Country Report Rubric Category Description of Criteria 0 = no info 1 = not yet meeting 2 = minimally meeting 3= fully meeting 4 = exceeding Following directions (8 marks possible X 2 = 16) Required info presented in the report First section of the assignment: all statistics and data from #1-12 All questions answered for #13-19 Required information presented in writing Format: use of report template, full sentences, full paragraphs, images, graphs Works Cited: using MLA8 Content knowledge and Critical Thinking (12 marks possible X 3 = 36) Required Information #13-19 is Reasonable and Demonstrates Understanding Report demonstrates a clear understanding of environmental and at least 1 of social, political, or economic problems. Clearly outlines attempted/possible solutions and probably future concerns/issues. Content Knowledge Demonstrates full knowledge of required information and their larger implications for problems and future predictions. Persuasiveness: required information for #19 Report makes a clearly articulated and convincing argument as to why its country should receive aid money. Arguments supported by details and facts. Total mark out of 52 will then be X 2 for a grand total of 104. Country Report You have been commissioned by Population Probe, an international organization concerned with global population and challenges with living standards. They would like your perspective on the population pressures and resulting environmental, social, political, and economic issues in different countries around the world and would like you to present these issues in a Persuasive Report. Your goal is convince Mrs. Brine to award Population Probe’s five billion dollars of aid money to your country (without skewing, distorting or omitting any facts!) Your Persuasive Report must present the following information for your chosen country: Required Information; try to be as current as possible. These are mostly statistics so you need to describe this information in full sentences and can put it all together in paragraph form. It can all be explained in one paragraph if you choose: 1. current population 2. population density 3. birth and death rates 4. stage in the Demographic Transition Model (give evidence as to how you know this) 5. infant mortality rates 6. life expectancy at birth 7. population growth rate 8. recent population pyramid (insert picture) and explain it 9. dependency ratio 10. emigration/immigration rates: you will likely only find the net migration rate so use that 11. literacy rate 12. GDP or GNP (Gross Domestic Product or Gross National Product) The following topics need to be written in paragraph form; one paragraph per question. Please write about these topics as if you are there, visiting and researching in the actual country. Create sub headings in your report for each of these topics: 13. Discussion of national living standards: availability/access of food and water, overpopulation, employment opportunities ...