PROJECT
POINTS ACTIVITIES
Listed below are activities, which you can use to increase your country’s power points. How strong your country is in comparison with other countries depends upon the points your country’s citizens earn. Each activity has a number and a description. (The highest number at points that can be earned for completing each activity is given in parentheses after the activity’s number.)
Any project MUST conclude with the pledge in its proper form signed by the individual(s) who completed the work. As all Pine Crest Students are bound by the Honor Code, plagiarism will not be tolerated. Copying someone else's work, whether written, spoken, or in any other form, is unethical and strictly forbidden. Failure to credit your sources accurately (this includes your text, books, encyclopedias, CD-ROMs, Internet sources, or other materials) will result in no credit for the assignment. Your case may also be dealt with by the Honor Court, or with the Conduct Review Committee. Simply put, use common sense and do not cheat.
1 (50) FLAG Make a flag
for your country.
Use color. You can draw this flag on 8’/~ x 11” paper, or you can make a
cloth flag and hang it in or over your country’s assigned area. Cloth flags will earn extra points.
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(50) GOVERNMENT What kind of government does your country have? Is your
government divided into separate branches? Does your
country stand for something (war? peace? neutrality?). Check an encyclopedia
for examples. Write your explanation in 3 or more paragraphs.
3 (100) CONSTITUTION Write a constitution. Show in this if your country’s government is a dictatorship, a democracy, an oligarchy, a monarchy, a theocracy, or communist. Look at the Constitution of the United States for examples, however, your work must be original. Include an original Bill of Rights.
4 (50) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Write a pledge of allegiance to your country and recite it for the class. You may not be condescending toward any other country, but rather make your pledge inspirational and positive .
5 (75) NATIONAL ANTHEM Write a three-stanza national anthem using a current tune. Sing it for the rest of the class or play it with a musical instrument for a few bonus points. The music or words cannot be modeled after an already existing national anthem.
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(100) HISTORY Tell of your country’s greatness. Make up a history of
your country. Tell who your great men and women have been and their
accomplishments.
If you are war-like, tell of past wars. (3 to 4 pages). You
might like to coordinate an oral report with the person in your country that
does Project 7.
7
(25) DATE LINE On a long piece of paper, make a well-ordered date line
from the beginning of your country to the present day. Include important events.
You might like to coordinate an oral
report with the person in your country that does Project 6.
8 (75) MAP (Size
and Shape of Country) Using graph paper, illustrate the borders of your country.
Each country is allowed no more than 200 quadrants; each quadrant represents a
region of 50,000 km². All countries in this game will be equal in size, but may vary greatly in
shape. Designate your county's absolute location through latitude and
longitude. Designate your country's relative location by indicating where
neighboring lands are located, as well as major seas or oceans. How big is it in relation to other countries in the real world?
For perspective, superimpose a country
of the world (such as France, Brazil, etc.) over
your country in order to make your country’s size meaningful.
9 (25) MAP
(Rivers, Lakes, and Bodies of Water) On a ditto
map of your country, locate and name the major rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans. Remember, major industrial cities are usually found on great rivers of
transportation. This will play a key role in your country's future as the game
progresses. (See the Danube River.)
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(25) MAP (Mountains and Hills) On a ditto map of your country, locate and name major mountain
ranges, mountain peaks, and hills. (See the Alps of Italy.) All countries
must have mountains and hills.
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(25) MAP (Cities) On a ditto map of your country, locate major cities and your
capital (and name them).
Note: Your cities will generally be close to your agricultural goods and natural
resources if they are to thrive. How does this reflect real life?
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(150) MAP (Grand) On a ditto map of your country, show the location of major rivers, cities, and
mountains. Include a vernacular element to your map, displaying the different
perceptual regions of your country. (You may want the perceptual regions
to follow along with Project 20, on districts) This project can be done only after you have completed Projects 8, 9,
10, and 11. Be sure your locations do not change.
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(75) MAP (Climate) On a ditto map of your country, show the major climate regions in your
country. Be careful where you place
climate regions. Use a key to state climate areas and correspond climate regions
to key geographic and agricultural regions. You must display moisture
(wet, medium, and dry), growing season in months (<3, 3-5, 5-7, 7-11, 12),
and designate climate areas. You may create more than one map to complete
this project.
14 (50) MAP (Physical features, Land forms) On a ditto map of your country, show the location of major geographic regions (flat lands, mountains, etc.) and name them. Make certain your climate areas go along with your landform map. Use a key to make areas clear.
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(50) DEMOGRAPHICS On a ditto map of your country, display your demographic
make-up using colored pencils or markers. In 3 or more paragraphs establish a standard currency system, and
describe the income disparities within your country. Your spy can decipher
another country's currency for 25 additional points.
16 (100) CULTURE In 7 to 8 paragraphs, discuss the culture of your country. Read the sections on the culture of countries around the world in your text or an encyclopedia. Include religion, sports, art, language, dress, food, and national holidays.
17 (100)
NATURAL RESOURCES On a ditto map, label your country’s resources (coal, petroleum, iron, etc.).
Be
sure they go along with your maps (Projects 13 & 14). In 6
to 7 paragraphs, tell how these resources are important in your country’s
makeup, and how their connections to your cities relate to Walter Christaller's
Central Place Theory. What do you export and import? You might want to include a map of
proposed industrial regions for 25 extra points.
18 (100) AGRICULTURE On a ditto map of your country, show the location of major agricultural regions. Be sure they go along with your maps (Projects 13 & 14). In 6 to 7 paragraphs, tell how these goods are important in your country’s makeup, and how their arrangement relates to the von Thünen Model. At the start of this simulation, the people in your country earn their living mostly from farming.
19 (75) CAPITAL Create a detailed map of your capital city. You must model your city along this criteria: Stage I - Concentric Zone Model, Stage II - Sector Model, Stage III - Multiple Nuclei Model. In 6 to 7 paragraphs, explain the general design of your capital city and how it functions as a primate city for your country. You must designate whether it resembles a classic American, European, Latin American, Asian, or African city model. In Stages II and III, you must explain how your capital functions as a world city.
20 (75) DISTRICTS On a ditto map, divide your country into districts and label them. In 4 to 5 paragraphs describe if the districts have been apportioned according to demographics, physical landscape, ethnicity, military, or along any other criteria. Be consistent with your country's history, government type and constitution. Explain if the division lines are geometric borders, physical-political borders, and/or cultural-political borders.
21 (50) AGE-SEX PYRAMID Create an age-sex pyramid for your country. The populations of all countries will be standard and are as follows: Stage I - 1 million citizens, Stage II - 10 million citizens, Stage III - 100 million citizens. Look at existing countries and their age-sex pyramids for reference. In 3 or more paragraphs discuss where your country lies along the demographic transition, and describe your country's population data. (e.g. fertility rate, mortality rate, literacy rate (male & female), total fertility rate, etc...)
22 (75)
TRADE Make trade agreements with other countries. See the European Union, NATO,
or the UN. Establish this among yourselves and draw up a list
of what you will export and what you will import. Secure trade alliances and
trade agreements with other countries.
23 (25)
TRAVEL POSTERS The limit is three. Make travel posters that would make your
country attractive to tourists.
24 (125)
SPEECH After the simulation has been in progress for a while, secure permission
through your diplomat to tell about your country during a Model United Nations. You can sing your national
anthem and recite your pledge of allegiance. Point out your travel posters and
talk about your country’s history. See Projects 4,5,6,7, and 23.
25 (50)
ALLIANCES Make military alliances with other countries. Two copies must be
presented to the teacher signed by the leader of each country and the diplomat
and kept in the folders. Keep your alliances secret; your strength depends on
their secrecy. No country may make more than two military alliances.
Secret treaties are strictly forbidden.
26 (50) FOREIGN AID Tell what your country does to help other countries (Peace Corps, World Bank, IMF, etc.). Establish a Disaster Aid Alliance with another country. You may also make treaties involving other areas of concern.
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(50) TOURIST BROCHURE Create a brochure of your country aimed at
attracting tourists to your native land. A brochure must be tri-folded and
have information on all six pages. It must include graphics, creative
writing, and identify key areas of interest in your country. Be consistent with your
country's history, culture, maps, and constitution.
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(200) LARGE MAP If your
spy is able to secure one ditto map from each of the other countries, make a
large map on poster paper of the continents of your world.
29 (100) COUNTRY
MODEL Make a salt and flour map, or some kind of physical 3-dimensional model of your country and display it in the room.
30 (assigned) OTHER IDEAS You may create your own ideas for projects. The
ideas below will possibly stimulate you. Confer with your teacher in advance
about your idea and its points potential.
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United Nations
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Graphs (economic profile, population climate)
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Mobiles
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Newspapers
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Magazines
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Collages
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Inventions
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Taxes
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Tariffs
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History of Art
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History of Music
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National Defense Sites
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Railroads
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Highways
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Crime Prevention
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Stock Markets
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Common Markets
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Peace Corps
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Alliance for Progress
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Baking, National Foods
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Industrial History
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Sports History
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Science History
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Naval Installations
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Army Bases
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Urban Renewal
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Courts and Law
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World’s Fairs
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Education
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Space Program