Let's discover USA
Introduction
The United States of America (The USA) is a very big country: the rivers and the mountains are big and the population is big. There are big cities, a lot of big houses and big cars.
People have big dreams, too. Everyone wants to live "The American Dream" the idea that anyone who works hard can become successful and rich.
Americans can sometimes seem loud, proud, and a little crazy, but millions of visitors go to the USA every year and many people return again and again.
This project wants to be a journey to discover this country.
Warm-up Quiz - How well do you know the USA
https://play.kahoot.it/v2/?quizId=53938f3e-cf16-44cd-b410-8c4a22a057ce
NOW It is time to get in groups of 3 or 4 students.
Write the names of the group members on a piece of paper and give it to the teacher and a short explanation of what you are going to work on those days. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
CHOOSE one of the following topics or ideas: and create a PRESENTATION
If you like traveling you can Plan an Itinerary for a four or five-day trip to the USA (EAST coast or WEST coast states).
American Sports
American Food: main recipes, celebrations...
American Heroes: space, inventors, politicians, medicine, technology, adventurers...
Culture in the USA: school system, spoken languages... Entertainment: cinema, theatre, musical, theme parks...
American Nature: parks, rivers, waterfalls...
US Geography: maps, numbers...
Compare the American vs the English language.
Or any other topic related to the USA 🇺🇸 😉
Timing: ⏳
- You will have four sessions to work on this project.
- You will have to send the presentation on the 4th day to the teacher.
- Later: we will spend 2 or 3 for the oral presentation.
🥇🥈🥉 EVALUATION of the project (as group) and oral presentation (individual) rubrics:
🎯 You MUST have in mind that the teacher can ask you anything related to the presented subject... !!!!
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Project Rubric for each group.pdfGroup assessment: effort, content, originality...
Individual Project Presentation Rubric.pdf