All About My Country Research Project for Multicultural and ESL Classes

Are you looking for an engaging and culturally enriching project to help your middle and high school intermediate and advanced ESL students learn about their heritage? This All About My Country Project is designed with your students' diverse cultural backgrounds in mind, providing a comprehensive and interactive exploration of their heritage. 

In this month-long project, your students will go on a deep exploration of their country of origin. They’ll research, interview, present, and write an essay about the place their family calls home.

This product covers the following standards: 

The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes

• Locate relevant resources

• Examine sources for credibility

• Take notes

• Cite resources

• Give a presentation using language effectively

• Conduct an interview

• Compose informational texts

• Revise drafts

• Publish written work for appropriate audiences

Students will research:

• Location of their country on a world map

• National 

• Landscapes 

• Weather/Climate

• Native animals and plants 

• Important historical events 

• Important people 

• Type of government

• Important holidays 

• National facts 

• Languages

• Religions 

• Typical food 

• Celebrations

• Arts, music, and crafts

• Economy and/or the environmental issues

• And more!

✨All About My Country Includes✨

• Teacher Guide

• Sample Essay

• Student Handouts:

  • Slideshow guidelines

  • Writing assignment

  • Sentence starters

  • Family member interview

  • Peer evaluation checklist

  • Student notes pages

• Presentation Rubric (Editable)

• Writing Rubric (Editable)

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