The Challenge
Mr. Knowles / Fall 1998
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mega Opus Interna-
tional, a global leader in
consumer product manu-
facturing, has announced
that it is searching for a
new production facility.
MOI, Inc., is looking for a
suitable host country
somewhere in Latin
America (South America,
Central America, and the
Caribbean).
As a leading producer
of small personal appli-
ances, high-tech entertain-
ment devices, automobiles,
apparel, and electromag-
netic transportation sys-
tems, MOI can offer the
country chosen a number
of benefits: jobs, a rising
standard of living, infra-
structure development, and
a possibility of expansions
to the original facility,
fueling economic growth
through the coming cen-
tury.
That’s what MOI can offer
you. Now, what can you
offer MOI?
NWREL’s Northwest Educational Technology Consortium
Foundations of the Social Studies
Columbia High School
I
Time Table
Phase I:
South America
Country Profiles due... Team Members
Friday, Sept. 11
Project team members for
Phase II: this challenge can consist of
Central America & Caribbean either three or four students.
Country Profiles due.... Regardless of team numbers,
Friday, Sept. 18 all teams will be responsible for
researching 8 countries (4 in
Phase III: Phase I, 4 in Phase II).
Evaluations & Presentation Teams are chosen ran-
Written Recommendations due... domly, according to the coun-
Friday, Sept. 25 tries they draw for Phase I.
Oral/Visual Presentations..... Teams will remain together
Monday, Sept. 28 through the end of the chal-
lenge.
Phase IV: Receive 5 bonus points for
Submission to Judging Team “adopting” a new student to the
Wednesday, October 1 class/school.
Driving Question
Driving Question
Mega Opus International hopes to bring a modern production
facility to a Latin American location.
Where should it be?
1 www.netc.org/classrooms@work/
 Project R
Project equir
Requirements:
equirements:
During Phases I & II of this challenge you will be responsible for compiling a “profile” report for a
country in each target region. Country profiles are brief overviews of your particular country, which
include:
1) Written profile--
COUNTRY PROFILE
Name: Xx.sxlsjdfjsfk
A two-paragraph typed description detailing your country’s Location: 48°S , 175°W
Regional description: ljsljdfua
location, place, and region asdjfasds lsdf lj lkjfou lkopakajf
2) Maps-- lfjajf
foiuadfk duflk oai oduf akjt adoiu
Two hand-drawn maps; one of your country, showing major lkdfl a flkajdfuaodfjalkfaoldf
cities, landforms, rivers, etc., and one of the entire region, hoinldfkja

identifying your country and its neighbors. Data

3) References-- kdjl kljsldf 98 lkdjf 95
ljfl sldj alk 67 lkj djk 64
A typed, alphabetized reference list on separate page from your lkjflskj 135 lkjd 120
profile, maps and table. Follow the CHS Writers’ Guide for
specific format instructions.
4) Data tables--
Information that you’ve gathered about your country, orga-
nized, and identified by source
5) Charts & graphs--*
Computer created bar graphs and pie charts showing significant
features of your country, with explanations of the graph con-
tents
6) Optional--
other, optional items, which may include artistic, decorative 1234
1234
1234
1234
items, journal, narrative, etc. created by the student. 12345
12345
12345
1234
1234
12345
12345
1234
1234
The goal of these country profile reports is to provide the oiuds fasd 12345
12345 1234
1234
1234
sdfad isdlkjaifkj 12345
12345 12341234
1234
12345 1234 1234
snapshot information about particular countries in a sdjf aoiufoiue 12345
12345
1234
1234 1234
1234
12345 12341234
12345 1234 1234
standard format, so you can compare them in Phase III
the oiuds fasd
of the challenge. sdfad isdlkjaifkj
*Slight differences in requirements for #5) Charts & graphs exist sdjf aoiufoiue

between Phase I & II. Consult the scoring guides to help you
determine your particular requirements. REFERENCES
THERUJFLKA LSDJ SLKJ DFLK JLKJD
SDLKJA
LADJF LAFJ
SLK ALDJ ALFJ A ASJ A FLKD AJ A
5 Themes of Geography LFJ ALKF JFLKAJF
VLJDF LKJD
Areas of Focus DJFJ ASFJL FJL AFJAASDFLKJ
SALKJADF ASJ ADFKJ ASLJA
LJF ALKJLF DLFKJA ASDLKJA SDJ
ASDLKJLLKSDJF LK LDJFL
1) Location: Absolute ✪✪ LKJSDLF LJDF

Relative ✪✪✪
2) Place ✪✪✪✪
3) Movement ✪
4) Region ✪✪✪✪
5) Human/Environment interaction ✪✪✪✪

NWREL’s Northwest Educational Technology Consortium 2 www.netc.org/classrooms@work/

 Phase III:
Evaluation and
reporting
In Phase III of the chal-
lenge you and your team
members will evaluate the
information you collected in
Phases I & II, with a focus on
choosing one of your 8 coun-
tries to present as your candi-
date for MOI’s new facility.
In addition to the 8 coun-
try profiles your individual
team members will have pro-
duced in the first 2 phases of
the challenge, you’ll also turn
in a persuasive proposal for
MOI to consider as they begin
to site their new facility. Your
persuasive proposal should
include:
1) Written overview of the
countries you’ve considered,
providing basic information
about your 8 countries in
paragraph form.
2) Data tables showing rel-
evant information for com-
paring your 8 countries to
each other, in table form.
3) Charts & graphs depicting
elements of comparison
visually in graphic form.
4) Written rationale for your
choice, intended to persuade
the selection committee to
choose your country for its
site selection.
5) References--
A typed, alphabetized refer-
ence list for materials used in
the Phase III.
NWREL’s Northwest Educational Technology Consortium
Slide Show:
Use PowerPoint to create a slide
show focusing on key areas,
graphs, data and other elements.
Project it on the screen for oth-
ers to see, or provide it on mul-
I tiple computers for small groups
to visit.
Multimedia Project:
Use HyperStudio to create a
menu-driven multimedia project,
The written proposal is the only where visitors can pick and
element that will be submitted
choose the information they’d
to the outside judges, but there like from the data you’ve col-
are two other important ele-
lected.
ments of your reporting:
1) an oral presentation of your
Web Page:
findings to the class in which Use HomePage to create a web
you explain your selected
page/web site containing infor-
country and identify key rea- mation you’ve collected, and link
sons for your choice, and
to useful sites you’ve used along
2) a visual presentation of the way.
your findings, including key
information interpreted to
Video:
support your selection. Use a camcorder to record a vi-
It is possible to combine
sual tour of your countries and
the two types of presentations the data you’ve collected sur-
into a single “event”, but for
rounding them.
the most part, the information
provided in the oral segment
will parallel the information
you’ve written in Phase III
(elements 1 & 4 at the left) and
the visual presentation will
mirror the data, charts and IDEAS
graphs you’ve provided in
Phase III (elements 2 & 3).
The goal here is to provide
the same or similar information
as you’ve created in the written
proposal, but in a different
format and media.
Possible visual presenta-
tions are listed at the right.
3 www.netc.org/classrooms@work/
 QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

* WHAT WOULD MAKE A CORPORATION CHOOSE ONE COUNTRY OVER ANOTHER FOR
LOCATING A NEW PRODUCTION FACILITY?

* WHAT FEATURES DISTINGUISH ONE COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER?

* WHAT DRAWBACKS MIGHT THERE BE FOR A COUNTRY WHICH IS CHOSEN FOR NEW
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT?

* WHAT QUALITIES MAKE A GOOD PIECE OF WRITING?

* WHAT QUALITIES MAKE A GOOD ORAL PRESENTATION?

* HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN A GROUP FULFILLS HIS/HER ROLE?

* WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITHIN A GROUP?

* ___________________________________________________________________________

* ___________________________________________________________________________

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN

1 2 3 4 5/6

7 8 9 10 11 12/13
NO SCHOOL Phase I
Reports Due

14 15 16 17 18 19/20
Phase II
Reports Due

21 22 23 24 25 26/27
Phase III
Written
Reports Due
28 29 30 1
Phase III Presentations to Written
Class Reports to
Outside Judges

NWREL’s Northwest Educational Technology Consortium 4 www.netc.org/classrooms@work/