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Exploring European Countries ActivityExploring European Countries Activity
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West Liberty Community School District
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7th - 10th
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Exploring European Countries

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  • European Country Project Notesheet
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Your class members will each explore a European country of their choice and report back to the class using a creative PowerPoint or Prezi. They will not only include a basic introduction to the country, but also what they discovered about the country's culture, customs, people, and major landmarks.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

countries, european countries, european exploration, europe

Additional Tags

world countries, country project, foreign culture, social studies

Classroom Considerations

  • You will need to edit out specific references made to author's classroom and location
  • You should be able to access reference materials mentioned in document, but if not, similar information can easily be found in other online resources

Pros

  • Can download and edit document
  • Very well designed project guidelines, including sample Prezi and how to create a bibliography using Easybib

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 WHST.9-10.2.a WHST.9-10.7 WHST.9-10.8

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