1. Name: ______________________________________________ Class: __________
Term 4, 2014
Asia study
Which Asian country is the best
holiday destination?
You will
• create a persuasive presentation to convince your class that your
destination is the most desirable. You can choose to create a flyer,
brochure, ad (written, video or audio), poster or infographic.
• Comment on the country’s history, culture, language, food, geography,
topography and religion.
• Work in groups of no more than 3 people.
CONTENT
 Persuasively create a presentation to
showcase one Asian country that you
think would be the best country to
visit on holiday.
 Investigate and share information on
all elements required on the checklist.
Navigate Internet and print resources
to locate information.
 Give credit to your sources and
include a bibliography.
BEHAVIOURS
 Use a graphic organiser to collect
and organise your ideas.
Work collaboratively to achieve
your goals.
 Stay on task and don’t let blockers
distract you.
 Follow the library code of conduct.
 Use the checklist to
ensure you have
done everything the
teacher has asked.

2. Which Asian country is the best holiday destination.
Planning Stage
Checklist
Decide which country you will
be researching.
Choose a graphic organiser to
record your research. Visit
Procedures Place.
Allocate roles to each member
of your group. Add this info to
your graphic organiser.
Weeks 4 and 5
Researching Stage
Create a folder to house your
work in the Collaboration drive.
Choose how you will present
your work.
Email Miss Gutjahr your
chosen country, the names of
the people in your group and
their roles.
Collect information and complete your graphic organiser (and cite sources)
Presenting Stage
Proofread, edit and check your
work! Make sure your:
Create your presentation
using text, images and audio
to support your information.
Share your presentation with
your class. They will vote on
the country they feel they
would most like to visit!
Weeks 6 and 7
Weeks 8, 9 and 10
Important events in the
country’s history.
A summary of the country’s
culture and language.
Descriptions and examples of
the country’s food and diet.
Details and maps showing the
geography.
An insight into the country’s
prominent religion(s).
Details and maps showing the
topography.
spelling, punctuation and
grammar are correct.
presentation includes all
elements
presentation makes sense.

3. Asia Study Project
Information Some required
information is
included.
No/little detail
included.
Most required
information is
included.
Little detail
included.
All required
information is
included.
Some detail has
been included.
All required information
is included with
additional extras (going
beyond).
Lots of detail is
included.
Organisation
and time
management
Not finished on
time.
Last minute
completion.
Needed prompting
to stay on task but
work still
incomplete.
Work completed
on time.
Managed time
poorly.
Needed
prompting to stay
on task and
complete the
work.
Finished on time.
Stayed on task and
used time wisely.
Finished early.
Had time to add
finishing touches and
get feedback from
others.
Effort Not all required
work was
completed.
Some things
completed, but
some required
work is missing.
All required work is
completed with lots
of effort put in.
All required work is
completed with extras
added.
You have ‘gone
beyond’.
Digital
Citizenship
Mostly aware of
safe/lawful Digital
Citizenship
behaviours when
completing task.
Did not plagarise and
referenced others’ ideas
in the bibliography.
Didn’t give out personal
information when
publishing work.
Presentation of
work
Not completed to
the best of your
ability.
Looks messy and
rushed.
Little care taken.
Not completed to
best of your
ability.
Some attention
given to
presentation.
Completed to best
of your ability.
Some attention to
detail.
Presentation is well
structured.
Lots of thought has
gone into how to
present work.
Lots of attention to
detail.
Presentation is linear
and well structured.
Assessment Rubric
Term 4
2014

4. Country
Brainstorm

5. Fact File
Country
History
Food
Religion
Culture
Geography
Topography

6. Bibliography
Write down the name of the resource you have used and the URL (if it is a
webpage). Give enough information so that other people can find your resource if
they want to know more.
Who created / wrote
the information
Date the
website / book
was published
Title of web page /
book
URL or ISBN
1. e.g.
Amanda Briney 2014 Geography of
Burma or
Myanmar
http://geography.about.co
m/od/burmaormyanmarma
ps/a/burmamyanmargeogr
aphy.htm
2.
3.
4.
5.

7. Bibliography
Who created / wrote
the information
Date the
website / book
was published
Title of web page /
book
URL or ISBN
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.