6th and 7th grade culture fair 2006

6th - 7th Grade Culture Fair Project

April 4, 2006

Social Studies Project

400 Points

Starting Date – March 1, 2006 Due Date – Thursday, March 30, 2006

7th Grade Theme - Germany

6th Grade - Theme – Islands of the Caribbean

The following islands will be chosen for research:

	1. Anguilla	19. Antigua
	2. Aruba	20. The Bahamas
	3. Barbados	21. Barbuda
	4. Belize	22. Bermuda
	5. Bonaire	23. British Virgin Islands
	6. Cancun and Cozumel	24. Cayman Islands
	7. Cuba	25. Curacao
	8. Dominica	26. Dominican Republic
	9. Grenada	27. Guadeloupe
	10. Guyanna	28. Haiti
	11. Jamaica	29. Martinique
	12. Montserrat	30. Margarita
	13. Puerto Rico	31. Saba
	14. St. Barts	32. St. John
	15. St. Croix	33. St. Eustatius
	16. St. John	34. St. Lucia
	17. St. Maartin/St. Martin	35. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
	18. Trinidad and Tobago	36. Turks and Caicos
		37. U. S. Virgin Islands

Guidelines for Project:

Must have a detailed map of your island / country displayed on your tri-board

presentation. It should include the following:

Major cities and capitol
Historical sites
Island attractions
Pictures of interesting places on your island.

A 2-page report in the history of your island. Typed and double-spaced.

It should include famous historical people, associated with your island.

This may include early explorers, pirates, government leaders, etc.

A 2-page report on the culture of your island. This may include the music,

dance, languages spoken, food, sports, and the flag of your island.

This information should be displayed on your tri-board in a colorful and neat

presentation.

Oral presentation lasting 2 to 4 minutes on your island.
There will be one Group segment to the project. See extensions.

Rubric for Culture Fair:

Written Report

100 points

90 points

80 points

70 points

History of Island or Country

The history of your Country or Island is well addressed and is 2 pages typed and double spaced, using a size 12 font. There are no spelling errors.

The history of your Country or Island is well addressed and is 2 pages

typed and double-spaced, using a size 12 font. There are a couple spelling errors.

The history of your Country or Island is addressed and is 2 pages

typed and double-spaced, using a size 12 font. There are several spelling errors.

The history of your Country or Island is addressed and is 1 to 2 pages

typed and double-spaced, using a size 12 font. There are many spelling errors.

Culture of your Country or Island.

The history of your Country or Island is well addressed and is 2 pages typed and double spaced, using a size 12 font. There are no spelling errors.

The history of your Country or Island is well addressed and is 2 pages

typed and double-spaced, using a size 12 font. There are a couple spelling errors.

The history of your Country or Island is addressed and is 2 pages

typed and double-spaced, using a size 12 font. There are several spelling errors.

The history of your Country or Island is addressed and is 1 to 2 pages

typed and double-spaced, using a size 12 font. There are many spelling errors.

Map this will go your tri-board presentation.

Map is neat and colorful and easy to read.

(20 pts)

It includes the following:

Major cities and Capitol (20 pts)

Historical / Island Attractions

(40 pts)

Must have at least 4 sites and a brief description of each.

Map is neat and uses some color and easy to read.

(18 pts)

It includes most of the

Major cities and Capitol (18 pts)

Historical /Island Attractions

(36 pts)

Must have at least 3 sites and a brief description of each.

Map is neat and easy to read.

(16 pts)

It includes some of the

Major cities and Capitol (16 pts)

Historical / Island Attractions

(32 pts)

Must have at least 2 sites and a brief description of each.

Map is not neat.

(14 pts)

It includes only the Capitol city (14 pts)

Historical / Island Attractions

(28 pts)

Must have at least 2 sites.

Map Continued

Drawings or Pictures

(10 points)

Includes at least 5 pictures.

Compass Rose

(10 points)

Drawings or Pictures

(8 points)

Includes at least 4 pictures.

No Compass Rose

(0 points)

Drawings or Pictures

(6 points)

Includes at least 3 pictures.

No Compass Rose

(0 points)

Drawings or Pictures

(4 points)

Includes at least 2 pictures.

No Compass Rose

(0 points)

Oral Reports

50 points

Presentation is 2 to 4 minutes long.

Speaks clearly and distinctly all the time, and mispronounces no words.

Stays on topic all the time.

45 Points

Presentation is 2 to 4 minutes long.

Speaks clearly and distinctly all the time, but mispronounces one to two words.

Stays on topic most of the time.

40 Points

Presentation is 2 to 3 minutes long.

Speaks clearly and distinctly most of the time, mispronounces two or more words.

Stays on topic some of the time.

35 Points

Presentation is 2 to 3 minutes long.

Often mumbles or can not be understood, mispronounces several words.

It was hard to tell what the topic was.

Group Extension

50 Points.

See extensions

for details.

Extensions for Culture Fair

Group Activity

50 Points

Each student will be placed in a group to work on one of the following extensions for preparing the room for the Culture Fair.

Group 1 – Flag or Flags of the Country / Island. Group will be responsible for preparing a series of flags for their classroom representing their particular Country or Island. It should include a brief history of the flags used in that country.

Group 2 - Door Decoration. It should reflect something famous or cultural about the Country or Island involved.

Group 3 – Plan a series of menus of the typical cuisine of the Country or Island involved. These will be prepared on poster board and should have pictures of the foods that are unique to that country or island.

Group 4 – Create a board game about your country or Island with easy to read instructions.

Group 5 – Create a coloring activity for the younger grades that represent your country or Island.

Rubric for Extension

Contributions	50 Points Routinely provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in a classroom discussion.	45 Points Usually provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in a classroom discussion.	40 Points Sometimes provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion.	35 Points Rarely provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion
Quality of Work	Provides work of the highest quality.	Provides high quality work.	Provides work that occasionally needs to be checked/redone by other group members to ensure quality.	Provides work that usually needs to be checked/redone by others to ensure quality.
Focus on task	Consistently stays focused on the task and what needs to be done. Very self directed.	Stays focused on the task and what needs to be done most of the time. Other members can count on this person	Focuses on the task and what needs to be done some of the time.	Rarely focuses on the task and what needs to be done. Lets others do the work.