  from the list below of Great Cities of the World and you will take key word notes from a book source and an electronic source of information to learn about your city. 

2. Oral Presentation – What’s Most Important to Know about _____________________

Use prezi, glogster, poster,power point in presentation. If not possible use other media such as books or photos. ( Travel Agencies could help)

The following criteria should be recorded through key-word notes- as much as possible 

Location	Capital of what country	Area (land size)
Population (city)	Population Density (city)	Geography
Climate	History – first founded     -anything else of interest	People – changes, migration? Religions?
Living – Housing	Living – Education	Living -Transportation
Living – concerns	Work – main industries/ women?	Work – Tourism? Government
Play – Open spaces	Play – movies/ theatre	Play – sports
Play - festivals	Challenges

Brief Oral Presentation -   Must include info on:

Location          Capital                        Area                            Population      Population Density Geography         Climate            History – Founding     People (3 points)   Living (3 points)

Work (3 points)          Play (3 points)                        Challenges (2-3most important)

Visuals that MAY be helpful in presentation – done only after info above is adequate -

• Map showing exactly where city is in world,  size? 
• Image – of people at famous landmark, festival
• Image – showing geography/ climate
• Image – showing a particular challenge/problem for city

Assessment

Key Word Notes	5
Use of Library Time	5
Content – Enough, print & elect. organized by criteria,	10
Oral – content, sifted most important points	5
Oral – provided good images inform	5
Oral – audible, engaging, knows material(no reading) uses images well	10
TOTAL	40

Additional Information (that I had given kids on moodle)

By now you should have notes from the book you have chosen-you should leave space so you can add other information that you find.
Notes are on the following:

Location,Capital, Area, Population, Population Density, Geography, Climate, History – Founding People (3 points) Living (3 points)
Work (3 points) Play (3 points) Challenges (2-3most important)
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There is note taking paper in class or e-mail me if you want me to send electronically
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Here is another cool site where you can see lots about your cities. Your final project should be ready by Monday... Remember you will pretend you have visited your city or are actually form that city!

Name ____________________

1. Visuals-neat, bright, planned, no pencil, make good use of space

2. Oral-loud, clear, use cue cards, practice so you won't be nervous, be creative.

3. Research-do your research, write down your sources-should use several, make notes of what is important and interesting,

4. Report- Put in your own words, make sure work is neatly presented. Make sure you followed instructions

5. Props, models-add to your presentation, should help to illustrate and explain your project

6. Technology-make sure it works before you present-is it effective

7. Plan-Have a time schedule-don't end up doing everything at the last minute-and organize what you are going to do in your five minutes.

What did I forget? Smile? All projects must have 1,2,3,4,7. You should have 5 or 6 or both to reach an A level

	5	4	3	2	1	Total
A. Visuals
B. Oral
C .Research
D. Report
E. Props, models
F. Technology
G. Planned
Total

Questions I want to ask

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Comment:  What I liked

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What suggestions I have

Example

5, 5, 3, 3, 0, 0,3   = 19 /7= 2.7  or if take out five or six 19/6 = 3.2  which is 64%

note my mode is 3 and the median would be 3 ,   0 0 3,3,3,5,5, 

see how math comes into life…

WEBSites

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.htm

http://www.mapsofworld.com/cities/

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/

most cities will have their own tourism websites as well  or you can go to such sites as Fodor’s, Frommer’s, Lonely Planet…