!Olé! 
Field Trip! Allen School has been given permission to send students to Spanish-speaking countries for a school year. You will have to choose a country to visit and when you return share all that you learned with the school. Buena Suerte!
 

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Welcome Back! The whole school is eager to learn about your Spanish trip. To share what you have learned, you will create a PowerPoint Presentation. You must have at least 6 slides and discuss what you enjoyed most about your stay.   

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1. Locate your country online.  You may use the following resources to get started:

RECURSOS
Lonely Planet
InfoPlease 
CIA Publications
Library of Congress - Country Studies
Currency Converter
Flag Facts (Enchanted Learning)
World Atlas:Flags

2. Create your slides. You must have 5 slides.  Remember you are using your Power Point slides like note cards.  Don't type complete sentences.  When you make your presentation you'll need to know that "detailed information" to make your presentation interesting! 

Here are a the  slide title:
Slide One: Title Slide. Put the name of your country, a picture and your name.
Slide Two: Fast Facts: Official Name, President/Leader, Type of Government, Capital, Have a picture of a map of the country. Use the CIA Factbook Link
Slide Three: Your Country's Flag: have a picture of the flag and what the colors and emblem represent (Hint look at Flag Facts or World Atlas Flags or Try Flags of the World
Slide Four: Economy (Money picture) What is the name of the currency used in your Country? What is the country's industries? What iis the agriculture of your country? (Use the CIA Factbook Link and check under Economy) (Check InfoPlease for the Currency or Monetary Unit) Have about 4-5 important things.
Slide Five (Your final slide): Spanish Phrases.  Find out how to say these common Spanish phrases and RECORD yourself saying each of the phrases: Hint: use the translator to find your answers)

• Until tomorrow

• Can I go to the bathroom

• Excuse me, please

• More, please

•  I don't know

3. Add transitions and animations. Click on the menu bar on "Slide Show".  Click on "Slide Transitions" and choose a transition, speed, and sound.  Click on "Custom Animation" and add animation to the words and pictures in your show.

4. Print your slides. When you have completed your Power Point presentation, ask for assistance to print an outline. 

Grading as follows:
20%  information presented is complete, and in your own voice, and shows evidence of thorough research
20%  all material is free of grammatical and spelling errors
20%  minimum of 5 slides
20%  presentation style

LA CONCLUSIÓN

Great Job! You have learned more about the Spanish speaking world! After doing this project do you think you would like to travel to a Spanish country? What do you think would be the hardest adjustment? What do you think you would like the most about going to a foreign country?

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