Examination (open — it is an assignment)
Assignment Content
- As part of this assignment, you will compare and contrast two countries about which we have learned on three different issue/topic/category
Country Options (you need to choose two)
USA
India
China
West Africa (you can choose a specific country or engage with the area more generally)
East Asia (you can choose a specific country or engage with the area more generally)
Haiti
Europe (you can choose a specific country or engage with the area more generally)
MexicoCategories/Issues
Culture
Social Hierarchy/Race and Ethnicity (you can break these up or combine them depending on what you want to look at)
Politics
Economics/Business
Women and Gender
Family and Children
Technology
Foreign Relations
Safety and Justice Issues
You can develop your comparisons in several ways:
- a summary with a paragraph for each issue/topic/category
- a table with a row for each issue/topic/category and then columns for county A, country B, and comparison (bullet points may seem easier, but you need to make sure that they convey a complete thought/idea)
- a slideshow/slide deck with an overview of each country and topic for a slide and then comparison slides
- a series of infographics that demonstrate the traits of each country for each issue/topic/category and then one or more for comparison