Tuesday, December 15, 2009

British Empire presentation

With a partner - with whom you have yet to work . . .
Base the project on 10 images in a Google Doc presentation. Take your viewer on a trek across the lands that were part of the British Empire. Open with a map of the British Empire. Include that it lasted approximately from the 1600's through the 1900's. Document each slide.
On each image - you are covering 9 nations - add 3 bulleted explanations of the nation or region being shown.
Include: a)Name of nation and principal language spoken today
b) Year in which that nation became independent of the British.
c) Economic status or other significance of that nation in the current era.

Develop your background on the British Empire
by reading the essay at Wikipedia or a similar source.