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Current Events Analysis and Research / Technology Project Directions: Part One: Research the current political, economic, and social issues in your assigned country. Type a 2 page paper that covers the basic history leading up to the current political, economic, and social issues in your country. The report should focus on the major issues in the country. The report needs to include an explanation of any major problems as well as an analysis of any major historical events that led to these problems. Government Questions Historical Background: Was your country ruled by another country at some point? Did your country have a major revolution or important political event in the past? Current Events Is your country a Democracy? Are there Free Elections meaning no corruption or rigged elections Is there one political party or multiple political parties? One party means there is most likely a dictatorship Is there freedom of press and speech Free Independent Media? Is there a Military Dictatorship? Is there a Civil War in your country right now? *Key Analysis- What do the answers to these questions tell about the country’s government? Economy Historical Background Does your country have a history of strong economy or a weak economy? Did another country take resources away from this country during imperialism? Current Events Is the economy stable? Is there high Unemployment? What is the GDP? Where does it rank with rest of world? What is the average household make average Per Capita? What the Major Products? What is their industry? Manufacturing / Tech / Service Based Economy? *Key Analysis- What do the answers to these questions tell about the country’s economy? Social Issues Historical Background Does your country have a good history involving health and educational issues? Current Events What is their hospital system like? What is their life expectancy? What is their infant mortality rate? Major diseases? What is their education system like? Pupil Student expenditure, literacy rate, average amount of years in school? *Key Analysis- What do the answers to these questions tell about the country’s key social issues? Outline for Paper Introduction with a thesis statement Historical Background of Government / Government and Politics Overview Economic Background / Economy Overview Social Issues History / Social Issues Overview Potential Solutions Conclusion A Works Cited Page is Needed * Use parenthetical citations in the report. There needs to be an MLA formatted works cited page at the end of the report with at least 4 sources. **Two of those sources need to be CIA World Factbook and BBC country profile** Part Two: Use the analysis reports to create a podcast and windows movie maker presentation. This portion of the project will be produced with a partner that has another problem in the same country. You will need to write a detailed script. Present the main points of your report. The podcast will be graded on the following categories: - Length 2-3 minutes - Introduction - Content Analysis of problems and history leading to these problems - Delivery of material (creativity) - Music Enhancements -Visual details - Conclusion List of countries to choose from: Central America South America Dominican Republic Colombia Mexico Venezuela Guatemala Peru El Salvador Ecuador Honduras Brazil Nicaragua Argentina Cuba Chile Haiti Bolivia Northern Africa Morocco Algeria Libya Mali Tunisia Sudan Egypt Middle East Saudi Arabia Syria Lebanon Israel / Palestine Jordan Iraq Yemen Iran Turkey Europe Russia Greece Poland Croatia Czech Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Serbia Ukraine Albania Belarus Romania Spain Armenia Iceland Any of the other former republics of Yugoslavia Sub Saharan Africa Angola Liberia Ghana Uganda Somalia Zimbabwe Cote D’Ivoire Sierra Leone Democratic Republic of Congo South Sudan Chad Nigeria Kenya Asia Thailand India Cambodia Pakistan Vietnam Myanmar (Burma) Laos Afghanistan Bangladesh North Korea Malaysia Mongolia Indonesia Any of the countries ending in –stan
