Me llamo ______________________________
Español 6
Fecha ______________________
Señora Mignano
“EL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE” RESEARCH PROJECT
OBJECTIVE: To create a PowerPoint presentation highlighting
important and interesting facts about an assigned Spanish-speaking
country.
PROCEDURES: Students will work in pairs in order to complete this
project in the following steps:
1) Choose/be assigned a partner and a Spanish-speaking country in
class.
2) Begin researching, both in class and outside of school,
information about your country (see next page/rubric for more
details)
3) Plan and create a PowerPoint presentation to present your
country to the class. This work will also be conducted both in
school as well as outside of school.
4) Each presentation should be insightful, informative and
creative, and should stimulate a desire to travel to the country
researched. Relevant pictures need to be included!
5) At the conclusion of your presentation, be prepared to take
and answer questions from your classmates (if they should have
any). Each student in the pair must provide insightful
information about their research and project.
Note: I encourage all students to visit the Media center at our school as
well as your local library to access a wide variety of print resources. Our
school has many world encyclopedias as well as books about specific
Spanish-speaking countries at your disposal. Your local library’s librarian
will be able to pull books for you to use as well.
“El mundo hispanohablante” PowerPoint Presentation
RESEARCH CRITERIA
Assignment Due: ____________________________________
Presentation Date:
____________________________________
All presentations need to include the following information:
Country name and capital city
At least one other major city of interest (and why it’s/they’re
important)
Location (continent/part of the world)
All/any major geographical elements, such as: rivers, lakes, mountains,
volcanoes, surrounding bodies of water, land type (island, peninsula,
land-locked), etc.
- This part of your research must also be accompanied by a map
Type of government (including names of leaders)
Major products/resources found or produced by that country
Historical events
Famous works of art/music and artists/musicians
Famous and popular food (authentic dishes)
Sports (most popular to play and watch)
Famous people from that country or of that country’s ethnicity
(athletes, musicians, actors, activists, etc.)
Current events (if possible)
I would like each student to carry a “working folder” with all information
for this project within it, labeled with their name, their country, and date
of presentation.
Reminder:
You must use at least one print resource to gather your information
from.
All presentations must also be accompanied by a Bibliography.
“EL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE” GRADING BREAKDOWN
Your grading rubric for the Spanish Speaking countries project will be
comprised of the following areas, in conjunction with the standard Diocesan
Grading Rubric (a copy can be found on my website):
1) Folder – Ability to maintain an orderly folder filled with relevant and useful
research information (your Bibliography goes here!)
2) Research – Ability to utilize resources efficiently and obtain facts on your
chosen Spanish Speaking country, as outlined in the Research Criteria.
3) Self-Assessment – Ability to compose an individual Self-Assessment letter to
Señora Mignano describing your experience with this assignment. Your selfassessment will be in English and should be in the form of a typed letter.
4) Map – Ability to produce a detailed map of your Spanish Speaking country
will all of the pre-stated requirements.
5) Organization/Neatness/Accuracy – Ability to organize research elements and
thoughts for composition. Ability to inform with accuracy. Ability to deliver a
neat finished product.
6) Timeliness – Ability to utilize time appropriately and hand-in finished
assignments in a timely manner.
7) Teamwork – Ability to work cooperatively and efficiently with your partner.
Ability to resolve all issues immediately, if any should arise.
*For each day tne assignment is late, the student’s grade will drop by one (1)
grade value (ex.--> a “4” to a “3”)*
Happy researching!