CARIBBEAN PROJECT

Each student will prepare a report and presentation relating to a country in the Caribbean.
This project will focus on:
-          research skills

1.            citing references correctly
2.            presenting information clearly, accurately and concisely
3.            applying knowledge creatively

WRITTEN COMPONENT

THE COUNTRY REPORT- due: Nov. 29th 2007 (50 marks)

Format:
-  a title page
-  a brief introduction of your country - where it is located, the area, the population, the   
   major industries
      -  the cultural background of your country – history, influence of the colonizing  country on
         language, religion,  food….
      -  the physical geography of your country -  major landforms, coastal features, climate
      -  the main tourist attractions, type of tourism (adventure, ecotourism, mass tourism…) be
         sure to give specific examples
      -  bibliography
      all rough work must be handed in with your report or your report will not be marked

THE PLOT SUMMARY OF YOUR BOOK- due: Nov.29th 2007 (10 marks)

Summarize the plot chapter by chapter.  You should use only one or two sentences per
chapter.  Focus on what happens in your book, not why it happens. 

ORAL COMPONENT

THE PRESENTATION- start Nov 29th and finish Dec. 20th 2007
Sign up on the sign up sheet posted in the classroom

Book Report -45 marks

Your book report will have three basic components; the focus of this assignment will be the second and third parts.  You will have a maximum of 20 minutes to make your presentation.
If you take more than the maximum allowable time you will lose marks.

Part 1
Give an accurate notation of the following: (5 marks)
·           Title of the book    
·           Author’s name    
·           Date of publication    
·           Fiction or non fiction   
·           Where the story takes place

Part 2
Briefly describe the plot of your book.  If you have read a series of short stories, indicate the common theme and describe the plot of one of the stories. (10 marks)

Part 3
Your assessment of the book (30 marks)
·           Was it well written? Give specific examples from your book   (5 marks) 
·           Would you recommend it to others? Why/ why not?  Give specific examples from your    
            book. (5 marks)  
·           What did you learn from this book? Give specific examples from your book. (5 marks)
-           Based on the research you did on your country, do you think the author did a good job
           portraying the country?  Give at least 3 detailed examples that back up your opinion.
           (15 marks)

Travel and Tourism- Caribbean Project
Research
You must include one of each of the following in your research and in you bibliography:

A General Encyclopaedia (print or online)

Print – found in the reference room

     - Americana
     - Britannica
     - Compton’s
     - World Book   

Online – the link is found on our home page

1. Grolier Online Encyclopaedia

          use Encyclopaedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopaedia and Lands 
          and People

1. For use at home you need   un:  torondsb2        pw: toro1264

A Specialized Encyclopaedia – found on the cart

1. People of the Americas
2. World Geography

A Website – the links are found on our homepage

1. World Fact Book (CIA)
2. Cultural Profiles Project

                Go to - Subject Links then to Social Sciences and Humanities

1. Countries of the World

                Go to - Subject Links then to Canada and World Studies
OR
      -      Department of Tourism web site for your country at:
                    http://www.caribinfo.com/
            When you get to this site chose “island information” this will then allow you to 
            get to the Department of Tourism for most of the islands.

A Travel Guide         

            - Lonely Planet, Ulysse, Frommer’s…
            OR
            -  A book about your country

A Book

-  The novel/memoir you have been assigned to read

AND

- All 5 articles from your Marshall Cavendish Digital assignment
GEOGRAPHY RESEARCH

Marshall Cavendish Digital ASSIGNMENT

1.         Using the COUNTRY assigned in class use Marshall Cavendish Digital to research
2.         Go to LPCI Library web page  http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/links.asp?schoolNo=5525
            and find Marshall Cavendish Digital
un:        lawrence125                             pw:       lawrence125
3.         Search your country and record the number of 100% results      ____________
4.         Using the top/best five results - record the citation information and make notes

Country: __________________
Article 1
record the citation information:

photos, pictures or diagrams? – list

notes

Article 2
record the citation information:

photos, pictures or diagrams? – list

notes

Article 3
record the citation information:

photos, pictures or diagrams? – list

notes

Article 4
record the citation information:

photos, pictures or diagrams? – list

notes

Article 5
record the citation information:

photos, pictures or diagrams? – list

notes

How to prepare a bibliography

     A bibliography is a list of the sources you used in preparing your project.

1. Bibliographic entries are not numbered.  They are arranged in alphabetical order by
    author or editor's surname.  If there is no author, then, by the first significant word.
    ("A", "An", "The" are not significant words).

2. For the format for each type of entry (book, encyclopedia, magazine….) follow the
    examples given in the Student Research Guide found on the LP Library web site.
 
3. Entries begin at the margin with all the other lines indented five spaces from the left
    margin.

4. When typing, you leave 2 spaces after a period and after a colon unless there is an
    abbreviation, in which case you leave just one space.

5. The word "Bibliography" should be typed at the top of the page.

6. Capitalize all significant words in the title.